#277 Why Your Brain Keeps Pain Turned On (According to Neuroscience)
Chronic pain doesn't always mean something is wrong with your body. Your brain may be keeping it switched on to be efficient, and retraining your nervous system can help you break the pain cycle.
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Why would your brain pick constant pain over uncertainty, and how do you change its mind?
Join me and my guest, Cameron Allen, neuroscientist and partner at Sensorium Neurowellness, to learn more about how fear fuels chronic pain, how neurofeedback and VR biofeedback calm an overprotective nervous system, and the simple daily habit that starts shifting your brain toward healing.
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In this episode, you’ll learn:
⏰ 00:00 - Introduction
⏰ 02:59 - From Aviation to Neuroscience
⏰ 08:48 - Surgery Without Anesthesia?
⏰ 13:03 - How Fear Fuels Pain
⏰ 28:06 - Building Nervous System Capacity
⏰ 44:44 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing
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Cameron Allen is a translational neuroscientist and founder of Neuro Progeny, where he pairs neuroscience with scalable technology to help leaders, coaches, and teams build the nervous system capacity for sustained performance. With eighteen years in neuroimaging, he has reviewed more than 8,000 brain scans and published peer-reviewed research alongside clinicians, researchers, and geneticists. After testing brain-based tools with real clients and seeing the gap between research and results, he built Neuro Progeny to close it. He also co-founded Sensorium Neuro Wellness, with clinics in Asheville, Charlotte, and Spartanburg. Cameron believes all behavior is adaptive and capacity is trainable, and he's on a mission to positively impact 50 million lives. He is a husband and father, roles that shape everything he builds.
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cameron-allen-neuro/
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Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.
Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness, not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show, we explore practices, methods, and scientific principles that help naturally relieve pain and inflammation.
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