MBS (Mind Body Syndrome), also known as PPD (Psychophysiologic Disorder) or Neuroplastic pain (Neural Circuit/Neuroplastic pain), is a general name for physical symptoms that do not result from physical or structural damage to the tissue itself (such as in disease/fracture/tumor situations) Infection).
The pain results from over-excitement and fixation of neural pathways in the brain and central nervous system. The driving force behind the pain phenomenon is a combination of factors such as psychological stress, negative emotions and fear of the symptoms themselves.
The pain/symptom/syndrome can appear anywhere in the body. However, there are more common symptoms such as: migraines and headaches, back pain, neck pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, painful bladder syndrome, chronic fatigue, tinnitus, pelvic pain, vulodynia, sciatica, pain in the feet, pain in the facial area, sensations of numbness/tingling/paresthesias, dizziness, severe period pains and more. The appearance of the symptom/pain is varied.
It can start gradually or suddenly, after an initial injury or without any physical injury whatsoever.
The diagnostic process should be done by a doctor familiar with the subject and the characteristics of neuroplastic pain. The purpose of the diagnosis is to rule out a structural/physical source of the pain (for example, pain due to a tumor/disease/fracture, nerve damage, etc.) and to confirm that it meets the criteria for neuroplastic pain.
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Neuroplastic pain/MBS includes physical symptoms that do not result from physical injury. The symptoms can appear in extremely high intensity, in all parts of the body, gradually or suddenly, after an injury or without an initial injury.
Although the source of the pain is not a physical injury, the pain is 100% real and felt in the body.
The pain is caused by the brain perceiving danger. The threat can be of physical, emotional or combined origin.
In response to the actual or potential threat that the brain detects, neural connections are formed between the brain cells—a kind of neural pathway that transmits pain to the body.
Over time, if the assessment of danger does not change, the brain will continue to activate the same neural pathways over and over again, and they will become a kind of "speed dial.” That is, the brain learns to activate them more quickly and efficiently.
Neuroplastic pain, despite its intensity and duration, is not dangerous and it is reversible. Just as the brain has learned to activate the pain pathways, it can use the appropriate mental tools to deactivate them.
