Neuroplastic and reversible conditions:
Anxiety • depression • PTSD • OCD + eating disorders • Misophonia • Panic attacks • Protracted withdrawal syndrome • Headache or migraine • Fibromyalgia • Chronic fatigue • Irritable Bowel Syndrome • Back or sciatic pain • Vertigo or dizziness • Pelvic pain • Visual abnormalities • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome • Complex regional pain syndrome • Chronic lyme disease • Functional neurologic disorder • Interstitial cystitis • Long covid • Unexplained pain or illness • Chronic heartburn or GERD • Cyclic vomiting syndrome • Functional abdominal pain • Functional dyspepsia • Irritable bowel syndrome • Genito-Urinary • Chronic prostatitis • Dyspareunia • Frequent urination • Pelvic congestion syndrome • Pelvic floor dysfunction • Persistent genital arousal disorder • Pudendal neuralgia • Rectal muscle spasm/rectal pain • Sexual dysfunction • Vulvodynia • Cardiology • Inappropriate sinus tachycardia • Non-cardiac chest pain • POTS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome • Raynaud’s phenomena • Chronic eczema, hives, or itching • Hyperhydrosis • Telogen effluvium • Insomnia • Hypersensitivity to touch, sound, smell, light, foods or medications • Multiple chemical sensitivity • Benign Tremor • Brain fog, memory difficulties • Computer vision syndrome • Dystonias • Mal de Debarquement syndrome • Non-epileptic or functional seizure disorder • Occipital neuralgia • Persistent postural perceptual dizziness • Post concussion syndrome • Post-herpetic neuralgia • Raynaud’s phenomena • Restless leg syndrome • Small fiber neuropathy • Spasmodic dysphonia • Stuttering • Tics • Trigeminal neuralgia • Visual snow syndrome • Burning mouth syndrome • Choking sensation/“lump in throat” • Chronic cough • Chronic tooth or gum pain • Laryngopharyngeal reflux • TMJ OR TMD • Tinnitus • Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome • Chronic joint pain • Chronic neck pain • Chronic tendonitis • Erythromelalgia • Foot pain syndrome • Morton’s neuroma • Myofascial pain syndrome • Paresthesias • Piriformis syndrome • Plantar fasciitis • Post-surgical incision pain • Repetitive strain injury • Thoracic outlet syndrome • Torticollis Whiplash • Winged scapula syndrome • Adrenal fatigue syndrome • Candida overgrowth syndrome • Dysbiosis/dysbacteriosis • EBV reactivation syndrome • Leaky gut syndrome • Mast cell activation syndrome • Hypersensitivity syndromes • SIBO: Small intestine bacterial overgrowth syndrome
Anxiety • depression • PTSD • OCD + eating disorders • Misophonia • Panic attacks • Protracted withdrawal syndrome • Headache or migraine • Fibromyalgia • Chronic fatigue • Irritable Bowel Syndrome • Back or sciatic pain • Vertigo or dizziness • Pelvic pain • Visual abnormalities • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome • Complex regional pain syndrome • Chronic lyme disease • Functional neurologic disorder • Interstitial cystitis • Long covid • Unexplained pain or illness • Chronic heartburn or GERD • Cyclic vomiting syndrome • Functional abdominal pain • Functional dyspepsia • Irritable bowel syndrome • Genito-Urinary • Chronic prostatitis • Dyspareunia • Frequent urination • Pelvic congestion syndrome • Pelvic floor dysfunction • Persistent genital arousal disorder • Pudendal neuralgia • Rectal muscle spasm/rectal pain • Sexual dysfunction • Vulvodynia • Cardiology • Inappropriate sinus tachycardia • Non-cardiac chest pain • POTS Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome • Raynaud’s phenomena • Chronic eczema, hives, or itching • Hyperhydrosis • Telogen effluvium • Insomnia • Hypersensitivity to touch, sound, smell, light, foods or medications • Multiple chemical sensitivity • Benign Tremor • Brain fog, memory difficulties • Computer vision syndrome • Dystonias • Mal de Debarquement syndrome • Non-epileptic or functional seizure disorder • Occipital neuralgia • Persistent postural perceptual dizziness • Post concussion syndrome • Post-herpetic neuralgia • Raynaud’s phenomena • Restless leg syndrome • Small fiber neuropathy • Spasmodic dysphonia • Stuttering • Tics • Trigeminal neuralgia • Visual snow syndrome • Burning mouth syndrome • Choking sensation/“lump in throat” • Chronic cough • Chronic tooth or gum pain • Laryngopharyngeal reflux • TMJ OR TMD • Tinnitus • Amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome • Chronic joint pain • Chronic neck pain • Chronic tendonitis • Erythromelalgia • Foot pain syndrome • Morton’s neuroma • Myofascial pain syndrome • Paresthesias • Piriformis syndrome • Plantar fasciitis • Post-surgical incision pain • Repetitive strain injury • Thoracic outlet syndrome • Torticollis Whiplash • Winged scapula syndrome • Adrenal fatigue syndrome • Candida overgrowth syndrome • Dysbiosis/dysbacteriosis • EBV reactivation syndrome • Leaky gut syndrome • Mast cell activation syndrome • Hypersensitivity syndromes • SIBO: Small intestine bacterial overgrowth syndrome
Before treating symptoms as neuroplastic, first consult with a medical provider to rule out issues that
require immediate medical care, such as a fracture, tumor, cancer, or acute infection.
Did you know that although pain is felt in your body, it's actually created and maintained by your brain?
What is neuroplastic
pain?
Neuroplastic pain is real pain caused in the absence of damage. After injury, illness, stress, or fear, the brain can learn to expect danger and continue sending pain signals—even when the body is safe and healed. It's like a smoke alarm that keeps going off long after the fire is out.
The brain uses pain to communicate that something important and possibly dangerous needs our attention. The brain doesn’t differentiate between structural and internal damage, emotional concerns, or psychological threats.
While structural and internal damage should always be treated by a physician, studies show that 88-95% of chronic back and neck pain, IBS, headaches/migraines, chronic stomach pain, and pelvic floor issues are neuroplastic.
Another study reveals emotional pain is processed in the brain in ways that closely resemble physical pain.
Neuroplastic symptoms are real and not in your head. This is because brain is the creator of all pain sensations experienced in the body.
Neuroplastic symptoms also include things like anxiety, depression, fatigue, insomnia, dizziness, and skin conditions–to name a few.
Healing comes from addressing the root:
The brain.
If symptoms are being driven by learned brain pathways rather than ongoing tissue damage, addressing the body alone won't create lasting relief.
Your brain is the master regulator of your body. It influences hormones, inflammation, digestion, pain, and countless other processes.
Imagine a plant with unhealthy roots. You can trim the leaves, fertilize the soil, and polish every branch—but until the roots are healthy, the plant won't truly thrive. Healing begins at the root. Healing begins with the brain.
Your brain can learn pain pathways—
but it can also unlearn them.
There was likely a time when you lived without chronic symptoms, and those healthy neural pathways still exist. Recovery isn't about fixing a broken body; it's about retraining your brain to strengthen pathways of safety while allowing pain pathways to fade.
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