{"id":448,"date":"2011-12-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/12\/01\/brain_scan_study_reveals_where\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:09:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:09:45","slug":"brain_scan_study_reveals_where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/brain_scan_study_reveals_where\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Scan Study Reveals Where Pain Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/home-page\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> article focused on new developments in research on how our brain reacts to pain.  The article revealed that new research has demonstrated that we have a lot of control over how we interpret pain and that new methods are being developed to try and train our brains to feel less pain, especially in the case of those experiencing chronic pain.<\/p>\n<p>For example, <a href=\"http:\/\/snapl.stanford.edu\/\">Stanford University&#8217;s Neuroscience and Pain Lab<\/a> has conducted studies where subjects watch their own brain scans while reacting to pain.  Researchers then work on training the subjects to focus on something else instead of the pain.  Distracting oneself from the pain lessens our perception of the pain and in essence takes some of the pain away.  The more the subjects work at re-evaluating their pain, the less interference the pain had in their day to day lives.<\/p>\n<p>This idea of refocusing one&#8217;s attention away from the pain has been used by laymen for years.  When a child falls and hurts himself, his mother might try to distract him from his cuts and scrapes with a special treat.  Or having women in labor focus on breathing techniques to try and remain calm through the pain.  So while this research might seem obvious to many, it is only recently that researchers are studying the underlying science and figuring out new ways to apply these findings to pain therapy.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/brain_scan_study_reveals_where\/#more-448\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Wall Street Journal article focused on new developments in research on how our brain reacts to pain. 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