16/10/2026
For years, pain was explained with a fairly tidy equation. Something hurts, so something must be damaged, so find it and fix it.
It makes sense. It's also incomplete.
Sometimes tissues are involved. Sometimes a nerve is affected. And sometimes the nervous system has become more protective, producing very real pain even when ongoing damage doesn't explain it. Sometimes it's more than one of these at once.
That changes the question. Instead of only asking "What have I damaged?", it's worth asking "What is driving my pain?"
Which one have you been asking?
Read more: https://rethreadhealth.co.uk/still-in-pain-but-nobody-can-tell-you-why-the-short-thread/