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Line 9: − {{#widget:Montage}}+ − For the randomized controlled trial, researchers recruited 151 men and women who had back pain for at least six months at an intensity of at least 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. Before and after treatment, participants underwent brain scans to measure how their brains reacted to a mild pain stimulus. The results were surprisingly robust. After just four weeks of treatment, 66% of patients in the treatment group were pain-free or nearly pain-free, compared to 20% of the placebo group and 10% of the no-treatment group. When people in the PRT group were exposed to mild pain in the scanner post-treatment, brain regions associated with pain processing – including the anterior insula and anterior midcingulate —had quieted significantly.+ +
Video Interviews With PRT Study Participants (view source)
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'''CU Boulder Today:''' https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/09/29/how-therapy-not-pills-can-kill-chronic-pain-and-change-brain
'''CU Boulder Today:''' https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/09/29/how-therapy-not-pills-can-kill-chronic-pain-and-change-brain
For the randomized controlled trial, researchers recruited 151 men and women who had back pain for at least six months at an intensity of at least 4 on a scale of 1 to 10. Before and after treatment, participants underwent brain scans to measure how their brains reacted to a mild pain stimulus. The results were surprisingly robust. After just four weeks of treatment, 66% of patients in the treatment group were pain-free or nearly pain-free, compared to 20% of the placebo group and 10% of the no-treatment group. When people in the PRT group were exposed to mild pain in the scanner post-treatment, brain regions associated with pain processing – including the anterior insula and anterior midcingulate —had quieted significantly.
The following are interviews with study participants:
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'''Pain Reprocessing Therapy''' (PRT) was created by Alan Gordon, LCSW, founder of the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles and author of the new book '''''The Way Out.''''' Chronic pain is generally considered to be incurable, but recent neuroscience has found that in many cases, chronic pain is actually caused by misfiring pain circuits in the brain, and that it can be reversed. In '''THE WAY OUT: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain (Avery Hardcover)''', Alan introduces readers to '''Pain Reprocessing Therapy''', a mind-body protocol that eliminated his own chronic pain and has transformed the lives of thousands.
'''Pain Reprocessing Therapy''' (PRT) was created by Alan Gordon, LCSW, founder of the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles and author of the new book '''''The Way Out.''''' Chronic pain is generally considered to be incurable, but recent neuroscience has found that in many cases, chronic pain is actually caused by misfiring pain circuits in the brain, and that it can be reversed. In '''THE WAY OUT: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain (Avery Hardcover)''', Alan introduces readers to '''Pain Reprocessing Therapy''', a mind-body protocol that eliminated his own chronic pain and has transformed the lives of thousands.