Episode
Mindfulness for Chronic Pain: The Neuroscience Clincians Miss
- Podcast
- The Modern Pain Podcast
- Published
- Feb 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 815
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Summary
Mindfulness for pain isn’t candles and breathing apps. It’s measurable, mechanism-based analgesia. In this episode, we break down what the neuroscience actually shows about mindfulness and pain modulation—and why it works through pathways completely independent of opioids. You’ll learn: How mindfulness decouples sensation from suffering (insula vs. prefrontal activity)Why “trying to relax” can backfire—and what to cue insteadHow thalamic gating may reduce nociceptive input before conscious pr...