🪞The Language Mirror — How a Single Sentence Can Shape a Lifetime of Pain
The most powerful interventions in pain care are not always injections, surgeries, or exercises. Sometimes they’re sentences. A single phrase — spoken by a clinician, read in a report, or overheard in passing — can quietly reshape how a person understands their body for years. This reflection explores how language becomes a mirror, and why choosing words with humility may be one of the most important acts of care we offer.