A FILM BY KENT BASSETT & MARION CUNNINGHAM

“A fascinating watch … a beacon that could help light a new course for many.” - Alison Ficklin for Documentary Drive

“A must-see movie for chronic pain patients and their loved ones” - Dr. Charles Horowitz

“An essential documentary on the opioid crisis” - NBC Right Now

“Shines a spotlight on the chronic pain epidemic, opioid crisis, and the struggles that too many of us have experienced with access to quality healthcare.”
- Jessica Shahinian, former chronic pain patient

“I wish it was available 4 years ago when I was struggling with my CRPS (complex regional pain syndrome)." - Tamara Gurin, Author, Defying The Verdict, How I Defeated Chronic Pain

THE PROBLEM: CHRONIC PAIN

One in seven people around the world suffer from chronic pain, and nearly 80% of us will experience it at some point in our lives. The symptoms show up as back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety, depression, fatigue, and a dozen others. The standard treatments are often ineffective, and one of the main remedies, opioids, has made the problem worse. What’s going on here?

the film

This Might Hurt is a documentary that offers solutions to reduce and unlearn chronic pain. The film follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years searching for answers. Desperate for relief, they enter a new medical program — run by Dr. Howard Schubiner — that focuses on uncovering hidden causes of pain, and retraining their brains to switch the pain off.

This new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment was found to be effective in several randomized trials, and was listed as a “best practice” by the HHS’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic. This Might Hurt provides an intimate exploration and suggests a path to healing for millions.

Here are just some of the conditions that can be caused by “primary pain,” also know as brain-generated pain:

*These treatments are generally not recommended for people dealing with “secondary pain,” that is, pain that derives from cancer, fractures, muscle diseases, or infections.

The emphasis on reducing and resolving pain is challenging the dominant paradigm of “pain management.” Follow the story in the press:

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