“Contemporary neurofunctional model is needed for practitioners to analyze pain problems as the neurological issue they really are.” physiology of neurofunction in particu-lar has produced less than exemplary results in the treatment of pain prob-lems over the last several decades: the current horrendous opioid crisis, the multiplication of interventional pain clinics with poor effects on the number of chronic pain patients and their qual-ity of life, the increasing performance of some ineffective surgeries that often generate more pain and dysfunction, and the widespread disempowerment of pain sufferers by “medicalizing” their problems and extricating the bio-graphical and cultural dimensions of their pain experiences from the thera-peutic approach. If we, health-care professionals of the 21st century dealing with problems of pain with movement, embrace the con-cept of neuroreality, it will help change the current gold standard approach to the assessment and treatment of pain problems. A contemporary neurofunc-tional model, with a practical neuro-functional operating system, is needed for practitioners to be able to analyze pain problems as the neurological issues they really are, and to treat them not just as the result of structural failures, but as the result of a complex multidimen-sional system failed adaptations. With such a neurofunctional ap-proach, more effective therapeutic interventions will be generated to help the millions of sufferers of pain with movement disorders. Albert Einstein once said, “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persis-tent one.” Like quantum reality, human neuroreality is also a mere illusion too, from an objective existence standpoint. The great news for humans is that, unlike in quantum physics, if we don’t like our neuroreality, we have the abil-ity to change it for a better one. And that will be the topic of a series of fol-low-up articles on the neurofunctional operating system used by this author to assess and treat individuals suffering with pain with movement disorders. It is a “treating beyond the structure” approach that produces remarkable results when neurofunction is improved and a new neuroreality ensues. This is the first of a series of articles from Dr. Claraco about the concept of neuroreality in pain management. HOMECOMING 2018 JUNE 1 – 2 W E Register online at: www.cmcc.ca/homecoming For any inquiries related to Homecoming, contact: [email protected] OR 416 482 2340 ext. 200. To see who’s planning on attending, visit your Homecoming class Facebook page at: facebook.com/cmccnews/events 28 Canadian Chiropractor April 2018 CC_CMCC_Homecoming_April18_CSA.indd 1 www.canadianchiropractor.ca 2018-03-01 12:43 PM
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