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More people suffer from chronic pain than from diabetes, cancer, and heart disease combined, making it a public health crisis. The cost of suffering is huge due to the fact that pain is so complex and far beyond the intersection of neural transmission and sensory experience. The puzzle of pain is made up of emotions, sensations, culture, individual experience, genetics and spiritual meaning. The art and science of working with the resources of the body to reverse the effects of physical, emotional, and trauma related pain is presented in this workshop. Unresolved trauma is one of the factors that has not been considered in the war on pain. A multi-level approach to the treatment of pain and trauma will include ways to work with trauma that may have caused the pain through accident, injury, disease or other overwhelming events, discovering how persistent emotional and physical pain become traumatizing in and of themselves, and working with unresolved trauma. We will show how to recognize and break free of the posttraumatic pain trap with the help of skills of emotional and sensate self-regulation, body awareness, work with pendulum rhythms, and expansion of innate resilience. You will learn how to deal with anxiety, fear, and panic, as well as anger, rage, and hopelessness that are associated with pain. The opportunity to consult with us about specific pain conditions will also be provided.

The educational objectives are listed.

1. Identify 5 types of trauma involved in the treatment of pain.
2. Practice two self-regulation skills that can help with physical, emotional, and trauma-related pain.
3. Practice two techniques to work with various reactions related to fight, flight, and freeze responses that maintain chronic pain.
4. Practice two strategies to shift bracing and constriction patterns in the body that contribute to pain.

Session may be edited to preserve confidentiality.