Understanding how your brain creates pain

Pain is a complex experience that has been the subject of scientific inquiry for many years. While we used to ...

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Photo of clouds shows how gaining a better understanding of how your brain creates pain can help make the pain go away.

Pain is a complex experience that has been the subject of scientific inquiry for many years.

While we used to believe that all pain originated from physical injuries, recent research has shown our brains can create pain even in the absence of such injuries.

In fact, your brain has a quirk that can trick you into feeling pain when there is no physical injury.