Linyi Hsing, MSW
Freedom from Chronic Back Pain
A Compassionate Path Forward
Explore Our Free Weekly Community Recovery Toolkit Series (Live via Zoom)
No matter how long or how bad your pain has been, there's a healing path forward.
If you are one of the millions of people living with persistent back pain and the social misunderstanding and isolation it often brings—you know how truly exhausting and debilitating it is.If you have not gotten good results from conventional pain management programs, there is a new path forward.
It's Not All in Your Head, You Are Not Crazy
Your pain is 100% real, but its cause isn't always ongoing tissue damage. Neuroscience research reveals that in many cases of chronic pain, the nervous system has become highly sensitive, producing pain in the absence of any structural or tissue damage. Simply put, your nervous system is stuck in overdrive. This is believed to be a major contributing factor in approximately 85% of chronic back/neck pain cases.Over time, the persistent pain has changed how your brain processes signals. Even normal, harmless movements can be interpreted as a threat, causing pain to feel more intense.This does not signify any mental deficiency; it just means you are human trying to deal with life's stresses, just like the billions of other people on the planet. Sometimes, the brain and nervous system can get stuck in a fight-or-flight state. When this happens, the nervous system's volume dial is turned all the way up, and needs some help dialing down.
You Have More Control over Your Healing than You Think
If the real cause of most chronic pain is in the nervous system, then the most logical path to healing is to restore harmony within it. Fortunately, a wide range of evidence-based tools are available for this purpose.No matter how long or how bad your pain has been, the amazing news is that you can actively guide your nervous system to reverse the process. You have more influence over your healing than you think.
🌿 Free Weekly Community Recovery Toolkit Series
Live via Zoom
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Free Weekly Community Series via Zoom
🌿 Gently Forward —
A Compassionate Toolkit for Chronic Back Pain
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Connecting with others in a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental environment
This free community series offers vital information, evidence-based tools and a compassionate community to all who are living with chronic back pain and their family. Together, we will explore the healing connections between the mind, body, heart, and the nervous system, and put them into practice in our daily lives.
Live via Zoom, Wednesdays, 1-2 PM EST
| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| 11/12 | It's Not All in Your Head: What Is Your Nervous System Trying to Tell You? |
| 11/19 | Moving Forward Gently: Developing Habits for Healing |
| 11/26 | Mind-Body Strategies for High-Pain Days |
| Dec | |
| 12/3 | Why Can You Have Pain Even After an Injury Has Healed? |
| 12/10 | Befriending Your Body: Meeting Pain with Curiosity and Compassion |
| 12/17 | Navigating Holiday Stress and Blues |
| 12/31 | Year-End Reflection: Setting Gentle Goals for a Healing New Year |
| Jan/2026 | |
| 1/7 | Rediscover Enjoyable Activities and Social Connections: One Small Step at a Time |
| 1/14 | Chronic Pain: The Myths, the Facts, and Your Path Forward |
| 1/21 | Navigating Stress and Emotional Triggers |
| 1/28 | Gentle Mindful Breathing: Finding Your Anchor in the Midst of Pain |
**Please sign up 24 hours in advance. You will receive a confirmation email with your Zoom link.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Podcasts, books
- Science Friday: Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain 17:30 minutes (04/25/25)
- The Way Out, by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv, 2022
Research
Linyi Hsing, MSW
As a chronic pain recovery coach, I understand how pain can take over a person's life, especially after all the healing options have been exhausted. It's a heavy burden, and no one should have to carry it alone.My mission is to help anyone suffering from persistent back pain redefine the chronic pain experience by destigmatizing the condition, fostering hope, providing vital information and practical recovery tools.I offer a free community education series via Zoom for all who are living with chronic back pain and their loved ones, along with paid workshops and one-on-one coaching for those seeking deeper, personalized recovery support.I am trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) by Pain Reprocessing Therapy Institute and certified as a PRT practitioner. I also completed additional training in PRT coaching. I offer classes and coaching as an independent practitioner, not affiliated with the center.All services are conducted via Zoom.
