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The Pain Brain vs. The Healing Brain

Chronic pain changes the brain. The Curable app helps you reverse those changes.

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All healing results shown were obtained from following brain-centric healing protocols or programs, including: The Curable App, Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)*, Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief (PSRT)*

What Is A Brain-Centric Approach?

Our Brain-Based Approach

Reduce or eliminate symptoms

Teach brain to reinterpret pain signals as safe

Learn tools for preventing pain

Traditional Approaches

Accept or manage symptoms

Learn to live with worsening pain signals

Learn tools for coping with pain

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The Pain Brain sources:

1. Yang, Seoyon, and Min Cheol Chang. "Chronic Pain: Structural and Functional Changes in Brain Structures and Associated Negative Affective States." International Journal of Molecular Sciences, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 26 June 2019, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6650904/.

2. Curable Survey, n=735


The Healing Brain sources:

*Results from PRT and PSRT specifically apply to non-specific chronic lower back pain.

1. Ashar, Yoni et al. "Effect of Pain Reprocessing Therapy vs Placebo and Usual Care for Patients with Chronic Back Pain." JAMA Network, 29 Sept. 2021, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2784694

2. Donnino, Michael, et al. "Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy for Chronic Back Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. "Pain Reports, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 23 Sept. 2021, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34589642/

3. Curable Global Patient Impression of Change Survey, n=10,173