Why Chronic Pain Isn’t Imaginary: The Mind Body Link

About this episode

Ross interviews Dr. Dave Clark about the connection between chronic pain and unresolved psychological issues.

Ross interviews Dr. Dave Clark, a physician who specializes in "neuroplastic symptoms" — real physical conditions like chronic pain, migraines, and fibromyalgia that are generated by the brain in response to unresolved stress, trauma, and adverse childhood experiences rather than structural or organ disease. Research shows that 88% of chronic spine pain is brain-generated, and a landmark study found that neuroplastic therapy reduced pain by 75% in just four weeks among patients who had...

People in this episode

Host: Ross Rosenberg

Guest: Dr. Dave Clark

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• neuroplasticity
• mental health
• trauma
• stress

Keywords

• chronic pain
• neuroplastic symptoms
• migraines
• fibromyalgia
• stress
• trauma
• adverse childhood experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: neuroplastic symptoms

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