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It’s Really Not A Mystery
Pain Rachel de Simone Pain Rachel de Simone

It’s Really Not A Mystery

I used the word mysterious because most of the people who come to see me don’t understand why they are in pain, and their doctors often don’t understand either, but I don’t think it is a mystery at all. Pain is not just the result of injury. Pain is an alert from the body warning of potential danger.

What part of the body is responsible for responding to danger? The sympathetic nervous system.

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