Hi! I’m Alissa Wolfe, a chronic pain specialist and the founder of the Chronic Pain Breakup Method.
I help women beat chronic pain naturally using principles of neuroscience, without more procedures, pills, or pain-provoking physical therapy exercises.
37 years my pain was treated as a physical issue by the medical community. I recovered within 4 months of discovering mind body modalities & am now passionate about spreading hope to others!
"You're just a drug addict" it was a residence in the emergency room told me that I just need to stop coming in here plus I was screaming in pain I saw fear in her eyes she looked scared she told me she would be right back in like 5 minutes later the nurse came in with my discharge papers and told me to get the heck out of the emergency room yes I understand chronic pain is known for the emergency room but I was screaming in pain because I was in so much pain and all they do is put Band-Aids on it
I'm 23 and My spine is messed up , I think about suicide often because it's often excruciating. I can hardly walk anymore let alone do any kind of exercise. I was denied surgery and my doctor now wants to send me to a specialist pain hospital, which was a shock to me as I thought that was the whole point of hospitals.
How do I fix it. That’s the problem with all you medical people. Don’t ever get sick because they don’t know how to help you and don’t care because it doesn’t make money
Not sure I fully understand your question here, but Ill take a stab at it. No, fibro doesn't cause bulging discs... but bulged discs, fibromyalgia, EDS... doesn't matter... if you have long-standing pain, you have overactive pain pathways. Period. So even if we can't treat or cure the disc bulges or EDS (or whatever they say is the issue) we CAN address the overactive pain pathways that the healthcare system completely misses.
Ive just been stuck in the fibro box after years of being physically disabled with so many different symptoms. I have all symptoms new, old, chronic, reuccuring etc in my notes app. If you were to read through them it would take you around 30 secs to a minute. And they are all different. I have never been taken seriously since im only 20 and have been dealing with this since i was 15. i have had info withheld from me (including slight scoliosis in my neck, bulging discs along the entirety of my back) My question is, how do i seekhelp and for doctors to listen to me and medication without being labelled as drug seeking or having it be put on “fibro” or psycho-symptomatic
I believe the problem is the medical system doesn't have the ability to support the complexity of chronic pain. You're fighting to advocate for yourself in a system that treats chronic pain the same as all other types of pain but its not. If you don't want labels or pain masking procedures and pills... you will never find what you're looking for in the medical system.
I live alone. I can’t really ask for help because people say stay busy and ignore your pain. I don’t work. The pain wakes me up screaming after 2 or less hours of sleep. It’s been like this for months. So I wake up in a flare up and panic attack. UNFORTUNATELY, i hibernate in bed because I’m so tired and shaky from only sleeping a couple of hours. I’m so discomforted. Help
Ok so what do I do. Chronic neck pain most of my adult life. Lately introduced to neuroplasticity. Trying hard to retrain my mind but it hasn’t helped much in almost a year. My neck pain is a phantom that moves around, comes and goes. I won’t bore you. But I need solution.
I broke my ankle, my leg in 2 places, and needed surgery for the ankle and had two torn ligaments.... the dr after the ER told me "we dont give pain meds for stuff like that" whaaaaaaat!?! Insane
In my 39th year od suffering only now since long covid is Australia acknowledging this illness thanks to social media I believe and people power mind you there is only one long covid clinic and the waiting list is years long
I have a friend with CRPS and I've learned so much from these videos. I can't believe people live this way. It's like a thing of fiction or like as if someone made a version of hell. I at least know ways to help my friend.
This is EXACTLY what I have been experiencing the last few weeks.(I have CRPS in multiple areas so it has been very confusing.)I am so grateful to find your channel Alyssa. I need this approach. Thank you for investing in us.
For all those suffering from fibromyalgia, do not believe there no cure, do not give up. There is a collection of simple treatments from where start to complete recovery ❤️🩹 if I did it then you can as well. Love and prayers for you all ❤
I completely agree that it’s a nervous system problem. I am no doctor but went through years of research to discover this on my own and from that moment I found out to heal. I have cured myself and been living pain free for around 6 months now and getting better every day ❤
I have CRPS and just recently was told that it is beginning to effect my motor nerves. I found your channel and just wanted to say thank you for doing this
How am I not supposed to let it stay in the boot when it feels too weird to walk. I got a check up after breaking my big toe 4 1/2 weeks ago and the doctor told me about crps. I heard smokers take a while to heal too. So i don’t expect it to be okay at 4 weeks. Just kinda worried but I do have some of the other symptoms. So I’m supposed to move around on a broken bone that hurts and if I don’t I’ll get crps? I’m so confused.
Just the rain hitting my skin can cause me to flinch in pain. A really "fun" part is that it combined with my arthritis and my endometriosis to make a daily roulette of hell.
Thank you! So much helpful information. I developed fibromyalgia 2 yrs ago and while the flare ups are agonizing, I could never describe my pain as a 10. I too have suffered severe abdominal pain due to multiple C.difficile infections, one that almost caused sepsis, left me screaming in the ER. That was definitely a 10. So when I go to see my doctor and they ask, I sometimes put 6 or 7 if I'm in a flare. However, I read on doctor & medical professionals message boards that they never even give this high of a number when they've been in a traumatizing accident. They seem to see it as a badge of honor to rate their acute pain low, yet make fun of patients who claim to have a "high pain tolerance." Calling them drug seekers etc. They don't seem to understand that most of those with a "high pain tolerance" likely *have* chronic pain and have become good at masking it - as you mentioned. It's very sad that so little seems to be known or taught about pain in this day and age. A pain researcher was trying to argue with these doctors on the message board but he was fighting a losing battle, despite his superior qualifications. Sorry for rambling on, but anyway I am going to check out your pain & symptom scale. Thanks again for the helpful tips!
After an aneurysm I've lost the femural vasculature on one side from the upper thigh/groin down, and I suffered terribly from a pins-and-needles sensation so uncomfortable that I couldn't bear even a sheet touching me. Over time it's slowly changed and the discomfort is far less, but whoo boy that's the worst.
I have debilitating tension headache and it feels like my brain is swollen. When I laugh- the laughter doesn’t pass through the brain. Due to swelling/ tension. Can this heal? I have it so long now. I take pain meds.
I wasn’t a loving caring persons to the people that loved me. I just isolated and self medicated… I just had adhesion removal surgery, that has taken a lot of pain away, but my selfish behaviors still exist
