Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) Crash Course, Dr. Yoni Ashar

Dr. Yoni Ashar, pain psychologist, and lead researcher of the Boulder Back Pain Study, and co-host Deb Malkin, pain recovery coach at Lin Health share a comprehensive overview of the PRT treatment framework. Learn practical tools to learn and practice on your own.

This workshop covers:
The psychological and neurobiological processes that cause chronic primary pain
The PRT treatment framework
Practical instruction about how to apply PRT principles to your life

0:00 Intro to PRT
11:46 How the brain learns chronic pain
17:43 What causes the brain to learn pain?
19:36 Predictive processing
27:41 The basis of PRT and clinical findings
35:04 4 main components of PRT
53:16 Steps you can take today

[lindaelarde]

I worked with this model for 2 years for leg, hip, cramping muscles, sciatica nerve pain. I had improvement and then relapse. It finally turned out that my hip was necrotic, my femur head was shredded and collapsed. It was a mess. I had a hip replacement. But what I found was that just learning there was a structural issue that could be addressed reduced my pain by 60% because the fear and constant ruminating ceased. I used meditation, breathing, and self-hypnosis to reduce fear further and reframe the surgery from scary to restorative. I had a very successful surgery and needed very little pain meds. I took only Tylenol, did not need narcotics and healed very well. I clearly had the hybrid of primary and secondary pain and I used a hybrid strategy to recover. I am fully active and pain free. Your work provides science based evidence for my experience. Thank you!

[gloriaradivojevic]

It makes me a bit sad that pain patients are concerned a burden. I remember my mom meeting with a new GP, and he wouldn’t take her on because she had chronic pain. I think the medical system has significantly failed us by not providing these modalities as a cure.

[littlelumber]

Thanks Yoni & Deb. I’ve been through a million videos on the subject and I’ve found this one particularly informative or perhaps transformative. I think speaking on the subject can really help people. I’ve decided to do some writing about evidence today, or lack thereof. Thank you!

[wimkrol]

Fantastic presentation. Thank you very much.

[hrobertson]

Thank you both! That was so informative and encouraging ❤

[psicologiajoseh]

Fantastic content! Thanks a lot for sharing! Looking forward to do the training. It's a bit expensive for me, living in a developing country. I hope I can find a way, bc there are so many people in need of this treatment where I live.

[stuartcathcart]

Hi, great presentation. Is there any chance you could release the power point slides. It'd be a great resource to use with patients.

[chrisdevox]

Thanks for this presentation! Are there any tips on treating people who experience primary pain and have autism? Would love to hear your opinion!

[rolfvreijdenberger]

Wondering if this could help with tinitus... will try based on the technique in alan's book

[lizmccue]

How do I change the pain?? You guys keep talking but I don't know what you're talking about.
Tell me what to do to get rid of my pain. Thank you.

[shaneashby]

We just need to understand that the pain isn’t the problem it’s our reaction to the pain that is the problem.

[democracybacksliding]

power of the mind for poor or traumatized people who fall through the very huge racks in the system
WE ARE F___KED

[peterpiper]

I wish there were something like this for habits.

[debtickner]

I actually did quickly see that bee in the first black and white picture so what does that suggest in what you’re outlining?

[RussellD]

What does this show us about Pharmaceutical drug trials for "chronic pain" and making drugs that are competely ineffective or even dangerous!

[pennyblanchard]

Could you tell me where arthritis comes into this?

[qbthckr]

I now take. Neuro. Mag for thos problem. It crosses the. Blood. Brain barrier and it works. It's called. Magnesium l threonate.

[katygirl]

Can the non-pain threats cause back pain?

[LizB]

Can you help people who have been trying to unlearn pain for almost two years with only a little change?

[ndnshn]

Have you guys had much success treating patients with secondary pain? Thx