New insights into chronic pain and illness
Recovery Stories
When you are recovering from chronic pain or illness, reviewing success stories can be powerful. Accounts of recovery offer hope, inspiration and reassurance. It may be helpful to know, therefore, that members of the Living Proof team have successfully used the neuroplastic approach to recover from a wide range of symptoms and conditions - both pain and non-pain-related, including:
Interstitial Cystitis
Back pain
Hip pain
Jaw pain
Pelvic pain
Vulvodynia
ME / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Psoriasis
IBS
Chronic headaches / migraine
Post-surgical scar pain
PoTS
Functional seizures
If you don’t see your specific symptoms or condition listed here or on this page, please don’t worry. We know that the brain through the nervous system can create a huge range of symptoms. You don’t need to find someone with your exact symptoms to be inspired and know that recovery from neurophysiological conditions IS possible.
Living Proof - Stories of Hope Films
Living Proof has produced two 12-minute films offering an accessible introduction to the neuroplastic approach. Charli tells us about her recovery from chronic pain here, and Fiona shares her recovery from ME/CFS here.
Success Stories on Other Sites
There are hundreds of other recovery stories out there, shared by other organisations, individuals and professionals working in the neuroplasticity space:
Success stories from SIRPA
Recovery stories from the the TMS Wiki
Recovery stories from the Thank-you Dr Sarno website
Recovery stories from Curable
Testimonials from Dr Howard Schubiner: Unlearn your Pain
Patient interviews from the PPDA
Recovery Norway (focus on ME/CFS stories)
Recovery Stories by Dan Hindsley
Raelan Agle on Youtube - ME/CFS & Long Covid Recovery Stories
We would love to hear your success story!
If you have recovered from chronic symptoms using a neuroplastic approach, we would love to hear from you! Your voice is powerful and your story could inspire others. Please get in touch if you would like to explore the possibility of linking to or sharing your story - and the potential ways to do this. We can be reached at hello@livingproof.org.uk.