Resources for Chronic Pain
What is Chronic Pain?
- Any pain that lasts for 2 months.Â
- Pain of any kind, in any part of the body, and from any cause.
- Chronic pain affects around 20% of the population and causes significant disability and a decrease in quality of life.
- Despite being so common, current treatments are ineffective.
- Because chronic pain is an invisible disability, patients’ experiences are often doubted. They’re told to learn to live with their pain—not what anyone wants to hear. I know from 35 years of experience and science that chronic pain is very real.
- Chronic pain doesn’t respond to treatments that are effective for acute pain because chronic pain has a different biology. Chronic pain is generated by the brain, not the body.
- Luckily, there is hope. You can learn to rewire the brain and decrease chronic pain, often substantially.
Online Courses
Self-Study Course
Rewiring Your Brain for Better Health
Learn how to transform your mental health using the power of neuroplasticity in this affordable beginner’s course.
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Healing Through Neuroplasticity
Learn to reduce or eliminate chronic pain by rewiring your brain. Neuroplasticity works!
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Live! with Dr. Stein
Evidence-based presentations and Q&A with Dr. Stein. Credible, science-based and cutting edge information about how to live longer and healthier.Â
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Headache Diagnosis & ManagementÂ
Dr. Werner Becker, founder of CHAMPS explains the difference between migraines and other headache types, lifestyle changes that reduce headache frequency and severity. and acute and preventive medical options.
More DetailsThe Power of Neuroplasticity
Dr. Howard Schubiner, internest & clinical professor at MSU, explains his evidence-based therapy for chronic back pain by linking emotions to pain and providing criteria to determine if your condition may respond to Pain Reprocessing Therapy.
More DetailsAcupressure for
Complex Chronic Illnesses
Dr. Teresa Clarke, CCDP at BC Women’s Hospital, outlines the history and theory of acupuncture and demonstrates key self-acupressure points to help alleviate symptoms of chronic pain, fatigue, and brain fog.
More DetailsKnow Pain
Debbie Patterson, a registered physiotherapist and teacher, explains key concepts of pain science, emphasizing neuroplasticity and providing guidance on how to rewire your brain to produce less pain.
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Let Your Light Shine Through, Second Edition
In this manual, Dr. Stein shares the strategies she has found to be the most successful for patients in her 35-year medical practice working with ME, CFS, FM, ES, chronic pain and long COVID. Readers are guided through a 286-page, 4-month program specific to these conditions. Let Your Light Shine Through is filled with practical, no-to-low-cost management suggestions, tools and resources.Â
The second edition has updated disease definitions, research updates, online resources, peer-reviewed references, and a bonus chapter, New and Future Directions, with new strategies to leverage the body's innate ability to heal.
Formats available: downloadable PDF, Amazon Kindle, Amazon paperback, Kobo eBook, and paperback from your local bookstore.Â
More DetailsThe Dr. Eleanor Stein Podcast
Episode 1: Trauma and Chronic Pain with Jane Hogan
These are the most current Podcasts on the topic of chronic pain.
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Recommended Free VideosÂ
How to Use Neuroplasticity
to Heal Chronic Pain
Dr. Stein shares some of the keys to using neuroplasticity to decrease chronic pain and other associated symptoms. The recording includes over 30 minutes of Q&A with some great questions asked.
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Neuroplasticity of the Brain Meetup
In this presentation, Dr. Stein gave a detailed summary of neuroplasticity, how it causes pain, how we can leverage it to heal from persistent pain, and the neuroplasticity boosters that allow practice to be more effective. The presentation is 45 minutes, followed by a very engaged Q&A session with the attendees.
What Can Help Heal Your Pain?
An interview with Simon Pimenta
Simon lives in the UK and had ME/CFS and fibromyalgia for 8 years. In this video, Simon talks to Dr. Stein on the topic of healing pain using Neuroplasticity and other approaches. Â
Blog Posts
Does Vitamin D Supplementation Lessen Chronic Pain?
Could Virtual Reality Benefit People With Fibromyalgia and Other Types of Chronic Pain?
Does Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN) Work?
7 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Live with Less Pain
 These are the most current Blogs on the topic of chronic pain.
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