How to Combat Pain
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This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta. It happens in an instant. You move too fast and you feel a wrench in your back. Mm.
That first sharp pain. is followed by a persistent ache. Bothersome enough to send you to the doctor. A scan reveals a problem. A specialist recommends surgery.
You go onto the knife, trusting that once the damaged tissue is repaired, The pain will disappear. The story makes intuitive sense. Diagnose the problem, fix the bone or ligament or tendon that is not working properly. And you'll make the pain go away. But for many of us, that's not how pain unfolds.
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