Pain Is Produced, Not Received
Part 2A: Pain Is Produced, Not Received · Korean Therapeutic Bodywork Korean Therapeutic Bodywork · A Modern Neuroscience Perspective 34-Part Series Series Home › Section 2: The Neuroscience of Pain › Part 2A Part 2A · Section 2: The Neuroscience of Pain Pain Is Produced, Not Received Pain is not a direct readout of tissue damage. It is an output of your nervous system — a signal produced when your brain decides a threat is present and action is needed. A paper cut hurts more than a large bruise on your thigh. An athlete finishes a race and only notices a significant injury afterward. These are not anomalies — they reveal that the relationship between damage and pain is non-linear. The nervous system decides what reaches conscious awareness as pain. Nociceptors: Danger Detectors, Not Pain Producers Nociceptors are specialized sensory neurons whose peripheral axons innervate skin, muscle, joints, an...