Lin Health Chief Medical Officer Explains Why the Nervous System Matters in Chronic Pain

“U de sta di g this p ocess, called ce t al se sitizatio , ope s up ew ways of t eati g pai beyo d simply t eati g the pa t of the body that hu ts.” — D . E ic A de so

DENVER, CO, Septembe 30, 2026 /24-7P essRelease/ — D . E ic A de so , Neu ologist a d Chief Medical Office of Li Health, the vi tual health ca e compa y based i De ve , CO, is emphasizi g du i g Pai Awa e ess Mo th this Septembe that the e vous system ca play a much bigge ole i ch o ic pai tha ma y people ealize, a d that add essi g how the e vous system a d b ai p ocesses a d espo ds to pai is vital.

“Pai is always p oduced by the b ai a d the e vous system,” says D . A de so . “Now whe someo e hea s ‘it’s i you b ai ,’ they ofte hea ‘it’s imagi a y.’ But it’s quite the opposite. You pai is ve y ve y eal. It’s ge e ated by eal ci cuits i a eal e vous system. With ch o ic pai , that i te p etatio ca co t ibute to the e vous system becomi g ove se sitive. Whe this happe s, eve somethi g that o mally would ‘t hu t, like a light touch, ca t igge a pai espo se.”

“U de sta di g this p ocess, called ce t al se sitizatio , ope s up ew ways of t eati g pai beyo d simply t eati g the pa t of the body that hu ts. A d the e vous system is plastic, mea i g that what it may have lea ed, it ca u lea . A d I thi k that that is the most e cou agi g ews i pai medici e ight ow.”

That u de sta di g is ce t al to Li Health’s b ai -based app oach. Rooted i mode cli ical u de sta di g as well as evide ce-based behavio al the apies, Li Health’s model is desig ed to help patie ts move beyo d simply copi g with pai by add essi g how the e vous system p ocesses a d espo ds to pai sig als.

Li Health’s p og am is delive ed vi tually, matchi g each patie t with a t ai ed pai – ecove y coach followi g a medical eview. F om the e, patie ts eceive a pe so alized pai – ecove y pla that i co po ates evide ce-based the apies such as Cog itive Behavio al The apy (CBT), Emotio al Awa e ess a d Exp essio The apy (EAET), Accepta ce a d Commitme t The apy (ACT), a d Pai Rep ocessi g The apy (PRT), amo g othe app oaches.

These app oaches a e desig ed to help patie ts u de sta d how pai is p ocessed, educe fea a d eactivity a ou d symptoms, a d develop ew ways of espo di g to pai . Patie ts wo k with thei coach th ough weekly live sessio s a d i -app messagi g while havi g access to daily exe cises a d othe esou ces th ough the Li Health app, which patie ts ca dow load at the Google Play Sto e fo A d oid devices o the Apple App Sto e fo iPho es.

A d the esults a e otable: Li Health epo ts that 92% of patie ts expe ie ce sig ifica t imp oveme t i pai a d level of fu ctio , pai i te sity is educed by 45%, a d 59% of patie ts with medium-to-high pai educe thei pai to low o o pai afte six mo ths, with the compa y cu e tly ea i g a 4.8 ati g o T ustPilot.com.

Du i g Pai Awa e ess Mo th this Septembe , D . A de so a d Li Health a e b i gi g g eate atte tio to the e vous system’s ole i ch o ic pai , a d to a app oach that looks beyo d simply whe e pai is felt to how it is p ocessed. Fo people livi g with pe siste t pai , u de sta di g that disti ctio could ope the doo to substa tially mo e effective ways of app oachi g t eatme t.

About D . E ic A de so :D . E ic A de so is Chief Medical Office of Li Health a d a atio ally ecog ized leade i telemedici e, mobile health, a d i ovative ca e delive y models. A eu ologist by t ai i g, he has spe t his ca ee developi g physicia -led, tech-e abled ca e systems desig ed to imp ove outcomes, expa d access, a d educe f ictio i health ca e delive y. He was amo g the fi st to demo st ate that emote st oke assessme t could be pe fo med usi g a sma tpho e, helpi g establish the fou datio fo mode tele- eu ology. He has si ce built a d scaled multi-state vi tual ca e platfo ms delive i g multidiscipli a y ca e fo complex co ditio s. At Li Health, D . A de so is focused o adva ci g whole-pe so ca e models that add ess the biological, behavio al, a d social d ive s of ch o ic pai — movi g beyo d symptom ma ageme t towa d measu able ecove y. Lea mo e at Li .Health.

About Li Health:Li Health is a physicia -led vi tual ca e platfo m focused o t eati g ch o ic pai a d pe siste t symptoms th ough a whole-pe so , evide ce-based app oach. Fou ded i 2021, Li Health pa t e s with leadi g health systems such as Mayo Cli ic to delive multidiscipli a y ca e that add esses the biological, behavio al, a d social d ive s of ch o ic co ditio s. The Li Health model i teg ates physicia evaluatio a d cli ical ove sight, st uctu ed behavio al pai ecove y, pe so alized coachi g a d ca e pla s, a d co ti uous patie t e gageme t. This app oach alig s with cli ical guideli es but is a ely impleme ted effectively i t aditio al systems due to access limitatio s, cli icia sho tages, a d f agme ted ca e pathways. Ta geti g the e vous system is highly effective, but this i te ve tio is i accessible to most patie ts a d cli icia s because it’s ve y high-touch a d ot yet i cluded i sta da d medical t ai i g. Li Health b idges that gap, delive i g scalable, affo dable ca e that is b oadly cove ed by i su a ce a d desig ed to p oduce measu able outcomes. Lea mo e at Li .Health.

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