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My name is Rebecca Salama, I am a certified TMS/ Mind Body Practitioner and Holistic Life Coach. I am also the founder of Rise from Chronic Pain. My purpose is to help people that have been suffering from (unexplainable) chronic pain, to rise from it, and regain their joy in life. The only way to do this, is to get to the root of the problem, and heal it at the source, which often is not solely in your body.
I am also an author at Health & Wellbeing Magazine. Read all of my articles here
Fibromyalgia: Why the biomedical approach does so little for sufferers
And What We Could Do Instead. Fibromyalgia: A Brief History Let’s begin this fibromyalgia fact-check with a history recap. The term rheumatism was first used by the physician Guillaume Baillou in 1592 to describe musculoskeletal pain that didn’t result from injury. In...
Diary of a Healing Journey
Diary of a Healing Journey As a Pain Coach, I get to see the most incredible transformations. A few months ago, I worked with a person who had been dealing with pain all over their body for years. They were diagnosed with fibromyalgia. This is one of the more common...
Chronic Stress & Anxiety
Chronic Stress & Anxiety Natural responses to modern day life. Yes, stress and anxiety are the buzz words of the last decade. I am not saying this to diminish them, or to dismiss the severity of the collective pressure we are under, on the contrary, it is no...
Chronic Pain and Identity
Why disentanglement, and changing our language around pain, are crucial to healing. When you finally receive a diagnosis for your condition it can almost feel like a relief. After months, or years, of pain, of doctors not knowing what is “wrong with you”, because “you...
How Mindset Influences Pain
“My body is betraying me. I can’t trust it anymore”. These are the words spoken by Liuan Huska, author of Hurting Yet Whole, who started experiencing chronic pain symptoms at the young age of 22. For people dealing with chronic pain symptoms these words can sound very...
The Physical Impact of Our Emotions
Why feeling our emotions is important for our mental and physical health While the mind-body connection might be making a comeback for western medicine, in Chinese healing this idea has never left. According to traditional Chinese medicine, and practices that are over...
Signs Your Chronic Pain Is Neuroplastic
Neuroplastic pain, Mindbody Syndrome, Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS), Tension Myoneural Syndrome (also TMS), Perceived Danger Pain (PDP), Distraction Pain, and I am probably missing a few. These are all terms that refer to the same thing, namely pain that originates...
Pain & the Brain
Pain should reduce after the amount of time it takes for the body to heal. However, with all designs, there can be flaws. Our central nervous system is designed to protect us, and will always choose what it deems best, but unfortunately, in some cases, it can create false feedback loops that keep us stuck in pain. This is what happens in the case of chronic pain.
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A Holistic Approach to Chronic Pain
Currently, about 21% of the global population is suffering from chronic pain. We need to start taking a more holistic approach to chronic pain, and healthcare in general, because our current approach is not working
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