For some types of back pain, blocking pain messages sent to the brain can help.

Relaxation techniques may act by interfering with the transmission of pain messages.

It relieves pain by blocking pain messages to the brain.

These electrical impulses can help block pain messages to the brain.

Learn how bioelectric therapy can block pain messages to the brain.

It cancels the pain message in the stress of battle.

Or it may send excessive and inappropriate pain messages.

His mind shrieked with pain messages and he almost lost consciousness.

Q. So what allows you to keep overriding your body's natural pain messages?

"Neuromodulation works by trying to change the pain message into something else," Kirschen says.