NeuroplasticPain: Refers to pain cause
by OR pain increased because of changes within the nervous system. These
structural and functional changes can occur at every level of the
nervous system.
Neuroplasticity: refers to the ability of the nervous system to alter its
structure and function. Neuroplasticity (also deals with brain plasticity, cortical plasticity and cortical re-mapping) refers to changes that occur in the organization of the brain and entire nervous system as a result of experiences. "Plasticity" relates to the learning by adding or removing connections, or cells.
Neuroplastic changes related to pain can occur at multiple levels of
the nervous system. More pain receptors may be in an area, the area of the brain that feels pain increases, the pain sensory system becomes more efficient, and the brain can learn pain.
"Neuroplasticity can make it easier for you to feel tissue damage (acute) pain."
This is the New Science of Pain, The pain sensory (nociceptive) system is not just a system for the conduction of pain impulses from the periphery to the brain.
We now know that plastic changes can take place in the
periphery, the spinal cord and also in higher brain centers following injury, inflammation and other events. These changes
may increase the magnitude of the perceived pain and
may contribute to the development of chronic pain syndromes and increased pain sensitivity.
Repetition is the mother of all learning.
Our nervous system controls or has a part in every function of our body. Neuroplasticity is generally very good for us; we learn a trade or career, we develop balance, we learn math, we learn to play baseball or the piano, and thousands of other functions we do everyday and do not even think about it. There is also a bad side of Neuroplasticity that deals with bad habits, addictions, certain diseases and in many cases pain.
The good thing is that as Stephen Covey says, "between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose." It is also a good thing for us that we have a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex (but you'll learn more about that later).
NeuroplasticPain: Refers to pain cause
byorincreased pain because of changes within the nervous system. These
structural and functional changes can occur at every level of the
nervous system.
The New Science of Pain, The pain sensory (nociceptive) system is not just a system for the conduction of pain impulses from the periphery to the brain.
We now know that plastic changes can take place in the
periphery, the spinal cord and also in higher brain centers following injury, inflammation and other events. These changes
may increase the magnitude of the perceived pain and
may contribute to the development of chronic pain syndromes and increased pain sensitivity.
