{"id":203467,"date":"2022-11-22T17:41:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/?p=203467"},"modified":"2024-09-06T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T10:22:09","slug":"chronic-pain-management-can-the-vicious-circle-be-broken-an-interview-with-dr-faith-nelson-andreea-taflan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/blog\/chronic-pain-management-can-the-vicious-circle-be-broken-an-interview-with-dr-faith-nelson-andreea-taflan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c7\u03c1\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03cc\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5: \u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03af \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03bf \u03c6\u03b1\u03cd\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03cd\u03ba\u03bb\u03bf\u03c2;- \u039c\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c5\u03bd\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03b5\u03c5\u03be\u03b7 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 Dr. Faith Nelson & Andreea Taflan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An estimated\u00a0 \u202f50 million\u202fpeople in America experience some form of <\/span>chronic pain<\/span><\/b> despite taking prescription drugs and going through different types of treatment.<\/span> \u03a3\u03c4\u03bf \u03b2\u03c1\u03cc\u03c7\u03bf QX<\/span><\/i> magazine<\/span><\/a> sat down with <\/span>\u0394\u03c1 Faith Nelson<\/span><\/b> and biofeedback expert <\/span>Andreea Taflan<\/span><\/b> to discuss recent findings in chronic pain management that may help break the vicious circle for millions of patients worldwide.\u202f\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Why are so many people suffering from chronic pain?\u202f <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Nelson<\/span><\/b>: <\/span>That, of course, is the million-dollar question. Each case is different, so that means the causes differ as well. However, I do believe \u2013 and I am certainly not alone in this \u2013 that there is a universal <\/span><\/span>link between chronic pain and raised stress levels<\/span><\/span>, and that the key to effectively dealing with chronic pain lies not in taking drugs but in acknowledging and breaking that link.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andreea Taflan:<\/span><\/b> Indeed, it\u2019s this common link that is known as \u2018the vicious circle\u2019 of chronic pain, where <\/span><\/span>\u03ac\u03b3\u03c7\u03bf\u03c2<\/span><\/span><\/a> and pain feed into one another. Stress hormones don\u2019t just cause muscles to tense. They can also affect the <\/span><\/span>body\u2019s ability to control inflammation<\/span><\/span>, making chronic pain feel even worse. Consequently, people who experience chronic pain become even more stressed, hypervigilant even, avoiding activity because they fear it will only worsen their pain. In their mind, leading a <\/span><\/span>sedentary lifestyle<\/span><\/span> is the only option. Meanwhile, and ironically enough, a lack of <\/span><\/span>\u03ac\u03c3\u03ba\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7<\/span><\/span><\/a> will only make muscles weaken, which in turn makes pain levels rise.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Why can\u2019t these people simply turn to pain-relief medicines?\u202f <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Nelson<\/span><\/b>: Just to be clear, as a registered nurse, I am not against prescription drugs. At the same time though, I am not blind to the negative effects they can have, as well as the fact that their effect is often only short-lived. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve dedicated my life to exploring alternative approaches to healthcare. When it comes to chronic pain management, biofeedback is definitively my favorite option because it is <\/span>\u03bc\u03b7 \u03b5\u03c0\u03b5\u03bc\u03b2\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc<\/span><\/a> yet can be very effective in the long run.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Andreea Taflan: <\/span><\/b>I hear what you\u2019re saying. I\u2019m always advising people who are interested in biofeedback to continue their treatment. It\u2019s an established fact that biofeedback can significantly <\/span><\/span>\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b2\u03b5\u03bb\u03c4\u03b9\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b1\u03c0\u03bf\u03c4\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c6\u03b1\u03c1\u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03b3\u03ae\u03c2<\/span><\/span> and serve as a catalyst for different kinds of <\/span>chronic <\/span>pain management therapies.\u202fPain management methods taught through biofeedback sessions are also known to \u2018stick\u2019 better. It\u2019s like learning how to ride a bicycle. No matter how long it\u2019s been, the brain will always remember the new pathways that have been created.