Troy Lavigne is a massage therapist, pain educator, and course instructor based in Sherbrooke, Quebec. With over two decades of clinical experience working with patients in persistent pain, he has spent his career translating the science of how pain works into tools that actually help people recover.
He is the creator of the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy Podcast, a multitude of neuroscience based continuing education courses for manual therapist, and now Pain! The Other 4-Letter Word — a book for anyone who has ever wanted to understand what is actually happening when pain refuses to leave. He practises and teaches out of Sherbrooke, Quebec, and online.
Available in paperback ($18.99 USD) and Kindle ($9.99 USD)
PAIN!The Other 4-Letter Word
A Neuroscience Guide to Understanding Chronic Pain, Reclaiming Your Life, and Retraining Your Nervous System
By Troy Lavigne · Available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle
You've had the scans. You've tried the treatments. You've been told to rest, to push through, to accept it.
And yet the pain is still there.
This book doesn't tell you the pain isn't real. It explains why it's still here — and what you can actually do about it.
Pain! The Other 4-Letter Word is built on the latest pain neuroscience, written in plain language, and designed for one purpose: to give you the understanding that changes everything.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Why chronic pain is not a broken body — it's a learned state
How the nervous system builds and reinforces a pain experience over time
Why stress, sleep, and even where you are change how much pain you feel
The specific steps for retraining a sensitised alarm system
How identity, behaviour, and relationships shape pain — and recovery
Why understanding your pain is one of the most powerful treatments available 6 parts
36 chapters · Real case studies · Evidence-based throughout
THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU IF:
You've been living with pain for months or years and nobody has given you a satisfying explanation for why it's still there.
You're curious about how the brain works and want to understand one of the most fascinating — and misunderstood — areas of modern medicine.
You're a massage therapist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, osteopath, or personal trainer who wants a resource to recommend to clients — one that explains pain science accurately and accessibly.
You're a student in a manual therapy program who wants to understand the neuroscience behind what you're learning clinically.
FREE DOWNLOAD — THE PAIN FINGERPRINT WORKSHEET
Not ready to buy yet? Start here.
The Pain Fingerprint Worksheet is a tool from the book that helps you map your own pain experience — when it's worse, what makes it better, what patterns have formed over time. It takes about 15 minutes and most people say it's the first time pain has ever made sense to them.