The Science Behind Pep: A New Era in Non-Invasive Chronic Pain Relief
How the Nervous System Creates and Calms Pain
Your nervous system—peripheral nerves, spinal cord, and brain—works like a protective alarm. Pain is one of its signals. In chronic pain, that alarm can become sensitized: it fires too easily, too loudly, or at the wrong times, even when tissues are safe.
This isn’t “all in your head.” It’s a real, physiological pattern where threat circuits are turned up and calming circuits are turned down. Attention, stress, mood, sleep, and context all influence how loudly the nervous system broadcasts pain.
The good news: the nervous system is adaptable. With the right inputs, it can relearn safety and turn the volume down. Brief practices that reduce threat and increase safety help shift the system toward balance.
- Pain reflects nervous system sensitivity, not just tissue status.
- Sensitivity can change; small, repeatable cues of safety matter.
- Pep guides you through fast, science‑based tools that help retrain the system.
Therapy Techniques Used in Pep
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)
A cutting-edge mind-body therapy that teaches the brain to reinterpret chronic pain signals as safe — helping stop the cycle of pain at its source.
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