Mark har oppdatert sin APP



Overcomingpain
Based on EMDR 
By Mark Grant MA 
Overcomingpain uses recent discoveries from brain science to deliver strategies that target the brain processes that maintain chronic pain. More than just words, the meditations and exercises in this app incorporate a unique combination of bilateral stimulation focused attention and sensory-emotional stimulus. Bilateral stimulation is a treatment element of EMDR and uses sensory stimulation to change physical emotional and cognitive processes associated with chronic pain. 
The app comprises three playlists for controlling pain and associated stress that can maintain pain; Mental Healing strategies, Sensory Healing strategies and Stress Management. The first two playlists use ascending and descending pain pathway strategies. Mental Healing strategies (playlist 1) relies on brain-based descending pain pathways with strategies such as guided imagery, bilateral stimulation and sensory processing to alleviate physical discomfort. Descending pain pathways stimulate the body’s natural opioid system (endorphins and enkephalins) to alleviate pain.  Descending pain pathway strategies draw on mental abilities such as focused attention and memory
Sensory healing strategies (playlist 2) is for when you are too tired, sore or distressed to employ descending strategies. Sensory healing relies on ascending pain pathway strategies such as touch or hot and cold stimulation (see fig.1.1). The ascending pain pathway works by stimulating inhibitory neurons (substance P) and decreasing excitatory neurons (glutamate). 

Stress management (playlist 3) aims to help you reduce the stressful feelings that can maintain and exacerbate chronic pain. We know that chronic pain sufferers’ nervous systems are in a state of elevated arousal which maintains pain through increased stress hormones and decreased sleep and immune functioning. Stress management strategies such as meditation lowers these arousal levels and augments the bodies ability to resist pain.

Available on Android and IOS (iphone and ipad) from 21/7/19. US5.99
Mark Grant MA is an Australian psychologist/researcher and writer. His Anxiety Release app stimulated the first published account of an app being used to overcome chronic pain. He is currently researching the efficacy of his sleep app on Australian emergency workers. Mark is also the author of ‘Change Your Brain Change Your Pain’ (self-help book) and ‘Pain Control with EMDR’ (clinical treatment manual).
 For more information visit www.overcomingpain.com
References

Grant, M. & Threlfo, C. (2002). EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain. 
 Journal of Clinical Psychology, 58(12), 1505-1520. 

Grant M (2014) The use of an app to manage carpal tunnel syndrome. OA Behavioral Medicine. 2014. Mar. 20;2(1):3.


Grant M (2014) EMDR treatment of chronic pain. OA Musculoskeletal Medicine. 17;2 (2):17.


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