When you’re searching for a solution to chronic pain, undoubtedly your feed fills with tales promising "5 steps to solving your chronic pain" or "with this program I solved my pain in 3 sessions!" That type of messaging is really enticing, especially when we've been in pain for months, years, or even decades. So it's really tempting to set our expectations of healing to align with those fast-results stories. Those stories don’t sync with the reality of healing for most people though, and the quick solution we’re hoping for gives way to what you really need in order to heal.

Many, many times over my years working with folks in pain (going wayyy back to 2008 now!), I've had clients come into sessions and pepper me with questions about a pain episode they've experienced since our last meeting. For a long time I tried to figure those things out, there must be something going on! But time and again, based on my own experience with my body and by working with hundreds and hundreds of people over the years, I've come to learn this simple truth: Bodies just do weird shit sometimes. And most of the time, it's not a big deal. Read on to learn more and discover some simple tools you can use to reduce the uncertainty that goes with random pain episodes.

Your brain is constantly trying to make life easier for you. It does this by predicting what’s about to happen -- what you'll feel (including pain!), see, hear, and need -- so you don’t have to consciously process everything in real time. This creates efficiency in the nervous system, which our brains really like as a way to get through our day-to-day lives. Sometimes though, the brain gets these predictions wrong, especially when it comes to chronic neuroplastic pain. So how can you help your brain overcome this largely subconscious process? Read on to learn six key ways to rewire your brain’s pain predictions.