Joanne Smith was told fibromyalgia was incurable, but learning about neuroplasticity changed everything. She discovered the brain's protective mechanisms could be rewired, rejected her doctors' dismissal, and became a Neuroplastic Recovery Coach. She now argues the medical consensus on fibromyalgia is incomplete.
Once you know and understand that actually your brain is there to protect you, and that was a big shift for me, understanding how this works, because I was told that I had an incurable issue of fibromyalgia. I was told you can't recover, you just got to be your best, go do your best, best to go out there and be the best case that you can. So I was stuck. So I was doing the best I could, I was doing everything that I was advised to do, I was out there being strong, being active, doing everything the best I could, running ultramarathons, but I was under the belief that I had an incurable situation, there is no known cure. But when I learned about this stuff, I knew differently. I was like, they're not They were, they just don't know. They're doing the best they can in mainstream medicine, but they just don't have the answers. And I tried to ask them questions and I kept getting sent away and being told no, no. So I just did my own thing and thankfully it brought me to this and it brought me to specializing in this and becoming a qualified Neuroplastic Recovery Coach practitioner. So wow. All those things that I were told, fortunately, weren't the truth, and now I'm here to share them with everybody who will listen.
