Just as we practice shooting free throws in a basketball game, you can practice pain in the same fashion.

When you're shooting free throws, you're working on that pattern of what it looks like to actually make the ball.

So you practice that shot over and over again.

And then that becomes a habit.

That essentially becomes second nature, and that becomes ingrained in your ability to perform that task.

And why that works is that and our body and your ability to perform that task. And why that works is that

and our body and our nervous system nerves that wire together, fire together. With pain,

if you know that on the third step every time going downstairs that you're going to have pain,

practice that in your head and you can literally change around the wiring and the firing of what neurons are going to happen.

This is like mind, like body, a podcast about the surprising ways our thoughts and feelings impact our physical health.

I'm your host, Laura Sago, and on each episode I will speak with researchers, physicians, and ordinary people who have incredible stories to tell about the power

of the mind-body connection.

This podcast is brought to you by Curable, an app that helps you heal chronic pain through

the same science-based techniques that we talk about in this podcast. You can download

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exercises, guided meditations, customization opportunities, and a whole new section dedicated

to education, which is my personal favorite. For those of you who

are not subscribers, they're still exciting news for you because this week I will be releasing

a mini episode with a completely free guided meditation from the new program. So be on the lookout

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