Chronic Pain Recovery Coaching

Pain has a complicated history and presentation. Injections and comforting therapies wear off, re-injury occurs and sometimes, pain even persists long after visible proof of healing.

These are things we know to be true.

With more and more study, we know that the brain creates pain. This isn't disputed in Western healthcare, but it isn't equipped to treat central sensitization with the persistent care it requires.

That's where Neuroplastic Pain Recovery Coaching comes in.

Structural Supports

For a long time, I’ve been interested in the work of healing, pain and why we suffer. In fact, it’s led me to pursue many modalities of healing and degrees of study in exercise, coaching, yoga therapy, reiki, meditation, and ayurveda.

As a patient for my own care, I’ve sought pelvic PT, psychotherapy, naturopathic care, homeopathy, and chiropractic at different times for different things. In my experience, they’ve all helped. Each of them explored different layers of me that we’re integral in combination with each other. Some more than others at particular times, but none solutions in and of themselves.

So what happens when you’ve tried all the things? You’ve exhausted every specialist, practitioner, supplement and just can’t find lasting relief?

The solution is simple and the science supports it: we start by understanding all pain is created in the brain (NOT in the sense that you’re making it up - that’s exactly opposite). It starts there but the good news is it also dissolves there if it is neuroplastic pain to any degree.

Is my pain neuoplastic?

As much as you might feel the pain is in your back, arm, [insert body part], that pain is generated by the brain and continues in amplifying, emotion-fed loop in the case of what we call neuroplastic pain. Neuroplastic pain behaves in a particular and peculiar way but has one goal. It’s designed to keep us safe at its core, but, goes awry for us later on. Pain is an adaption, that has a serious effect on psychoemotional wellbeing.

If your pain has:

• Lasted longer than 3 months

• Began without a clear cause or connection

• Continued past a healed injury

• Changed in where, when, and how often it’s felt

• Improved temporarily with distraction or enjoyable activities

  
  

If you’ve been diagnosed with or possibly suspect:

• Gastrointestional distress and IBS

• Migrane (vestibuar, ocular, and auricular)

• Chronic back and neck pain​​

• Idiopathic Nerve Pain

• Vertigo

• Fibromyalgia

• Tinnitus

• Sciatica

• Persistent Pelvic Pain

• CRPS

• Degenerative Disc Disease

• Bulging disc or herniated disc

  
  

​And, if you’ve ever:

• Been told that there's a structural issue, but the tissue has healed and pain persists

• Had serious pain despite normal labs and diagnostic findings

• Been told that “its all in your head” or psychosomatic

• Experienced trauma

• Walked away unchanged and defeated from some of the best structural pain treatments and therapies available.

  
  

Then you’re a good candidate for Pain Recovery Coaching.

Pain Recovery Coaching + Yoga Therapy

For the first time, I’m combining multiple professional skillsets into one service dedicated to chronic pain: education in bite-sized chunks, the real-honest conversation about our lives/how we feel, and mind-body practices alongside that move the needle.

It’s the skill set of coaching that gets to the root of narratives and lived experience contributing to fear and threat, keeping the alarm signal sounding. It’s the tools that belong to the practice of yoga therapeutics that work with our energetics to find rest, mobility and ease. And it’s staying close to the newest information on mind-body science that its applied practices have proven to help.

This program lifts up the work of neuroscientists, psychologists and somatic educators as we use:

• Somatic Tracking and PRT techniques from Alan Gordon

• Clinical Somatic Movement from Thomas Hanna and Sarah Warren

• Neuroscience from the work of Alan Gordon, Howard Schubiner, and Lorimer Mosley (and their incredible research teams)

• Ayurveda’s insight and application in pain care science in yoga therapy from Marlysa Sullivan, Neil Pearson and Shelley Prosko

• Journal Speak from Nichole Sachs, Dr. John Sarno, and Christine Sarno

• Mindfulness and Self-Compassion from the work of Christiane Wolf and Sharon Salzberg

• Concepts and tools from creators of Lin Health

• AND…the science and application of newest research with ourselves and our clients (anecdotal evidence)

  
  

While it’s absolutely possible and productive to learn from those who have devoted their lives to study without the experience of chronic pain, many of us (myself included) have taken the interest we have from our own experience of chronic pain. We’ve lived it, felt it, and practiced these tools ourselves (or in some cases, invented them or figured how what helped before they had a name).

This information has been published in quite a few books, turned into courses, and has changed the lives of so many. Let’s apply this work, together, for YOU and place you on the journey of healing pain and living with greater ease.

This 1:1 engagement is highly curated for you, your experience, and where your interest lies in exploration. Largely, we’ll lean heavy on education first, then towards practice and experiential sessions as time goes on. You don’t need to be ‘fixed’ - you simply need to take an active role in your healing and be willing to explore.

Don’t wait, there’s no such thing as the perfect time to start a coaching path.

Reach me across the next few weeks to see if you’re a good candidate by filling the contact form at www.elisecusimano.com.

Keep pain education flowing here and dip your toe into into pain education with these two videos below:

A Snake Bite in Australia | TEDx

Twin Peaks