Do you suffer from pain or illness that is “medically unexplained”?

You’re in the right place.

Millions of people around the world suffer from chronic pain. In fact, one in six adults and 30-40% of primary care patients suffer from pain, or from illness that is “medically unexplained,” or are not responding to treatment as their physicians expect.

So, where does this pain or illness come from? Research has shown that many people with these conditions have changes in the nerve pathways in the brain. These are associated with stress, trauma and repressed emotions. Pain and illness caused by this process IS REAL! The solution is, too! New research using Pain Relief Psychology has achieved far better relief of symptoms than has been achieved with older approaches.

What are Psychophysiologic Disorders?

Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD) is the clinical term for stress-related, brain-generated pain and other symptoms. This term is a blend of Psychology (the processes of the mind) and Physiology (the processes of the body). PPD can affect almost any structure, organ system or region of the body, often more than one at a time.

Conditions such as chronic pain (not linked to damage or disease), migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, and pelvic pain syndromes are just a few of the dozens of very real conditions that can be caused or made worse by PPD.

The good news is that after years of clinical research, the new Pain Relief Psychology is relieving PPD, not merely helping people live with it. The keys to this new approach are:

• Reassurance that the body is not damaged or diseased in PPD

• Uncovering sources of stress that might not have been fully recognized

• Successfully treating those stresses, some of which link to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Visit our Symptoms page (it has a self-diagnostic Quiz) before learning about PPD Diagnosis and Resources.