Introduction: Pain Isn’t Just About Tissue Damage When you stub your toe or burn your finger, it’s easy to see pain as a simple warning message from the body to the brain—"Damage detected!" But what if pain isn’t always a straightforward signal of harm? Neuroscientists now believe that chronic pain, like that experienced by people with fibromyalgia, isn’t always tied to ongoing injury. Instead, the brain plays a starring role in creating (and sometimes learning) persistent pain. At "Your Life...

Unraveling Pain: How Your Brain—Not Just Injuries—Shapes Chronic Pain (and Why It’s Good News for Healing)

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Unraveling Pain: How Your Brain—Not Just Injuries—Shapes Chronic Pain (and Why It’s Good News for Healing)

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