Change your Mind Over Pain!
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A New Solution to an Old Problem
OldPain2Go® is a unique and revolutionary approach to helping people get themselves free of chronic pain. Using their own ability to heal, it has helped thousands of people overcome old, chronic pain which has been present in their body for an extended period of time.
Sceptical, why wouldn't you be?
You want to be free of pain. You don't have to believe it will work, why would you, when what you have tried so far hasn't? Have a good look around this website for comprehensive explanations to all your questions. Then seek out who you want to discuss your issue with, to see if they might be able to help you.
The basis of OldPain2Go®, is having the body review the need for any chronic pain message, whilst giving it many reasons to make it a zero.
The Problem:
Chronic pain can be a debilitating condition that affects millions of people worldwide, yet it often has no clear solutions. Traditional medical treatments may provide temporary relief, and they often come with unwanted side effects and fail to address the root cause of the pain. This leaves many people feeling frustrated and trapped in a cycle of suffering, where the expectation is that the pain will be with them for the rest of their life and the best that can be done is managing it. That is no longer the case.
A Solution:
After the medical professionals have diagnosed your problem and told you nothing more can be done other than manage the pain, then you can access what we have to offer. OldPain2Go® is a non-invasive, drug-free technique that, with our help, you communicate with the part of your mind that controls your pain, to convince it to remove the unnecessary pain messages. This is a simple intervention of helping you help yourself and any results that are possible are usually immediate, and do not require repeated sessions. With OldPain2Go®, you may be able to break free from the limitations that chronic pain has placed on your life and reclaim your ability to live without unnecessary pain.
OldPain2Go® - the Revolutionary Methodology that is sweeping the world - 1,671 Practitioners trained to date
How Does Pain Work?
Acute Pain is very necessary and part of our survival mechanism. Your body uses it like an alarm system to make you aware of danger of harm and move away from it. It wouldn't be a good idea to remove or lower a level of warning that has been calculated by your body to get you to take appropriate action until that action has been taken.
OldPain2Go® is NOT for Acute Pain.
Chronic Pain is a different concept, often it is simply a reminder of a past problem, to remind you not to do it again. It is like a message you receive every day about something you already know about, and just as useless.
Are you willing to learn from the thing that hurt you and move on?
Are you willing to remember what hurt you so you don't need the pain to remind you?
If you answer yes to both those questions then OldPain2Go® is a good option to show you how. Quite simply the pain alarm is not pointing to a valid action that can be taken and therefore the pain alarm is the problem and, with a little help, your body can simply decide to reset it and no longer send out an old, unnecessary message.
Client Written Feedback
Analysis of 216 Feedback Forms completed by clients at OldPain2Go® training and demonstration events. All sessions had several observers. About 50% of Clients were helped by a newly trained Practitioners and the other 50% by Steven Blake as the Trainer/Practitioner. This is the client’s self-evaluation of their perception of their pain levels at the start and end of one session of OldPain2Go® using the Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDs). Forms were collated from the period November 2016 until March 2019.
Contents and Links to Pages
Getting Help to Help Yourself
1, Have you been in Pain a long time?
No need to believe it will work. OldPain2Go® explained here!
2, OldPain2Go® Questions and Answers
All your Questions and concerns Answered here!
3, Client Feedback Videos
Over 150 videos covering feedback from clients of various Practitioners. Hear what they think about their individual results. (Due to over 150 images, will take a over a minute to load)
4, Fibromyalgia, M.E. and C.F.S.
If you want my view on understanding any of these debilitating illnesses read this page. If you recognise yourself in the description then there is a good chance you can get on the road to recovery.
5, A Free Session in Return for Your Help
Would a free session help you? It would help us as well. We do have some free places at training events for either the trainer to demonstrate with you, or for the newly trained person to get their first session completed under the watchful eyes of the trainer. You can only book these with the trainer of an event you can attend. Spaces are limited so call ASAP. List of Events
6, Find a Practitioner on the Map
Want to find out if this could work for you and the issue you have? Here is a list of the people who wanted to display their contact details publicly. Give one of them a call and get a free opinion. Before ringing them you must have been diagnosed by a medical professional for that issue.
Getting Trained to Help Others
1, Training Opportunity
The concept of OldPain2Go® and the Training for it explained here!
2, Course Contents
We are very open about what it is you will learn. We think you will love it, as so many others do.
3, The Blake Methodology
At the heart of OldPain2Go® is the simple and effect Methodology that includes BrainBargaining. All explained here!
4, Client Feedback Videos
Over 150 videos covering feedback from clients of various Practitioners. Hear what they think about the results they had.
5, Training Reviews
Read what trainees think about the training in these 5 star reviews.
6, OldPain2Go® Trainers
Who is right for you? Click their link to have a chat or book training, either live or over zoom.
7, Pain Science
What's the latest in the field of Pain Science and how close is it behind Practice?
