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Last updated on February 4, 2020

Since childhood, we’ve been taught that physical pain originates in the body. Our earliest experiences with pain often happened after scraping a knee or being stung by a bee. The “fix” was usually to bandage the wound or ice the injury. As a result, we learned that pain relief comes from treating the body.

But what happens when that pain won’t go away, despite repeated attempts to heal the injury or physical condition that originally caused us pain?

Around 100 million Americans, and many more around the world, suffer from chronic pain, even after pursuing conventional pain treatments that range from physical therapy to costly pharmaceuticals, even surgery. As just one example, of the hundreds of thousands who undergo knee replacement surgery each year, 20% continue to suffer from chronic pain long after recovering from surgery.

If treating the body doesn’t relieve the pain, where do we look for pain relief?

A growing body of research suggests that chronic pain may be linked to emotions. One Dutch study showed that challenging emotions like sadness and anger intensify pain in fibromyalgia sufferers and those without the disease. Another study showed that expressing emotions through behavioral cognitive therapy decreased pain, as well as fatigue, in patients. A separate study at Stanford University found that intense feelings of romantic love contribute to natural pain relief.

In spite of these (and more!) findings demonstrating links between chronic pain and emotions, millions of chronic pain patients continue to be treated with costly conventional treatments that often provide short-lived and, in many cases, partial pain relief. Pills and surgeries clearly aren’t providing the lasting pain relief that people desperately need, so what can?

My answer? Tapping.

First discovered 30 years ago by psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan, and later refined by Gary Craig and Dr. Patricia Carrington, tapping has been used by thousands of people to successfully relieve chronic pain. The technique brings together the best of Eastern and Western medicine, targeting both the emotional and physical aspects of pain. It involves verbally expressing emotions, usually out loud, while tapping with your fingertips on specific meridian points on the body; you can watch a demonstration here.

https://www.thetappingsolution.com/what-is-eft-tapping/

: Below are comments that my girlfriend in Sarasota relayed to
: me this morning. She said she is going to muster all her
: energy to call several cold laser therapists today. Any
: recommendations at this critical juncture are greatly
: appreciated.
: -NW

: "I feel like I am losing my light and feel like I am
: spiraling downward. I feel like I am losing everything and
: with this pain, I cannot think. I am physically sick. I
: cannot look for work like this. I am not sure how to get
: the only things that are truly special to me out of the
: house in Franklin NC. My pictures. My high-8 tapes that
: have family memories. The bed that was made for me by my
: cousin, which was a replica of the one my father was born
: in.

: How does one get past issues when they cannot think and
: function? I have to get some relief somehow because I'm
: swirling. I'm losing hope and this living environment
: certainly doesn't help."