Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking

02/15/22 • 15 min

Episode 12 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking
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This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia.

Because pain involves both the mind and the body, mind-body therapies may have the capacity to alleviate pain by changing the way you perceive it. If you've been in pain for a while, your brain may have rewired itself to perceive pain signals even after the signals aren't being sent anymore.
The body-mind techniques, including somatic, guide patients to focus on their underlying physical sensations.
Somatic work is a great addition to traditional psychotherapy.
I recommend doing both cognitive and somatic work to help alleviate pain and other fibro symptoms. Somatic work relies on body awareness and physiological regulation.
Several somatic techniques help specifically well patients with pain and trauma. This episode focuses on somatic tracking as an example of using somatic work to help with pain and healing.
Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

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You can see the full transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/10077172

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Episode 12 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking
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This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia.

If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

You can see the full transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/10077172

www.rheumcoach.com - my website

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook/com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
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Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Fear & Pain Cycle

Episode 11 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Fear & Pain Cycle
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This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia.

In fibromyalgia, the normal pre-wired by nature to feel fear or danger signals is dysregulated. The nervous system is more sensitive and gets activated more frequently into a danger state, the flight or fight response; it experiences a fear whole lot more often and longer than someone who has a more balanced nervous system.
Additionally, how the brain reacts reinforces the experiences as dangerous or safe.
So our brain is pre-wired to view pain as dangerous, as a surviving mechanism. When we react to pain with fear, it reinforces that experience as dangerous.

The more you fear pain, the more it puts the brain in a state of danger or high alert, activates the nervous system to fight or flight, the more fear you get. The more fear we have, the more pain we feel. The more pain you have, the more fear you feel, which leads to more pain. The brain is stuck in the fear–pain cycle or loop.
You can see the full transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/10031959

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Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Mind-Body Practice - How to do it - PART 1

Episode 13 - Fibromyalgia Pain Science Education - Mind-Body Practice - Somatic Tracking - How to do it - PART 1
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This episode continues pain science education of fibromyalgia.

How to do somatic work, using mindfulness technique called somatic tracking. This episode #13 - part 1 - deconstructs the script and explains exactly how to do it.
Part 2 is just the script - use it to practice or as an example to make your own script.
After you listen to #13 , part 1 and 2, you may find it useful to go back to episode #12.
Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

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www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook/com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
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Transcript

episode 12.

Today we are talking about body-mind techniques known to alleviate neuroplastic pain.

As I explained in the previous episodes, because pain involves both the mind and the body, mind-body therapies may have the capacity to alleviate pain by changing the way you perceive it. If you've been in pain for a while, your brain may have rewired itself to perceive pain signals even after the signals aren't being sent anymore. We also talked about the fear-pain cycle and the eff