Education & TrainingMasters of Social Work, University of MichiganPain Reprocessing Therapy practitioner certification, training provided by Pain Reprocessing Therapy InstituteIntegrative Health Coach Professional Training, Duke HealthMindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Professional Internship, UMass Memorial Health Center for MindfulnessEmotional Freedom Techniques, EFT-CC, Certificate of Completion by Dr. Patricia Carrington
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Reclaim Your Life from Pain —
Chronic Pain Recovery Coaching
All coaching sessions are conducted via Zoom or phone so healing is possible wherever you live.
One-on-One Coaching
One-on-one coaching incorporates the principles and practices of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and other healing modalities to bring maximum benefits to each client.
What is Pain reprocessing Therapy (PRT)?
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is an evidence-based psychological approach that retrains the brain to interpret pain signals accurately. It operates on the understanding that chronic pain is often caused by misfiring neural pathways in the brain, not by structural/tissue damages. PRT incorporates gentle techniques designed to rewire the brain's response to sensations and helping the nervous system to calm down. The result is a reduction or elimination of pain symptoms, an improved mind-body communication, and a renewed sense of safety within your own body.
Coaching Components
1. Your personalized assessmentWe'll begin with a comprehensive one-on-one assessment to understand your unique pain story, history, and goals, and create a roadmap to show you new way forward.
2. Weekly one-on-one sessionsThis is where we put your personalized roadmap into action. We will meet weekly to check in and discuss your progress and the challenges that came up. These weekly sessions build momentum and give you a safe, consistent space for progress.
3. Ongoing support and guidanceBetween sessions, you'll be given personalized exercises and resources to reinforce what you're learning.You will have successes and setbacks along the way but you will be equipped to learn from each experience. It is through embracing the whole journey you will move forward with a new level of resilience and confidence.
How Many Sessions Will You Need?
It varies from person to person, depending on your particular makeup and recovery process. Most people with chronic back/neck pain see improvements within ten sessions.
Fees and Payment Options
Standard Session: 70 minutesThere are three payment options, you can choose the option that's right for you:
Pay-It-Forward: $120
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $100
Community: $80
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
**Coaching service is not covered by insurance
Free 30-Minute Phone Consultation
Book a pressure-free consultation to explore if one-on-one coaching is the right approach for you. We'll discuss your unique situation and how coaching can help you.
- The Way Out, by Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv, 2022
- 04/25/25 Untangling The Mind-Body Connection In Chronic Pain 17:30 minutes
Take The Next Step Toward Lasting Relief
PRT coaching uses a systematic process to help individuals break the pain cycle with personalized tools and healing plans.If you are not in the US: a zoom consultation will be set up for you through email. Please indicate this in your booking request.
Find Hope, Inspiration, and Practical Tools for Navigating Chronic Back Pain
What If You Have an Abnormal MRI?
Mounting evidence shows poor correlation between an abnormal MRI and chronic pain, especially in conditions like back and neck pain. Numerous studies have found MRI results such as disc degeneration, herniations, and stenosis, often do not correlate with the intensity or even the presence of chronic pain.
Even if you have an abnormal MRI scan that shows a bulging disc or disc degeneration, we encourage you to join us. You may be surprised to learn that many people without chronic pain have similar MRI results.
Explore Why Traditional Treatments Haven't Worked for You
I provide a supportive space and compassionate guidance to help you find recovery by using a mind-body approach informed by neuroscience.Even if you have an abnormal MRI scan that shows a bulging disc or disc degeneration, you're welcome to join us. You may be surprised to learn that many people without chronic pain have similar MRI resultsI am trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) by the Pain Reprocessing Therapy Center and certified as a PRT practitioner. I also completed additional training in PRT coaching. I offer classes and coaching (via Zoom) as an independent practitioner, not affiliated with the center.
What is Your Nervous System Trying to Tell You?
Understand what your nervous system is trying to tell you.
Learn why you can have pain even after an injury has healed.
Discover the connection between your emotions, stress, and pain.
Get a new roadmap for your path to healing.
Three Surprisingly Simple Ways to Influence Your Back Pain.
