Neuroplastic pain occurs when the brain continues to generate pain signals even after an injury has healed—or sometimes without any injury at all. The pain you feel is real, but it’s caused by how the brain interprets signals from the body.

How it works:

• Normally, pain signals alert the body to injury to protect it.

• With neuroplastic pain, the brain misinterprets safe signals as threats, creating real pain sensations.

• Neuroplastic mechanisms can generate, amplify or maintain pain signals over time