Spine and Holistic Health · Module 6 · Pain neuroscience

Pain Neuroscience Walkthrough

Watch danger sensors fire, fast and slow fibers race to the spinal cord, the spinal gate open and close, and brakes from the brainstem turn pain down, then see how sleep, stress, fear and beliefs shape what a person feels. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

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Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Fiber speeds, timings and benchmark values are rounded teaching values, and pathways are simplified. Turn the knobs yourself next in the Pain Neuroscience Lab.