Join us to explore how simple daily actions in these three areas can break the cycle of your back pain:
Reframe your interpretation of pain
Manage your emotions to regulate pain
Seek joy and gentle movement to restore function
Hope & Recovery: You Have More Control Than You Think
The amplification of pain signals in central sensitization is primarily an automatic process in the unconscious part of the brain. It's understandable that you might feel like a victim of it. But you have more control in your recovery process than you think/feel.If your nervous system has learned to feel pain, the amazing news is that you can actively guide it to reverse the process. This isn't about ignoring your pain, but about teaching your brain new ways to respond to pain signals. You have more influence over your healing than you think.Just as your brain created these pain pathways over time, it can learn to create new pathways and discard old pain pathways. Every step you take to help your brain move in this direction, you are reclaiming a life of greater freedom, ease and joy.____&&Your brain is running your body and nervous system on a budget. Every daily habit of yours either replenishes or depletes that budget. Habits like perfectionism, self judgment, worries, chronic dehydration are deeply costly to your body budget.During this two-part workshop, you will identify your daily body budget "deposits and withdrawals" and how they affect your pain and stress level. By balancing your body budget, you are creating an internal environment that supports lasting pain relief.
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Opportunities for outside contact will not be provided during sessions.
Thank you for taking the step to start building your toolkit for recovery. After signing up, you will receive a confirmation email with Zoom and payment links.
Reclaim Your Mind: A Compassionate Path to Resilience
Certain mental habits like perfectionism, self-criticism, and excessive worry—are not flaws, but rather powerful survival strategies we developed to protect ourselves. This workshop is a compassionate space to honor that history and move toward a different future.In this two-part series, you will be empowered to:
Mindfully observe your mental habits: Explore with curiosity and compassion why these thought patterns appear, and how they have protected you in the past.
Nurture resilience and self-kindness: Discover and practice new strategies for coping with distress, allowing you to respond to difficult moments with gentleness rather than criticism.
Reclaim Your Story: Moving Beyond the Limits Pain Has Set
Chronic pain does more than just cause physical discomfort; it creates a cascade of challenges, including isolation, fatigue, and misunderstandings. If you feel angry, frustrated, or even hopeless, know that these emotional responses are not a sign of weakness—they are a normal and natural part of living with chronic pain.Over time, this can wear down your nervous system, keeping you in a cycle of pain. But there is a way to find more balance and reclaim your life. This two-part workshop offers a new path forward. Join us to:
Reclaim your pain narrative. Shift from a story of constant struggle to one of resilience.
Honor the lessons you've learned. Find meaning and strength on your healing path.
Rewrite your story so it reflects your deepest values and the person you truly are.
Don't let your pain define your future. Join us and discover a new way to move forward.
There are three payment options. You can choose the option that's right for you.
Pay-It-Forward: $60
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $45
Community: $30
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Neuroplasticity and Chronic Pain Recovery
Think of your brain's pain system like a smoke alarm. When there's a fire (an acute injury), the alarm does its job and sounds loudly. But in chronic pain, it's like the alarm is stuck on and keeps blaring long after the fire is gone. Neuroplasticity is the process of gently retraining that alarm to recognize when it's safe to be quiet againNeuroplasticity is also like creating a new, positive pathway and give the pain signals less power. Your brain has been using a 'pain pathway' for so long that it's become a superhighway. With gentle repetition, we can turn the superhighway back into a quiet dirt road.What is Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT)?Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) is an evidence-based, science-backed psychological treatment designed for chronic pain recovery.Through a systematic mindbody healing process, PRT helps your brain learn new ways to respond to pain signals, and build new neural-pathways that reduce pain and restore a sense of physical safety and confidence.
PRT Coaching Process:
PRT Coaching: Single SessionPay-It-Forward: $130/a session— Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.Base: $110/a session— This is the standard fee for one coaching session.Community: $90/a session— This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Common Myths about Chronic Pain
Pain is always a sign of physical damage or injury.
Pain is "all in your head".
If tests are normal, the pain isn't real.
Chronic pain is a permanent, incurable condition.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
🌿 Help Build a Community of Hope
Your contribution, regardless of the amount, helps support this community vision, making vital information, practical tools, and a compassionate community accessible to all who are living with chronic pain and their loved ones.**Thank you so much for considering making a contribution. The technical setup for contributions is still in progress. Please check back in a week or two.
Let's Build this Recovery Garden Together
Seed Sower ($10/Month)
This contribution helps plant the seeds of our work, ensuring the weekly series and workshops remains accessible to all.
