The Brain & Body can work together beautifully

If you're reading this, you've probably heard those words before. You've seen multiple specialists. You've had the scans, the x-rays, the blood tests. Everything comes back "normal" - but you're still in pain. Day after day. Month after month. Maybe even year after year.

I'm here to tell you something important: Your pain is real. And there's hope.

I didn't start out in this field by chance. Like many practitioners working with chronic pain, I've walked a path that's led me to understand something profound about how pain actually works - and more importantly, how it can be reversed.

When I discovered the work of Dr. Schubiner and researchers like Dr. Yoni Ashar and Professor Tor Wager, everything clicked. Their 2022 randomised clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry showed that Pain Reprocessing Therapy helped two-thirds of chronic back pain patients become pain-free or nearly pain-free - and these results lasted a full year after treatment.

This wasn't pain management. This was pain reversal.

I knew I had to bring this approach to Ireland, where over half a million people struggle with chronic pain conditions every single day.

I work with people of all ages and backgrounds, from teenagers with amplified pain syndromes to adults who've lived with fibromyalgia for decades. The common thread? They'd all seen multiple medical professionals without finding lasting relief.

What makes me incredibly excited to come to work every day is seeing the transformations that happen when people finally understand what's actually causing their pain - and that they have the power to heal it.

I've watched clients who hadn't slept properly in years finally rest peacefully. I've seen people return to activities they loved but had given up on. I've witnessed the relief and joy when someone realises they're not "broken" - they just needed the right approach.

Here's the truth: chronic pain doesn't usually get better on its own. Left untreated, pain conditions often develop and accelerate over time through neurophysiological processes. The learned pain pathways become more entrenched. The nervous system becomes more sensitised.

But here's the good news: neuroplasticity works both ways. Just as your brain learned these pain patterns, it can unlearn them. The sooner you start, the faster you can begin your recovery journey.