How Functional MRI Studies Reveal the Hidden Truths of Chronic Pain
Not long ago, I remember sitting through a doctor’s explanation about back pain that felt more confusing than comforting. He tossed around terms like “neuropathic modulation” and “functional imaging markers,” and I just nodded along pretending I understood. That was my first real brush with functional MRI—or fMRI—in the context of chronic pain. Since then,…