The strategies and techniques we use have helped patients overcome years or even decades of debilitating pain from various conditions including:

• Back pain
• Headaches and migraines
• Neck Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
• Shoulder Pain
• Joint Pains
• Sciatica
• Tinnitus
• Digestive Issues

This is by no means an exhaustive list. Essentially, the Pathways program is useful to anyone with pain that lasts more than three months.

The more of these questions that apply to you, the greater the chance that our program can help you reduce or even eliminate your pain.

Questions…

1. Has your pain lasted longer than 3 months? The longer you’ve had pain, the more likely it is that your pain system is being overprotective

2. If an injury started the pain, has the normal healing period for that injury now passed?

3. Do traditional treatments (pills/surgery) offer little or temporary relief?

4. Does your pain change with your mood or environment?

5. Does your pain migrate to surrounding areas?

6. Have you developed an array of coping strategies for the pain?

7. Do you often worry about the impact continued pain could have on your life?

Pain relief and an overall improvement in your well-being.

As for the actual content of the Pathways program, our therapy sessions are audio based and between 2 and 20 minutes long. We also include quizzes throughout our program to ensure you’re keeping up-to-speed with pain science knowledge and correct pain relief practices.

We serve sessions that range from pain science education, to practical exercises that help you break pain reinforcing behaviors, visualization practices, physical therapy, meditation & mindfulness, and more.

Some user’s find pain relief within just a few weeks! For user’s that have had pain for many years or decades, they will usually start seeing noticeable reductions in pain within the first few months.

However, to become completely pain free it can take some patients around a year of continued effort.

No. The Pathways program does not involve recommending medication. At Pathways we can’t tell you to stop or change your medication regimen – that is the responsibility of your doctor and you should consult with them before making any changes.

Sometimes, medication can be useful in addition to the techniques we teach. Think of it as extra tools in your pain-relief toolbox.

No – we’re not trying to say that the pain is made up or “all just in your head”. In fact, because there is no test to objectively assess how much pain someone is really feeling, chronic pain patients often struggle to convince people of the pain. This will often leave the patient feeling frustrated and isolated and can even make the pain worse.

All pain is 100% real. But it’s important to remember that all pain is created by the brain – both acute and chronic pain.

Sometimes, our brain can start creating pain when it’s not needed or justified. Our pain system can become overactive and overprotective and we can start feeling pain even when there’s little or no physical stimuli.

Our program is designed to retrain the brain to stop unnecessary chronic pain.

The techniques and practices in the Pathways program are scientifically grounded and fall under a few different titles including the biopsychosocial model, cognitive behavioral therapy & mind body treatments.

Multiple studies support each of these practices and we combine what we believe are the most effective techniques based on research and how helpful the exercises have been for real patients.

Inside of Pathways, you can see a detailed breakdown of studies we reference by clicking 'view sources' during the consultation phase.

It’s most likely that they will – most doctors understand how powerful the mind can be in alleviating pain. However, with appointments typically lasting 15 minutes it’s almost impossible for doctors to go over the biopsychosocial approach without it being misinterpreted as “the pain is all in your head’.

In addition, doctors can sometimes be under pressure to go down the traditional medicating route. We suggesting showing Pathways to your doctor and seeing what they think. We’re confident that they’ll approve