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Chronic Pain: A Balancing Act Between Feeling Safe or Threatened biopsychosocial chronic pain danger dim nervous system painfreeathlete painscience protectometer safety self healing sim stress threat Jan 09, 2025

Our emotional state impacts our chronic pain experience. Thus, feeling safe or threatened can increase, decrease, or completely eliminate the sensation of chronic pain. Essentially, how much something hurts is often dependent on our circumstances and whether we feel secure or in danger. To...

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4Islands MTB Croatia: No Pain No Gain? 4islands epicseries nopainnogain painfreeathlete painscience thepainfreeathlete Jun 15, 2023

4Islands MTB Croatia is the fourth cycling stage race I have completed. It all started In 2016 when my husband Ken suggested going to South Africa for a nine-day mountain bike stage race to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. We loved it! So we continued the tradition this year--in Croatia!...

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Join the Pain Revolution! gothedistance lorimer moseley painfree painrevolution painscience thepainfreeathlete Oct 18, 2022

The Pain Revolution is a grassroots movement that strives to change people’s understanding of chronic pain. The genesis of this evolution in our understanding of pain is based in Australia. Specifically, the Pain Revolution started in South Australia, in the city of Adelaide at the...

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