Way Out

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1. cachecrabJun 2025
   Some people need pain reprocessing therapy. Have you read the book The Way Out by Alan Gordon?

   https://www.painreprocessingtherapy.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Way-Out-Revolutionary-Scientifically-...

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2. perrygeoJun 2025
   This is really the next frontier of medicine, thanks for sharing! This is the missing link between mind and body that's lacking in modern medicine.

   I've heard the phenomenon called "Neuroplastic Pain" and this general technique for solving it as "Pain Reprocessing Therapy". The pain is real but it's signal processing problem, not a mechanical injury! It changes the way we approach chronic pain. "The Way Out" by Alan Gordon is my go to book for this.

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3. floweronthehillNov 2023
   John Sarno's book "The Mind Body Prescription" is the book that's always mentioned on HN when this topic comes up. But there's a more up to date book with actual science to back up what you described, it's called "The Way Out" by Alan Gordon. In this book he uses the term "neuroplastic pain" for those sort of pains, it's also called central sensitization in some research papers.

   Anyone suffering from any sort of chronic pain should give this book or a similar book a try.

   Similar to you, I convinced myself out a chronic tendonitis that would just not disappear even after physical therapy. It was gone a few weeks later. Just by following the recommendations in the book. It's basically self talk therapy.

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4. debo_Jul 2022
   "The Way Out" by Alan Gordon is a modern treatment of the idea that has been super effective for me.

   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50021854-the-way-out

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5. jkestnerOct 2025
   I’m currently reading a book, The Way Out by Alan Gordon, on his research into this neuroplastic pain, which is when neural pathways carved by the pain remain after the cause is gone, and how he’s treated it in patients with mental exercises.
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6. cousin_itJul 2025
   Hi algo_lover, I also noticed that about the post. The approach being discussed is "pain reprocessing therapy". It was described in a book called The Way Out, by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv. Here's my short summary of the book:

   - Chronic pain is often generated by the brain, not any actual injury. Not always, but often. Especially if it gets worse during stress or high alert, and especially if the feeling of pain becomes connected to your fear of that same pain.

   - In periods when pain is high, you need to kinda nurse it. Lie down, put warm water on it, whatever it takes. Don't try to power through the pain. Avoid situations where you have to power through.

   - In periods when pain is moderate or low, take short sessions to examine it. "Ok, this isn't a threatening injury, this is just a sensation. Where is it located? What shape? Hot or cold? More dull or more like tingling?" Etc, etc. Don't hyperfocus, just explore the feeling in a light and curious way.

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