New Hunts House, Kings College London, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT

Part of the Guys Campus at Kings College, New Hunts House is just a few minutes walk from London Bridge Station and a short 5 minute walk from Borough Market.

There is detailed accessability information available for the venue. If you have any questions, please do drop us an email. 

Understanding Chronic Neuroplastic Conditions

Recent neuroscience is now showing that many chronic conditions are due to neuroplastic changes, rather than physical damage. These conditions, known as chronic neuroplastic symptoms and conditions, are the result of the brain becoming “stuck” in a heightened stress response, causing ongoing physical and mental symptoms. These issues arise from learned neural circuits in the brain, which can develop in response to unresolved emotional or stress triggers.

The Mind-Body Connection

We are familiar with the idea that emotions affect our bodies – blushing when embarrassed or feeling tense during stress. Chronic neuroplastic conditions work in the same way. Here, the brain misinterprets internal signals, like the surfacing of unresolved emotions and feeling tense during stress, as threats. This unconscious process leads to numerous symptoms other than chronic pain, like fatigue, digestive issues and dizziness. The symptoms are real, but their origin lies in how the brain responds to emotional triggers rather than physical harm.

Challenges in Modern Medicine

This study found that 52% of subjects, across a variety of specialities in 2 hospitals, fulfilled the criteria for what the medical world call medically unexplained symptoms. Sadly, this lack of understanding of neuroplastic and mindbody conditions, plus the fact that modern healthcare focuses on treating symptoms rather than addressing the root cause, results in frustration for clients. This is usually because treatments like medication, surgery or other physical approaches offer short-term relief without resolving the underlying problem.

Neuroplasticity and Healing

Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to change and form new connections. Chronic symptoms occur when the brain “learns” maladaptive responses, leading to persistent issues.

These symptoms can be reversed through clients retraining the brain, with new information to change fearful beliefs, becoming more emotionally aware and being able to safely express how they are feeling. It is also important to address the factors that predispose clients to neuroplastic symptoms, such as unresolved stress and trauma; those that trigger the symptoms, including conditioned responses; and also those that cause them to persist, such as predictive coding.

SIRPA’s CPD Courses for Health and Wellness Professionals

Chronic neuroplastic conditions are real and rooted in the brain’s learned stress response, not in physical damage. By retraining the brain, many individuals can find long-term relief from symptoms, providing a new approach to treating conditions that traditional methods have struggled to resolve.

This is the approach we take in our CPD Courses for Health and Wellness Professionals. These courses equip you to work with clients using the SIRPA Approach, educating them and empowering them to overcome their symptoms. 

We also offer the Online Recovery Programme, a self-guided course to empower those experiencing chronic pain or chronic conditions to recover using the mindbody approach.

If you are a professional working with clients experiencing chronic conditions, or are someone experiencing chronic conditions who would like to learn more, we would love for you to join us on 17th May to discover more about SIRPA’s approach!