Dr. Hansma: The Longer You've Had Chronic Symptoms, The Easier You CAN Recover

About this episode

Dr. Paul Hansma discusses how longer symptom duration can facilitate recovery and the science behind effective recovery strategies.

Send us Fan Mail In this video, Dr. Paul Hansma, Professor at UC Santa Barbara (The UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab), shares why longer symptom duration can actually make recovery easier, and what the science reveals about the most effective ways to shift those patterns. CONNECT WITH DR. PAUL HANSMA 🌐 The UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab - https://hansmalab.physics.ucsb.edu 🎥 Dr Hansma's YouTube (managed by his lab) - https://www.youtube.com/@ChronicPainScience 📚 STUDIES MENTIONED 1....

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Host: Raelan

Guest: Dr. Paul Hansma

Topics covered

• chronic symptoms
• recovery
• science
• health
• pain management

Keywords

• chronic symptoms
• recovery
• Dr. Paul Hansma
• UCSB
• pain management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UC Santa Barbara, UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab, Chronic Pain Science

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