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As expounded on in the previous article on Centralized Pain, we discussed how prolonged pain system activation can lead to hyper-responsiveness and lowered thresholds so nerves fire more easily, a dual phenomenon called wind-up and sensitization. Sensitization is when pain loses its protective properties and becomes maladaptive and pathological; but the protective purpose of pain … Read More “Desensitization and CRPS: Exposure-Based Approaches” »