WHY WRITING ABOUT YOUR PAIN CAN HELP I realized many years ago that the process that begins with a diagnosis in the office needed to continue and be reinforced at home to be even more effective. I advised patients to go home and keep a daily journal of feelings and emotions. Some did great with this advice. Others found it hard to sustain the effort of writing in a blank notebook after a few days or perhaps a week. So I wrote The MindBody Workbook which is a guided journal that offers the ...

Learn skills to “rewire” your brain for lasting relief from pain—now and in the future.Do you hurt all the time? Chronic pain—the kind that lasts long after the normal healing period is over—can be devastating, especially if you’re a teen. You may feel anxious, scared, or sad as a result, and long to return to the normal activities of being a teen. And if the pain does go away for a time, you may worry about it coming back. So, how can you manage chronic pain and t...