Adding Pain Reprocessing Therapy to the Mindful Moves Practice
I often get the question, “How long will it take for me to resolve my pain?” Or whatever the goal is, how many sessions will it take to get there?
That is, of course, a reasonable question. The answer isn’t as simple as if we’re answering, “How long will it take to resolve my thirst once I drink water?”
I’ve just completed a certification in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and am continuing my training in this remarkable work. I’ve been learning about the different kinds of pain - nerve, structural, and neuroplastic chronic pain. Neuroplasticity is the ability of the brain to change and reorganize itself in response to new experiences or information. When searching for a definition of “neuroplastic pain” on the internet, the results say: “Neuroplastic pain results from the brain misinterpreting safe messages from the body as if they were dangerous. In other words, neuroplastic pain is a false alarm. Though the pain can be addressed psychologically, this does not imply that the pain is imaginary.”
There are 50 million people in this neuroplastic pain category and treating it is similarly non-linear but super exciting and highly effective. I love the Feldenkrais Method and have been seeking techniques that can augment, supplement, and complement my offerings. I’m excited to add PRT to my Mindful Moves practice.
With the PRT, I am using a process called Somatic Tracking, which is observing sensations with neutrality instead of fear. We also approach the pain with outcome independence, meaning we’re not trying to treat or banish it. We are looking at it with detached interest - which is similar to what we do in Feldenkrais. Somatic Tracking addresses neuroplastic pain psychologically.
Stay tuned for more about this work as I continue to explore the ways to assess and work with neuroplastic pain, both as a Feldenkrais Practitioner and a practitioner certified in Pain Reprocessing Therapy.
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