Sprout Nourisher ($25/Month)
Your contribution helps nourish the growth of our community and expand our ability to offer consistent, reliable support.
Branch Grower ($50/Month)
This contribution allows us to reach out to more people, helping them find the resources and compassionate support they need.
Resilience Cultivator ($100/Month)
Your contribution helps sustain and strengthen our vision
Partner of Hope (Custom Amount)
Your contribution at any level helps sustain and strengthen our vision.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Email:
[email protected]
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Free 30-minute Phone Consultation
Book a pressure-free consultation to explore if one-on-one coaching is the right approach for you. We'll discuss your unique situation and how coaching can help you.
Before you submit your booking request
If you prefer to receive a text to set up your consultation time, please leave a number that can receive texts.After submitting your booking request
You will receive a phone call or a text (according to your preference) within 48 hours to set up your consultation time.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
🌿 Upcoming Workshops (Via Zoom)
Please register for a workshop 24 hours in advance.
When Emotions are Making Your Pain Worse: A New Way to Respond
Time: Saturday, December 6, 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
Living with chronic pain often means a constant battle with difficult emotions like fear, anxiety, and frustration. We will explore the neuroscience of how the brain creates pain and how our emotional responses play a critical role. In this workshop, we will practice accepting our emotions as they come up in the body without fear. You will learn practical skills for self-regulation, building a sense of internal safety and connection, and ultimately, rewiring your brain for lasting relief.
Finding Safety in Your Body: Rewire Your Brain's Pain Circuits
Time: Saturday, December 13, 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
For those living with chronic pain, the body can begin to feel like a source of threat, a place of constant alarm.This workshop offers a compassionate space to begin shifting that relationship from one of fear to one of safety. Using evidence-based principles and tools of Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), especially Somatic Tracking, we will explore how the brain interprets physical signals, and gently guide it to process pain signals in a new way.Our focus is not on "fixing" a broken body but on restoring harmony in your nervous system, helping your brain and body to feel safe again.**Note: This workshop is for those whose pain is primarily caused by an oversensitive nervous system, not by structural/tissue damage. Click on this link if you're not sure about it.
Caring Without Hurting: Navigate Compassion Fatigue and Chronic Pain
Time: Saturday, January 10, 2026, 1:00 - 2:30 PM EST
This workshop offers a neuroscience-based approach to understanding the complex relationship between chronic pain and compassion fatigue. Participants will learn to distinguish between empathy and compassion, exploring how excessive "empathetic distress" can lead to burnout which can bring on or exacerbate chronic pain. The session will focus on practical, evidence-based tools and strategies to build emotional resilience and self-compassion, essential skills for caring for others without compromising one's own well-being.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
There are three payment options. You can choose the option that's right for you.
Pay-It-Forward: $60
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $45
Community: $30
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Pain Recovery Coaching
Standard Session: 70 minutes
There are three payment options, you can choose the option that's right for you:
Pay-It-Forward: $120
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $100
Community: $80
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
**Coaching service is not covered by insurance
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Caring Without Hurting: Navigate Compassion Fatigue and Chronic Pain
Step 1: Fill out registration form:
Step 2: Select a payment option
There are three payment options. You can choose the option that's right for you.
Pay-It-Forward: $60
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $45
Community: $30
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Thank you for signing up for this workshop!You will receive a confirmation email with the zoom link soon. If you don't receive it in 24 hours, please check your spam folder or contact me directly.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Linyi Hsing, MSW
🌿 Help Build a Community of Hope
No one should face chronic back pain alone. Your contribution, regardless of the amount, helps ensure that vital information, evidence-based tools, and a compassionate community are accessible to those who need it most.With your support, all people living with chronic pain and their loved ones can find the support they need to build a future free from its limitations.
Full Disclosure: As we are not a 501(c)(3) organization, your generosity is not tax-deductible.
Select a contribution that's right for you:
Seed Sower
This contribution helps plant the seeds of our work, ensuring the weekly series and workshops remains accessible to all.
Sprout Nourisher
Your contribution helps nourish the growth of our community and expand our ability to offer consistent, reliable support.
