Stream the full-length film, This Might Hurt, at https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com

Official selection: Austin Film Festival, Freep Film Festival, Spirit Film Festival

Film Screening and Q&A

This Might Hurt is a documentary that offers solutions to reduce and unlearn chronic pain. The film follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years searching for answers. Desperate for relief, they enter a new medical program — run by Dr. Howard Schubiner — that focuses on uncovering hidden causes of pain, and retraining their brains to switch the pain off.

This new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment was found to be effective in several randomized trials, and was listed as a “best practice” by the HHS’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic. Rooted in the cutting-edge neuroscience of pain, one study found that it cured 66% of people with back pain and profoundly rewired their brains. This Might Hurt provides an intimate exploration and suggests a path to healing for millions.

// This film has stories of people overcoming chronic pains such as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), migraine headaches, abdominal pain and spasms, back pain, neck pain, and fibromyalgia. It features the work of Dr. Howard Schubiner in Detroit, Michigan.

The film is relevant for people suffering with chronic back pain, headaches, migraines, irritable bowel syndrome, abdominal pain, Long Covid, POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), and several other syndromes. A full list can be found at https://www.thismighthurtfilm.com/oth...