Sifting and Sculpting Pain

Possibly the most powerful thing you can do for a person's pain is to help them define its borders -- specify where it is and is not -- within their perceptual field.
Here's an excerpt from a previous iteration of ⚡'Modern Manual Therapy for Post-Surgical Recovery' (bit.ly/2UbQTPB)⚡ where I go into a sequence of inquiries and autonomic responses observed in the patient's nervous system... all of which happens during intake!
While this is useful for all persons in pain, it's especially transformative in patients recovering from surgery. The better they can safely explore their movement capacity, and integrate the change induced by surgery, the better chance they have for a full recovery.
If you're any kind of manual therapist consider joining Saturday Dec 2nd's 3/5hr class! We'll discuss medical communication, principles of tissue remodeling and related treatment choices, and various specific surgical procedures.
⚡MANUAL THERAPY FOR POST SURGICAL RECOVERY⚡
Sat, Dec 2nd from 11:00am-1:00pm (online)
and 11:00am-4:00pm (in person)
Online class (live or on your own time): 3hrs/$60.
In-person class: 5hrs/$130
For more info & to sign up: bit.ly/2UbQTPB

[@Glen-uy4jt]

Are you talking about pain ? Or perceived pain, which is actually an uncomfortable feeling while repositioning, or exceeded reduced limits after some damage to cellular structure has previously occurred. Pain is an acute signal that accompanies immediate cellular damage. An uncomfortable sensation or feeling is the ego’s denial of the situation, and of course many “ go with the flow “ and deny reality.

[@TheRealMikeHamm]

Thanks for the comment Glen.
To use the agreed upon vocabulary of contemporary pain science:
You are referring to nociception, which is the tissue-level ‘danger signal’ mediated by C and A-delta nerve fibers.
Many authors (D Butler, L Mosely, Melzack, Wall, Bove, to name a few) take great pains (ha) to distinguish nociceptive input from the phenomenon of pain.
Pain is what the brain constructs based on perception of threat. This can include incoming signals from tissues, or not. And so it is precisely perception (cortical and limbic processing) that makes it pain.
This is why the same stimulus can be painful or not, depending on the environment and expections.
Ego is not a precise clinical term, so I tend to avoid it. My ego loves precision!

[@Glen-uy4jt]

@@TheRealMikeHamm thanks for the reference material, I will be investigating more. My statement comes from studying Gong-fu as Personal Development, also on the martial side we get to experience real pain, as in joint locks as well as just an uncomfortable feeling which can contort the posture. When it comes to repairing damaged tissue many are unable to “ go there “ because of their pain. For example, fascia releases can be extremely uncomfortable but rarely does it cause damage. Poor techniques can of course cause damage related cellular tissue.

[@Glen-uy4jt]

@@TheRealMikeHamm in Taoism “ ego “ does have a specific meaning based upon the “ Revolving Hierarchy “