Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management
Fibromyalgia is called a pathology of misconnection at the neurophysiological, psychological, and social levels, and is characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain, which is accompanied by a series of symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, body perception disturbances, and cogn...
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| description | Fibromyalgia is called a pathology of misconnection at the neurophysiological, psychological, and social levels, and is characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain, which is accompanied by a series of symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, body perception disturbances, and cognitive deficits. In this article, I argue that interventions that in various ways enhance interpersonal neural synchronisation (INS) may bring long-term benefits to people with fibromyalgia (PwF). In the first part, I briefly introduce studies on INS in the general population. In the second part, I hypothesise that interpersonal synchrony may contribute to symptom reduction for individuals with fibromyalgia, in the sense that repeated experience of being in sync with others may play a role in restoring both the brain-body and self-others connection in this population and consequently result in simultaneous lasting improvement of wellbeing. In the final part, I discuss potential future research directions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d7adacfb2eaf45aa8913eb8c0a0ac2b22025-02-05T07:32:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pain Research2673-561X2025-02-01610.3389/fpain.2025.14633211463321Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain managementJustyna Świdrak0Justyna Świdrak1Systems Neuroscience, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, SpainInstitute of Psychology Polish Academy of Sciences (IP PAS), Warsaw, PolandFibromyalgia is called a pathology of misconnection at the neurophysiological, psychological, and social levels, and is characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain, which is accompanied by a series of symptoms, such as chronic fatigue, depression, anxiety, body perception disturbances, and cognitive deficits. In this article, I argue that interventions that in various ways enhance interpersonal neural synchronisation (INS) may bring long-term benefits to people with fibromyalgia (PwF). In the first part, I briefly introduce studies on INS in the general population. In the second part, I hypothesise that interpersonal synchrony may contribute to symptom reduction for individuals with fibromyalgia, in the sense that repeated experience of being in sync with others may play a role in restoring both the brain-body and self-others connection in this population and consequently result in simultaneous lasting improvement of wellbeing. In the final part, I discuss potential future research directions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2025.1463321/fullfibromyalgiabodily selfchronic pain managementinterpersonal neural synchronyinterbrain coherence |
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| title | Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management |
| title_full | Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management |
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| title_short | Healing synchrony? potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management |
| title_sort | healing synchrony potential benefits of interpersonal synchrony for chronic pain management |
| topic | fibromyalgia bodily self chronic pain management interpersonal neural synchrony interbrain coherence |
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