All pain is real. 

All pain is also biopsychosocial, which means that all pain is influenced by:

Biological factors (injury, disease, genetics, medication)

Psychological factors (thoughts, emotions, behaviours)

Social factors (the broader social contexts of our lives, including our support systems, work and financial stress, access to healthcare, cultural beliefs, and systems of oppression)

Neuroplastic Pain and Endometriosis

Endometriosis is a complex condition involving the growth of tissue similar to the uterine lining outside the uterus, and it’s a disease that is associated with significant pain. While the physical impact of endometriosis is real, research shows that long-term pain can sometimes persist even when the disease is inactive or surgically treated. This is where neuroplastic pain may come into play: the nervous system remains "stuck" in pain patterns, amplifying and sustaining discomfort even in the absence of active disease.

Neuroplastic pain might be a component of your endo pain if:

• You’re still in pain after excision surgery or after seeing many different health care providers

• Your symptoms extend beyond just endo and you have multiple other diagnoses (eg. IBS, fibromyalgia, fatigue, headaches)

• Central sensitization is part of your diagnosis

• If you haven't been diagnosed with endometriosis but you have chronic pelvic pain

• You have pain outside of your menstrual phase

How Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) Can Help

Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is a cutting-edge, evidence-based approach designed to retrain the brain and calm overactive pain pathways. By helping to identify pain as a false alarm—no longer signaling damage—PRT supports the brain in “unlearning” chronic pain. For people with endometriosis-related pain that persists beyond the medical causes, PRT offers a way to reduce or even eliminate pain by addressing it at the neurological level.