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Patients Battle:
Emotional Pain Component
Pain Signal Transmission
Visceral Senses & Body Map
(ACC)
Insula
Thalamus
The Brain Under Pain and Stress
Hoffman et al. (2004, 2007)
Cognitive Processing (Frontal Cortex)Positive Coping & Resilience (pACC)
Less Emotional PainFewer Pain Signals
Less Sensory Pain
(ACC)
Insula
Thalamus
Less Active Areas
More Active Areas
NO VR With VR
Hoffman et al. (2004, 2007)
VR Changes Pain in the Brain
VR worked better than drugs
Pain Unpleasantness VR (-38%) Opioid (-16%)
Amount of FunVR (+983%) Opioids (-33%)
Time Thinking About Pain VR (-48%) Opioids (-10%)
How Does VR Compare to Drugs?
Hoffman, et al. (2007) Anesthesia and Analgesia
Study Compared:- No treatment - Opioids
Hydromorphone
- VR- VR + Opioids
VR is doing more than just distraction
VR for Chronic Pain
Treatment PainPre-DuringVR
PainPre-PostVR
5MinSession(n=30)
- 60% - 33%
20Min(x3)(n=34)
- 69% - 53%
Combinedmean - 65% - 43%
Study led by Dr. Ted Jones (Pain Consultants of E. Tennessee)
Relief for 94% During VR : 92% After VR
Jones, Moore & Choo (in review)
VRisImmunotherapyFor
TheBrainusethebody’snaturalimmuneresponse
topreventortreatdisease
VR’s Channels for Brain ImmunotherapyHacking the Brain and Senses
Self-Regulation
Active / Creative
Mental Strategies & Resilience
Sensory Learning Manipulate Body Map
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