For Pain Awareness Month, Neurologist Dr. Eric Anderson explains why addressing the nervous system's role in chronic pain is an important part of treatment



DENVER, CO, September 30, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Dr. Eric Anderson, Neurologist and Chief Medical Officer of Lin Health, the virtual health care company based in Denver, CO, is emphasizing during Pain Awareness Month this September that the nervous system can play a much bigger role in chronic pain than many people realize, and that addressing how the nervous system and brain processes and responds to pain is vital.

"Pain is always produced by the brain and the nervous system," says Dr. Anderson. "Now when someone hears 'it's in your brain,' they often hear 'it's imaginary.' But it's quite the opposite. Your pain is very very real. It's generated by real circuits in a real nervous system. With chronic pain, that interpretation can contribute to the nervous system becoming oversensitive. When this happens, even something that normally wouldn't hurt, like a light touch, can trigger a pain response."

"Understanding this process, called central sensitization, opens up new ways of treating pain beyond simply treating the part of the body that hurts. And the nervous system is plastic, meaning that what it may have learned, it can unlearn. And I think that that is the most encouraging news in pain medicine right now."

That understanding is central to Lin Health's brain-based approach. Rooted in modern clinical understanding as well as evidence-based behavioral therapies, Lin Health's model is designed to help patients move beyond simply coping with pain by addressing how the nervous system processes and responds to pain signals.

Lin Health's program is delivered virtually, matching each patient with a trained pain-recovery coach following a medical review. From there, patients receive a personalized pain-recovery plan that incorporates evidence-based therapies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), among other approaches.

These approaches are designed to help patients understand how pain is processed, reduce fear and reactivity around symptoms, and develop new ways of responding to pain. Patients work with their coach through weekly live sessions and in-app messaging while having access to daily exercises and other resources through the Lin Health app, which patients can download at the Google Play Store for Android devices or the Apple App Store for iPhones.

And the results are notable: Lin Health reports that 92% of patients experience significant improvement in pain and level of function, pain intensity is reduced by 45%, and 59% of patients with medium-to-high pain reduce their pain to low or no pain after six months, with the company currently earning a 4.8 rating on TrustPilot.com.

During Pain Awareness Month this September, Dr. Anderson and Lin Health are bringing greater attention to the nervous system's role in chronic pain, and to an approach that looks beyond simply where pain is felt to how it is processed. For people living with persistent pain, understanding that distinction could open the door to substantially more effective ways of approaching treatment.

About Dr. Eric Anderson:
Dr. Eric Anderson is Chief Medical Officer of Lin Health and a nationally recognized leader in telemedicine, mobile health, and innovative care delivery models. A neurologist by training, he has spent his career developing physician-led, tech-enabled care systems designed to improve outcomes, expand access, and reduce friction in health care delivery. He was among the first to demonstrate that remote stroke assessment could be performed using a smartphone, helping establish the foundation for modern tele-neurology. He has since built and scaled multi-state virtual care platforms delivering multidisciplinary care for complex conditions. At Lin Health, Dr. Anderson is focused on advancing whole-person care models that address the biological, behavioral, and social drivers of chronic pain — moving beyond symptom management toward measurable recovery. Learn more at Lin.Health.

About Lin Health:
Lin Health is a physician-led virtual care platform focused on treating chronic pain and persistent symptoms through a whole-person, evidence-based approach. Founded in 2021, Lin Health partners with leading health systems such as Mayo Clinic to deliver multidisciplinary care that addresses the biological, behavioral, and social drivers of chronic conditions. The Lin Health model integrates physician evaluation and clinical oversight, structured behavioral pain recovery, personalized coaching and care plans, and continuous patient engagement. This approach aligns with clinical guidelines but is rarely implemented effectively in traditional systems due to access limitations, clinician shortages, and fragmented care pathways. Targeting the nervous system is highly effective, but this intervention is inaccessible to most patients and clinicians because it's very high-touch and not yet included in standard medical training. Lin Health bridges that gap, delivering scalable, affordable care that is broadly covered by insurance and designed to produce measurable outcomes. Learn more at Lin.Health.

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