Many people are told, “There’s nothing wrong anymore,” while still experiencing very real pain. Scans come back clear. Tests look normal. And yet the pain remains. When the nervous system has learned that the world—or the body itself—is unsafe, it may continue to send danger signals even after tissue has healed. This is not failure. It is conditioning.

A person clutching their knee in discomfort along a rural path, highlighting the struggle with chronic knee pain.