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 it was recommended by the HHS’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic. This Might Hurt provides an intimate exploration and suggests a path to healing for millions. With subtitles in English, Spanish, Hebrew, Brazilian Portuguese, German, French, Dutch, Polish, Russian, Hindi, Chinese (traditional), Chinese (simplified), Norwegian Bokmål and Arabic. Official Selection of the Austin Film Festival, Detroit Free Press Film Festival, American Public Health Film Festival Named "An essential documentary on the opioid crisis" by NBC Right Now

This Might Hurt

Three chronic pain patients who have spent years trying to cure their illness without success enter an intensive program to retrain their brains.

Q&A with Tanner Murtagh, Howard Schubiner, MD, and Marion Cunningham

Q&A with Nicole Sachs, LCSW and Howard Schubiner, MD about the film This Might Hurt

Q&A w/ Howard Schubiner, MD, Elaina Moss, Marion Cunningham, and Kent

Q&A with David Clarke, MD (gastroenterologist), and Howard Schubiner, MD and filmmakers Kent & Marion

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This Might Hurt is an 80 minute documentary that follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years trying to cure their illness without success enter an intensive program to retrain their brains.

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