Break the Pain Cycle
Virtual Pain Neuroscience Education Course
Launching Fall 2025
Understanding the neuroscience of pain is more effective than medication at reducing pain and improving function.*
What is Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)?
Chronic pain is NOT caused by tissue damage, so it should not be treated the same way we treat pain that is due to an injury.
Unfortunately, many health care providers treat all pain the same way, leading people with chronic pain to bounce between specialists looking for answers without ever getting a clear diagnosis or a plan to sustainably relieve their pain.
Studying PNE will help you understand the three types of pain, and the role of the nervous system in generating pain, so your treatment addresses the root causes, not just the symptoms.
Pain is the nervous system’s reaction to potential danger.
Chronic pain is the result of a sensitive alarm system constantly alerting you to danger.
Pain Neuroscience Education will help you identify signs of a sensitive nervous system. Through PNE, you will finally understand why you still have pain, and learn how to rewire your nervous system so your pain isn’t so easily activated.
Reducing sensitivity and fear will help you return to doing the things you love without activating a chronic pain spiral.
What you’ll learn.
This virtual course and group coaching program will help you:
Understand why you hurt
Address the root causes of chronic pain instead of masking the symptoms
Rewire your nervous system
Finally break the pain cycle
Live your life fully without being afraid of pain
Testimonials
“If you have chronic pain and haven’t found the answer…NEVER GIVE UP! I highly recommend working with Rachel de Simone. She is a passionate, knowledgeable practitioner with in-depth knowledge of the body, nervous system and pain science. Chronic pain doesn’t have to be a mystery, and it doesn’t have to be forever.”
— G.D.
Are you exhausted from sifting through conflicting pain advice that leaves you feeling hopeless and confused?
You can’t see chronic pain on an MRI or X-Ray.
When we have pain, we go looking for answers, but we can’t use the same diagnostic tools or treatments for chronic pain that we do for acute pain because the root causes are not the same. Chronic pain is not caused by a structural problem, so you won’t find answers on images like MRIs or X-Rays.
The more tests, conflicting opinions, and failed treatments you receive, the worse the pain gets, because the nervous system feels unsafe. The longer the pain lasts, the more you feel you have to prove that it is real, especially when you don’t have a clear diagnosis.
Pain is the Nervous System’s Reaction to Potential Danger.
The longer the pain lasts, the more sensitive the nervous system becomes. Pain becomes easy to activate and hard to relieve. It starts to spread, not because more tissue is being injured, but because the nervous system is in a state of emergency and has become hypersensitive.
Do you have a sensitive pain alarm?
Widespread pain.
Fear of, and anxiety about, pain.
Pain that lasts for a long time and affects multiple
areas of the body.Pain that gets worse, not better, over time.
Pain that migrates or spreads.
Pain that is activated by stress, temperature,
memories, sickness, or activity.Pain that is easy to provoke and not easy to relieve.
Lack of diagnosis or conflicting opinions.
Pain that impacts sleep, digestion, memory, cognition, focus, mood, or other aspects of daily life.
My pain journey
Hi, I’m Rachel!
I’m a Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Certified Chronic Pain Specialist.
My nervous system-informed approach to pain evolved from my own experience traveling through the underworld of chronic pain and bumping up against the limits of conventional medicine.
PNE helped me understand that the recurrences of pain were not happening because I was re-injuring myself, but because my nervous system was interpreting everything as a threat, and it was just trying to keep me safe.
Pain neuroscience finally helped me understand why I hurt, which made me less afraid of the pain and improved my symptoms and function.
Program Objectives
Learn about the nervous system and its role in pain
Understand the differences between acute pain, nerve pain, and chronic pain
Learn how to recognize signs that the nervous system feels threatened
Identify the impact of nervous system sensitivity
Develop the capacity to complete the stress cycle
Learn tools to help your nervous system feel safe
Develop personal practices to support nervous system resilience
Restore your capacity to engage with your life without fear of pain
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References
Butler DS. The Sensitive Nervous System. Adelaide: Noigroup; 2000.
Louw A, Diener I, Butler DS, Puentedura EJ. The effect of pain neuroscience education on pain, disability, anxiety, and stress in chronic musculoskeletal pain. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Dec 2011; 92(12):2041-2056
Moseley GL, Hodges PW, Nicholas MK. A randomized controlled trial of intensive neurophysiology education in chronic low back pain. Clinical Journal of Pain. 2004; 20:324-330.