Calming a Sensitive Nervous System

• The nervous system has a stress response (“fight, flight, freeze”) and a recovery response (“rest and digest”). Both are important, but spending too much time in a stress state can affect healing and increase pain sensitivity.
• Stress can impact pain, sleep, digestion, mood, concentration, and muscle tension.
• Pain is a real experience from the brain to help protect us. Sometimes pain can continue even after tissues have healed because the nervous system becomes more sensitive.
• Thoughts, emotions, past experiences, and stress levels can influence how strongly pain is experienced.
• The brain has the ability to change and adapt, which means people can learn strategies to help calm the nervous system and improve pain management.
• Helpful tools that include regular movement and exercise, breathing exercises, grounding techniques, stress management, positive coping strategies, and healthy lifestyle habits that support recovery, decrease stress, and calm the nervous system.

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Calming a Sensitive Nervous System