Shifting Your Pain and Perspective through Education

Do you continuously or intermittently experience symptoms from any of the following:

Back or Joint Pain
Sciatica
TMJ
Headaches
Tendonitis
Muscle Spasms or Strains
Plantar Fasciitis
Carpel Tunnel
Osteoarthritis

Yes

Relief may lie in the way you are interpreting your pain. Research has found that:

UNDERSTANDING PAIN REDUCES PAIN!

In addition, best treatment practices for ongoing pain includes education. Pain Story Project informs your viewpoint on pain through evidence-based, interactive classes.

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How well do you understand how persistent pain works and why you still hurt?

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How we Help

Stories help us make sense of our life experiences including pain. Our narratives also reveal our perspectives which reflect our beliefs, knowledge, expectations, feelings, and thoughts. Studies have found that how we view our ongoing pain can impact how much, and even if, we hurt.

Through teaching the latest science about pain and recovery and relating it to your narrative, we help you develop a new understanding and relationship with your persisting pain. This new outlook can redirect the trajectory of your pain story towards relief and resilience.

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Please help us reduce the incidence of persistent pain worldwide through offering free educational programs. Pain Story Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by the generous donations of our supporters.

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The Chronic Pain Problem

Approximately one and half billion people worldwide have chronic pain, including nearly 25% of US adults
Standard treatments which are mostly invasive and only aimed at the physical body are frequently ineffective
The goal of persistent pain care is often management instead of elimination
Current pain remedies only address symptoms not the underlying causes

The Pain Story Project Solution

Research has proven that learning about persistent pain can reduce it
Chronic pain is caused by many factors
Pain educators agree: chronic pain is often a ‘pain problem’ not a tissue issue
The meaning applied to chronic pain directs behaviors and outcomes
Ongoing pain is a sensory and emotional experience both of which need to be considered in recovery