What's Causing Your Pain

& Fix it Yourself

SELF-GUIDED QUIZ TO DISCOVER YOUR PAIN STRESSORS & BALANCE WITH HEALTHY RESILIENCY

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on Your Pain

Ready to find out what your body has actually been trying to tell you? Good. Before we start, if you've experienced a recent fall, accident, or injury, please get clearance from your doctor first. Your safety comes first. 


Most people assume pain means something is broken, torn, or damaged. And yes, those injuries happen, but they heal. If your pain has persisted well beyond when an injury should have resolved, something else is going on.


Research now shows that the nervous system itself can become hypersensitive, essentially stuck in alarm mode, generating real, significant pain even when there's no tissue damage present. Stress makes it worse. Poor sleep makes it worse. You may have had an MRI or X-ray showing arthritis or a disc bulge. Those findings are extremely common in people who have no pain. 


"Pain is your body's alarm system. But sometimes it misfires."


THE FOUNDATION OF THIS GUIDE 


PART ONE

   9 questions about the stressors that may be               keeping your nervous system on high alert. 

  PART TWO

   9 questions about the daily habits that build resilience and       protect against pain. 

Interactive Pain Quiz by Melinda Stackpoole