Chronic Pain There are many influencing factors that can impact your level of daily pain. These include: - stress, mood, emotions - quality of sleep, and social supports How your body is responding to and processing the trauma of your accident can also influence your experiences of pain. After physical healing has taken place, you may continue to feel pain. The pain is real. Due to the strong connection between the mind and the body, physical pain can continue after healing has occurred.
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Kelsey uses a holistic and client centred approach. She blends psychoeducation, CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, and RBT. Kelsey is also trained in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a treatment r e c o m m e n d e d b y t h e Wo r l d H e a l t h Organization to help people process trauma. Call for a free consultation: 1877-325-7484 healingspaceskamloops@gmail.com www.healinGspaceskamloops.com
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“More than 1 in 5 British Columbians are living with chronic pain” -Pain BC how does trauma impact my body and my mind? When one experiences a threatening event, such as a traumatic event, the brain responds responds with FIGHT, FLIGHT, or FREEZE response. (Trauma Response)
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What is trauma? Tr a u m a t i c e v e n t s a r e u n e x p e c t e d , unpleasant and significant life experiences. Trauma is not the event. Trauma is the body’s natural response to an unnatural event. When a traumatic event takes place, the central nervous system is overhwelmed, shocked and becomes dysregulated. This dysregulation can create symptoms such as - fear, panic, fatigue, confusion, irritability, - obsession with safety or danger - anxiety and/or depression - physical pain, headaches, trouble sleeping We need to focus on the central nervous system to relieve these symptoms.
It may sense danger or threats everywhere. This may cause your body and mind to react to anything that resembles a similar threat. This is your body’s way of alerting you to a perceived threat. Physical body’s typically recover from injury between 6-8 weeks. Many people continue to feel pain long after 6-8 weeks. This may be in part due to the central nervous system needing longer than 6-8 weeks to recover. In order to relieve this pain, we need to help you body process the trauma, and explore other factors that might be contributing to pain. bio-psycho-social Model This model understands that people are whole beings. When one aspect of a person is impact the whole of them is impacted. This means, if one’s body is injured, their psyche is also impacted. If one’s social experiences change (such as time away from work), their biology will change. When we look at ourselves as whole beings, we can better understand our way back to balance, health, and wellbeing. Image from: https://pangnacea.wordpress.com/
What is a Care Plan? Together we can work to understand all the aspects of who you are and how they are impacting your level of pain and overall wellbeing. Once we understand the areas in your life that might be contributing to pain, we can create a plan that will help direct you back to wellness.