The Truth About Healing No One Warned You About
Living with Chronic Pain or Anxiety
Imagine this...
You’ve been living in a state of
7/10 pain or anxiety - every day - for months or even years.
It occasionally spikes to a
9/10, and on your best days, it might dip to a
5.
But no matter what, it’s always there. A
constant, exhausting background noise in your life.
How Your Nervous System Adapts
Now that the stage is set, here’s what you need to know:
Long-term physical pain or emotional turmoil does something to you. It toughens you up.
Even if you don’t feel tough, your
nervous system becomes calloused. It adapts.
Not because the pain isn’t real—but because it has to.
You have no other choice but to keep going, so you do.
Over time, you develop a
high tolerance to your
suffering.
You stop noticing how heavy it’s become because it’s your
new normal.
The Shift with Spinal Flow
Then something shifts.
Let’s say you start care -
Spinal Flow, for example—and for the first time in forever, you have a couple of
good days.
The pain drops to a
1 or 2 out of 10. You feel like yourself again. There’s
lightness in your body, peace in your mind.
Why Setbacks Feel Worse
But then, out of nowhere, the pain creeps back to a
6. And you panic.
"It’s back! Nothing’s working! I’m right back where I started!"
But here’s the truth:
You’re not back where you started.
What’s actually happening is your
nervous system has started to recalibrate.
It’s beginning to
prefer the pain-free state.
You’ve lost your
tolerance for suffering -
and that’s a good thing.
What used to be normal now feels intolerable.
The pain isn’t necessarily worse—it just feels worse because you’ve tasted relief.
The Healing Rollercoaster
This is the
rollercoaster of healing.
80% of the members
we work with experience this.
Highs and lows.
Forward steps and step-backs.
It’s all part of the process.
So if you start to feel better, then feel like you’ve crashed—take comfort in this:
You’re
not regressing. You’re
rewiring. You’re
healing.
A Path to Lasting Relief
Eventually, those
good days will become
good weeks.
Then
good months.
And one day, you’ll realize it’s been a
long time since you had a
"bad day" at all.
Stay patient. Stay consistent. And above all, stay kind to yourself.
You’ve got this.
– Dr. Lee Horine
May 22 2025 05:07:38 PM







