Retrain your brain to help manage back pain


By AGENCY

Retraining the brain in its relationship with the back could be the next new treatment for chronic back pain. — dpa

"Retraining" the brain to communicate with the back can help alleviate chronic back pain, according to a study.

Teaching people how to think about their body in pain, how they process sensory information from their back and how they move their back during activities can help ease pain and improve quality of life, the authors said.

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