8, Results
Funding scientific research is beyond the wallet of individuals. Steven explains what has been possible to collate so that you can make up your own mind.
Typical Questions Answered
Q. Can you demonstrate what results your clients have?
Answer. All results are individual and only relate to the person giving feedback. So the results we can show you are not indicative of any experience you should expect. Please see the Client Feedback Videos (over 150) and analysis of 216 feedback forms from volunteers at training events, for their recording of their own personal experiences and perceptions of changes of pain levels.
Q. What does the medical profession think of it?
Answer. I have demonstrated this to doctors and have also demonstrated on them, all of whom have been impressed. However, I have only met the ones open minded enough to make contact with me. I have also trained Doctors, Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Neurologists who have become Practitioners in OldPain2Go® .
Q. Does it work?
Answer. Yes it can with a client who is positively wanting to be pain-free.
Q. Is this a Pain Management technique?
Answer. No. Pain management is about ongoing effort and rarely leaves you free of pain.
Q. What can I expect?
Answer. Your pain is unique to you and so is your perception of its level. At the end of a review session you may have a change in that perception to record one of three things: Zero Pain, Reduced Pain or, No Change.
Q. Does it work on any pain?
Answer. The review may bring about changes regardless of the original cause, providing there isn't still a need for it to be retained at that level. If there is still a medical reason to keep the pain then your unconscious will not fully release it.
Q. Do I need to be in pain until that part is completely healed?
Answer. No. Pain is a message that once it has alerted you to the problem, and you have done all you can, it is usually no longer needed. Think of a fire alarm, once the fire is out, the alarm bell gets switched off as the alarm is reset. Making it alert again for new fires once the initial fire is out, even if it has caused damage! Our pain is usually noticeably lower as we start to heal so that we can notice a pain message indicating if it isn't healing.
Q. I am on really strong painkillers, can an OldPain2Go® Pain Review Session help me?
Answer. Yes, they may. Just think about this for a moment, if you are prescribed strong pain tablets or injections that is the medical profession saying that the pain is not necessary! Pain killers do not stop the pain message being sent out they simply interfere with it reaching the part of the body it is intended to indicate a problem. OldPain2Go® is directed at you asking for messages to be stopped, providing it is safe to do so.
Q. I have a lifelong condition can the pain go?
Answer. Yes it may. The old pain message has done its job and alerted you and the medical profession to the problem. If that old pain message is no longer perceivable it will allow new pain to arrive as is needed to alert you to a new problem or a worsening condition.
Q. I have a deteriorating condition, how will it work on that?
Answer. On deteriorating conditions, you are likely to have regular assessments by your medical practitioner to review the problem area. OldPain2Go® would act like pressing the fire alarm reset button. Your body is aware of the damage caused by the old incident and can reset the alarm to stop ringing so it will automatically ring again to tell you of a new danger.
Q. Why does my pain get worse and require ever stronger pain relief?
Answer. When pain is first triggered it forms a neural pathway in your brain, which fades quickly if the pain is short term. However, if the pain continues it builds up an increasingly stronger neural connection almost like a neural motorway. This is the same way we learn to run things automatically. Unfortunately, we are learning the wrong thing. Pain does not have an end date stamped on it, and it may "forget" to re-evaluate or turn off. There is also an issue with sensitivity to pain that it builds over time.
Q. Why isn't it well known?
Answer. People don't really seek out the help they don't know exists and are therefore cynical in trying it. Being able to become pain-free sounds and feels unbelievable long after you no longer feel any pain. It's a bit of a vicious circle when people don't take the opportunity because it seems like no-one else has! Steven's client's and most of his students hoped it would work but didn't really believe it could until they saw it happen, and then the students practised it on others and had the same results themselves.
Q. Are there published medical results?
Answer. (9/12/200) The first study on OldPain2Go® was completed in a collaboration with Teesside University at the end of 2019. This was an initial feasibility study of the technique using 22 participants with a one-year history of low back pain. The results were very encouraging and a paper has been submitted for publication. The second study has been approved by Teesside University Ethics Committee. This will be a randomised controlled trial involving a larger sample of patients. The biggest development is that the university is in discussions to collaborate with a local hospital trust for a fully funded, even larger randomised controlled trial, delivered by their physiotherapists trained in OldPain2Go®. This involves a bidding process for £250,000 to fund the study and if successful, will be a year in the planning. Meetings are underway and progressing well so far. The research process is slow but it is the only way towards a novel technique being accepted by the larger medical community. [Message from Drew Coverdale on behalf of the University] (Registration with ClinicalTrials.Gov ) Update 13/04/2023: Here is a link to the first feasibility study into OldPain2Go published in the Pain and Rehabilitation - The Journal of The Physiotherapy Pain Association; Volume 53 Issue 1 2023.
