Chronic Pain · Exposure
Graded Exposure for Pain
The movement isn't the danger
For fear-of-movement pain, avoidance is the amplifier. Graded exposure — small, planned, repeated — teaches the nervous system that the movement isn't the danger.
A movement I've been avoiding
What I predict will happen if I do it
Level 1 — smallest version
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5 — full version
What I noticed after — pain, function, confidence