Making Sense of Chronic Pain

You‘ve been told your pain doesn‘t make sense. That your tests are normal, that maybe it‘s all in your head. But your pain is real. The fatigue is real. The brain fog, the flare-ups, the way your body seems to betray you without warning. It‘s all real. And it‘s not random. This book offers a new way to understand the mechanics of chronic pain, including conditions such as fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, CRPS, POTS, and trauma-related pain. It draws on more than twenty years of clinical experience with athletes and chronic pain patients, along with the latest pain neuroscience research. At its core, it shows that these conditions share a single underlying pattern: maladaptive neuroplasticity and the nervous system‘s learned tendency to amplify pain and threat. This isn‘t another book promising a cure. It‘s a guide to understanding why your body behaves the way it does, and what you can do about it. With a tone that‘s equal parts empathetic and unflinching, it walks you through the science of pain, the mechanisms of chronic conditions, and the interventions that actually target the root system, not just the symptoms. If you‘ve been collecting diagnoses, fighting for validation, and searching for answers that make sense, this book is for you. Written by a licensed massage therapist, certified wellness coach, and strength and conditioning specialist with over 20 years of experience helping people navigate complex pain conditions.