Q. How often do I need treatment?
Answer. Typically this is a once only session for that old pain. It works by you asking for the old pain messages to be deleted, therefore, the old pain message should not return, just as a deleted answer phone message cannot be played again and the tape is cleared to accept new messages. A second session would usually only be wanted if the first session didn't produce a result you are satisfied with, or the Practitioner feels there may be further opportunities for improvement.
Q. I have many different sources of pain, do I need a separate session for each one?
Answer. No, the practitioner may help you deal with all issues at the same time or tackle the most problematic pain issue first and then ask for the others issues to do likewise. It may take more time so the practitioner should be made aware in advance so as to allow sufficient time for your session.
Q. I have Fibromyalgia, will it work for me?
Answer. OldPain2Go® is not a medical treatment or a cure for any illness or ailment, it is simply a helping you and your body have a reassessment of the unconscious processes that decides on the need for pain and the level of it. Having Fibromyalgia is a condition where the message is usually still required, even though, or perhaps because, you are trying to ignore the pain or work through it. Please read here Steven Blake's personal explanation of how he thinks the illness starts and what you need to do to be released from it. If you do not have an interest in reading this fully or finding out how to put yourself on the road to recovery, then quite simply OldPain2Go® is not for you. We can only help people willing to do what is necessary to recover, we do have an answer, it might not necessarily be the answer you wanted or agree with (but the National Fibromyalgia association makes statements that seem to agree with Steven's experiences).
Q. What if there is still a reason to keep the pain?
Answer. Quite simply the unconscious will not switch off that pain message, because it would be unsafe to do so. The same reason you don't take the battery out of a smoke alarm.
Q. What reasons or circumstances will stop it from working?
Answer. Providing you are of sound mind and rational - not under the influence of mind-altering drugs or alcohol, it may work for you - except where there is more reason to keep the pain than to lose it. Whilst you will gain a better quality of life from being pain-free there are things you may also lose, such as; state benefits, sympathy, help, support, and reasons to not go to places - or do things you don't want. Whilst consciously you may deny that any of these influence you, it is your unconscious that decides on the balance of being in pain, or pain-free. The simple test is to state this question out loud and answer it, "Do I want to be free of this pain?" If your answer is a solid and loud yes, then you are a good candidate. If you hesitated or thought of reasons or excuses then it might not work. However your practitioner may be able to help you with that, please bring this to their notice. It is most important you are honest and open with them.
Q. Surely if it numbs an area that would be dangerous if a new injury occurred?
Answer. Yes, it would, but it doesn't numb the area, it just reassess the old pain message allowing new pain to come as and when necessary. Holding on to old pain is just as bad as the problem of numbing an area, it means new pain might not be noticed and acted upon.
Q. Why would it only reduce the pain instead of stopping it?
Answer. This is usually a restriction placed there by your thoughts and beliefs. If you think being pain-free would lead to causing more damage or that you would forget you had a problem - that would cause it to only reduce the pain instead of ceasing to send out the pain message. Sometimes people see X Rays or scan results, so convince themselves they could not possibly be pain-free with that amount of damage. Hopefully, your practitioner can talk you out of that!
Q. Could I bring the old pain back?
Answer. We will instruct you on use of language and internal thoughts. If you keep looking for the pain you have lost it could convince your unconscious to give you pain again. Also, our exaggerations can intensify pain or make it seem too much of a problem to remove. Take the phrase "this pain is killing me" and you can see that is never true but it will affect how you feel.
Q. My pain comes from a very traumatic event, does that make it harder to get rid of?
Answer. Yes, it may, but not necessarily. Sometimes the pain is a message to not do that thing again. This is why if we fall off something we are told to get back on right away so that we don't develop a safety program that will continue to hurt us in order to protect us from greater harm. Speak to your therapist who may have other skills to help you over that trauma. OldPain2Go® also works on emotional pain so you must guide your therapist to the solution for you. Please forewarn them in advance if you believe you have strong emotional issues that may complicate the issue.
Q. Is it Hypnosis?
Answer. No. The process is the simple setting-up of a yes signal and a direct discussion you will have with your own unconscious under the guidance of a practitioner, no trance state is needed.
Q. Is it SAFE?
Answer. Yes totally. It works by the same internally processing of your unconscious that keeps you alive, runs your heart, your lungs and every other cell in your body. Together we just make it aware of that the pain is more of a problem than helping you. Your unconscious then makes the best choice for you. It has kept you alive all these years.
Q. I have put up with this pain for many years, how could it go in just minutes?
Answer. The longer you have had the pain, the more likely it is that it no longer serves a purpose - you are aware of it - nothing can be done (medically) and your doctor prescribes pain relief. These are all signs that the old pain message is redundant. All that is required is for your unconscious to be convinced that it no longer serves a purpose.
Please note: This does not constitute medical advice nor is it a substitute for it. You must have been diagnosed by a medical professional who has prescribed or advised pain relief. An OldPain2Go Pain Review Session will help you access the part of your mind that deals with your own healing processes and ask for it to review your pain messages. It is not a treatment, it is a non-medical intervention of self work.