10/13/2026
In the classic model of feeling there are five senses, let’s focus on touch a little bit.
When I touch something, I get a signal from my nerves, to my central nervous system. How nerves work turns out to be much more complex than we used to think.
What we’re learning is the fluid chemical soup inside of us – all the cells that secrete chemicals – is much richer and more diverse and can generate more signals than we realise.
We’re learning that immune cells can talk to nerves, and that nerves are sensitive to danger chemicals such as stress hormones or inflammatory markers, along the whole length of the nerve, not just at the receptor as we previously thought.
This is very exciting for those of us who are helping people to come out of persistent pain, anxiety or inflammatory states.