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Creating new pathways in the brain? How does that work?\u202f\u202f<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Nelson<\/span><\/b>:<\/span>\u00a0People who suffer from chronic pain often feel helpless, as if they\u2019ve lost all control over their body. Biofeedback sessions help them regain that feeling of <\/span><\/span>being in control<\/span><\/span>. A biofeedback therapist teaches them to sense when their stress levels are about to surge, and to put a stop to it through various <\/span><\/span>mental and physical relaxation<\/span><\/span> techniques.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andreea Taflan:<\/span><\/b>\u00a0And if the biofeedback therapist uses a <\/span><\/span>quantum feedback<\/span><\/span><\/a> device, if I might add, handling stress and muscle tension becomes even easier for chronic pain patients as the device focuses on the unconscious parts of the autonomic nervous system. Patients can still try and master the various relaxation techniques, there\u2019s no harm in that, but they don\u2019t have to <\/span>in order for<\/span> the sessions to work. By attempting to re-educate the brain\u2019s<\/span> thinking processes, quantum biofeedback device<\/span>s<\/span> can <\/span><\/span>increase the body\u2019s ability to handle stress and pain<\/span><\/span> even without <\/span>a corresponding <\/span>increase<\/span> \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf<\/span> bod<\/span>il<\/span>y awareness on the <\/span>side of the <\/span>user.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Do you think biofeedback will become the standard in chronic pain management?\u202f\u202f <\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Dr. Nelson<\/span><\/b>: <\/span>I certainly hope so. I\u2019ve had surgery on my feet recently, due to a genetic condition, and chose to use alternative approaches for the recovery process. My orthopedic surgeon was amazed at the speed of healing, minimal swelling<\/span>,<\/span> \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 <\/span>\u03c4\u03bf <\/span>lack of need for opiates for pain management. If other physicians, nurses<\/span>,<\/span> and health professionals would become more open to alternative healing approaches like this, it would contribute to a whole <\/span><\/span>new paradigm of healing<\/span><\/span>. One to<\/span> which I feel everyone deserves to have access.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u0394\u03c1 Faith Nelson <\/span><\/b>\u00a0(65) lives in Springfield, Missouri together with her husband Fred Eagles, an ordained minister and health consultant. <\/span>She has a PhD in Integrative medicine <\/span>and is certified in various fields including Biofeedback, Massage Therapy, and Reflexology\/Acupressure. In 1990, she helped establish one of the first Integrative Health clinics in the Midwest within a mainstream medical hospital. <\/span>Dr. Nelson lectures and consults internationally on Integrative Medicine.\u202f\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Andreea Taflan<\/span><\/b> \u00a0is CEO and co-founder of QX World. She studied Business Management and Marketing and has a <\/span>M<\/span>aster\u2019s<\/span> degree in Public Relations and Communications. <\/span>Andreea<\/span> was appointed <\/span>\u03c9\u03c2 <\/span>the right hand of the original developer of biofeedback technology <\/span>in 2005. S<\/span>ince 2012 she has taken the lead in further developing the technology. Today, she is considered a leading expert in the field of biofeedback.\u202f<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An estimated\u00a0 \u202f50 million\u202fpeople in America experience some form of chronic pain despite taking prescription drugs and going through different types of treatment. In the QX Loop magazine sat down with Dr. Faith Nelson and biofeedback expert Andreea Taflan to discuss recent findings in chronic pain management that may help break the vicious circle for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1913,"featured_media":203871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"92","_seopress_titles_title":"Chronic Pain Management: Breaking the Cycle - QX World","_seopress_titles_desc":"Chronic pain management: can the vicious circle be broken?\u202f - An interview with Dr. Faith Nelson & Andreea Taflan - QX WORLD","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[114,92,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biofeedback","category-blog","category-qx-expert-talks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209992,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203467\/revisions\/209992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qxworld.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}