Branch Grower
This contribution allows us to reach out to more people, helping them find the resources and compassionate support they need.
Resilience Cultivator
Your contribution helps sustain and strengthen our vision and operation.
Partner of Hope (Custom Amount)
Your contribution at any level helps sustain and strengthen our vision.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Is a heightened sensitivity in your nervous system playing a role in your pain?
Common patterns to look for:Inconsistent pain: The pain's intensity and location can vary widely from day to day or even hour to hour.Pain triggered by non-physical factors: It may flare up during times of stress, in specific situations, or when you are tired.Pain spreads or moves: The pain may shift to different parts of the body over time.Delayed pain: It may appear hours after a triggering activity, rather than immediately.Pain began without injury: The pain started during a particularly stressful period or without any clear physical cause.Pain outlasts an injury: The pain continues long after an original injury has healed.Pain without a clear diagnosis: Doctors can't find any clear cause for your pain.Pain accompanied by other chronic symptoms: For example, anxiety, IBS.Please Note: This list is for education purpose only.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Finding Safety in Your Body: Rewire Your Brain's Pain Circuits
Step 1: Fill out registration form:
Step 2: Select a payment option
There are three payment options. You can choose the option that's right for you.
Pay-It-Forward: $60
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $45
Community: $30
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
When Emotions are Making Your Pain Worse: A New Way to Respond
Step 1: Fill out registration form:
Step 2: Select a payment option
There are three payment options. You can choose the option that's right for you.
Pay-It-Forward: $60
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
General: $45
Community: $30
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
🌿 Thank you so much for supporting this series and believing in this cause!You are bringing new hope to people living with chronic pain and their loved ones by making vital information, practical tools, and a compassionate community accessible to all.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Coaching Package: 5 Standard Coaching Sessions
Standard Session: 70 minutesChoose the payment option that's right for you:
Pay-It-Forward: $600
Your contribution will help support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.
Standard: $500
Community: $400
This reduced rate is available to anyone who needs it.
Thank you for your payment!I will be in touch with you to set up your next coaching appointmentIf you don't receive an email in 24 hours, please check your spam folder or contact me directly.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Thank you for your payment, and for your generous contribution to support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.I will be in touch with you to set up your next coaching appointmentIf you don't receive an email in 24 hours, please check your spam folder or contact me directly.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Thank you for signing up for this workshop, and for your generous contribution to support this work and make it accessible to a wider community.You will receive a confirmation email with the zoom link soon. If you don't receive it in 24 hours, please check your spam folder or contact me directly.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
🌿 Our Mission
To provide vital information, evidence-based tools, and a compassionate community to those living with chronic back pain and their loved ones, so a future free from the limitations of chronic back pain is accessible to all.
🌿 The Nature of Our Community
The community is built and experienced during our live weekly Zoom gatherings. This is where we create a compassionate space for sharing, learning, and relating to others who are on a similar journey. There are no other social media channels to manage, so all our focus is on holding a safe and compassionate space for one another during these live sessions.
🌿 What Kind of Support will You Receive?
You will receive tools and resources for your recovery within a supportive, safe, and empathetic environment. You'll have the opportunity to relate to and connect with others who understand what you are going through, without the expectation of social media engagement outside of the sessions.
🌿 Privacy and Confidentiality
No participant's personal information (emails, phone numbers, etc.) will be shared within the group. We ask that you keep all information discussed in this group private, only sharing your own personal experiences outside of this setting, not those of other members.
Linyi Hsing, MSW
Is a heightened sensitivity in your nervous system playing a role in your pain?
Common patterns to look for:Inconsistent pain: The pain's intensity and location can vary widely from day to day or even hour to hour.Pain triggered by non-physical factors: It may flare up during times of stress, in specific situations, or when you are tired.Pain spreads or moves: The pain may shift to different parts of the body over time.Delayed pain: It may appear hours after a triggering activity, rather than immediately.Pain began without injury: The pain started during a particularly stressful period or without any clear physical cause.Pain outlasts an injury: The pain continues long after an original injury has healed.Pain without a clear diagnosis: Doctors can't find any clear cause for your pain.Pain accompanied by other chronic symptoms: For example, anxiety, IBS.Please Note: This list is for education purpose only.