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‘On Pain:’ understanding the connection between physical and mental pain
By Andrea Dukakis | February 28, 2022
Pain is physical. But it’s also mental. And that mind-body connection is the subject today of “On Pain,” our new series about pain management. Greg Whisler had chronic pain for years until he took part in a pain study at CU Boulder, involving a treatment called Pain Reprocessing Therapy. For more on the study, we’re joined by Yoni Ashar, the researcher who conducted it, and by Dr. Karen Knight who is a pain management physician in the Greater Denver area.
Pain Brain
A documentary about a massive neuroscience study that challenges the medical industry’s approach to chronic pain.
When therapist Alan Gordon suggests psychology as the cure for millions of pain sufferers, it garners the attention of Yoni Ashar, a doctoral student working in the lab of Dr. Tor Wager, who is willing to put Alan’s claims to the test.
PAIN BRAIN balances scientific breakthrough alongside intimate therapy sessions with patients as Alan attempts to cure patients with only words and information.
How successful the treatment is could catalyze a paradigm shift – from body to brain – amongst doctors and patients.