Includes ‍♀ * GUIDED SOMATIC TRACKING* ‍♀

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** A note about IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) **

IBS is a what's sometimes called a "diagnosis of exclusion," which is when doctors first rule out structural damage that cause pain like tumors, inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis), celiac disease, infections and others damage before saying something like... "We can't find anything wrong."

Another term for this kind of pain in the absence of injury is, ironically, "functional somatic syndrome." Even though doctors say scary things like "there's no cure" or "it's chronic" or offer treatments that make it seem like a damagerelated disorder that needs to be managed by changing your diet—as if it's Celiac disease—this is not so. IBS symptoms are caused by a brain centralizationtype of disorder, where the brain is driving symptoms rather than damage in the abdominal tissues. Doctors who give out food elimination diets for IBS are relying on outdated science. Learning to avoid foods often makes symptoms better in the shortterm, but worse in the longterm, by reinforcing fear.

The new neuroscience of chronic pain is clear that IBS symptoms can be learned and unlearned through a process called neuroplasticity (a.k.a. interoceptive predictive coding). Neuroplasticity can be turned to the patient's advantage with therapies that help change beliefs, thoughts, behaviors, fear responses, and emotions. Functional somatic syndromes like IBS and interstitial cystitis (painful bladder) can be reduced and often fully unlearned and resolved.

You can access resources, recovery stories, and peerreviewed research about how to overcome IBS at:

https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/irr...

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro of panelist
01:00 Michelle's experience with abdominal symptoms like IBS
13:00 Unlearning food triggers
14:45 How unlearning IBS is harder than unlearning muscular pain
21:45 Gently reintroducing foods a delicate art!
26:00 Is lactose intolerance a mindbody symptom that can be “unlearned”? (not usually)
31:10 What can you do when your nervous system is dysregulated?
36:20 EhlersDanlos Syndrome (EDS) is it the cause of pain?
41:33 Hip pain and how it can be linked to trauma
47:05 Injections and medicine — can they be used in conjunction with mindbody techniques?
51:46 What if you're too depressed to start this brain retraining work?
56:05 ‍♀ * GUIDED SOMATIC TRACKING* ‍♀

BIOs

Michelle Wiegers is a Certified Professional Life and MindBody Coach, writer and poet who discovered her creative voice and mindbody coaching work after recovering from over twentyfive years of chronic pain, fibromyalgia, sciatica, ME/CFS, POTS, IBS and symptoms associated with EhlersDanlos Syndrome. She creates restorative healing experiences with individual clients and through her online course, How We Heal Chronic Pain & Fatigue.

Kent Bassett (director, producer, editor of This Might Hurt) is an Emmynominated editor and filmmaker from Arizona. He’s edited a number of feature documentaries that have premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, AFI Docs, Doc NYC, and on PBS. His latest film as editor is Not Going Quietly, which was nominated for Best Feature and Best Writing by the International Documentary Association. ➡ If you're interested in 1:1 coaching with Kent: check out https://www.mindbodyinsight.net

Much of the drive to spend seven years making This Might Hurt came from Kent’s own struggle with chronic tendonitis and repetitive stress injury as a 22yearold. Unable to type or even turn a doorknob without severe pain, he was forced to drop out of college. Although he saw several doctors and tried physical therapy, strength training, and opioids—his pain grew steadily worse. It wasn’t until he had an insight into the role of the brain in triggering real physical pain that he was able to completely recover.

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