Whole-person pain treatment with a holistic care team in South Florida.
What does biopsychosocial mean?
Biopsychosocial care is a whole-person treatment approach that addresses the biological, psychological, and social causes of pain at the same time, rather than treating the symptom alone.
Dr. Michelle Weiner, a double board-certified physician in South Florida, uses this model to find and treat the root cause of chronic pain and suffering.
The Three Dimensions of Pain
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The physical drivers of pain: nerves, joints, inflammation, hormones, and a nervous system that can grow oversensitized over time, plus the daily inputs that feed it, like sleep, nutrition, and movement.
Addressed with interventional pain medicine, lifestyle and plant medicine, and peptide therapy.
Biological
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The brain is an active participant in chronic pain, not a passive bystander.
Stress, trauma, fear, and learned pain patterns can amplify and even generate pain. Addressed with Pain Reprocessing Therapy, somatic tracking, and Mindfulness Oriented Recovery Enhancement.
Psychological
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You do not exist in a vacuum. Relationships, social support, work and financial stress, your environment, and access to care all shape how much pain you feel and your ability to recover.
Addressed with coaching, a collaborative care team, and a treatment plan built around your real life.
Social
How does Dr. Weiner apply the biopsychosocial model?
Rather than offering a single treatment and hoping it fits, Dr. Weiner maps each patient across all three dimensions and builds a personalized plan that may combine several services:
Pain Management: interventional and medical care for the biological drivers of pain
Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT): retraining how the brain interprets pain signals
Ketamine & Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: supports neuroplasticity and treats the depression and/or trauma response(s) that often accompany chronic pain
Lifestyle & Weight Loss Medicine: nutrition, movement, sleep, and metabolic health
Medical Cannabis: an evidence-informed tool for pain, often as a substitute for opioids
Peptide Therapy: can support recovery and resilience at the cellular level
The goal is durable relief that comes from treating the root causes, physical and emotional.
Proven in Dr. Weiner’s Published Case Series
3 patients with years of chronic pain and disability were treated with low-dose ketamine combined with pain-focused psychological and somatic therapies: Pain Reprocessing Therapy and somatic tracking, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, breathwork, and functional movement.
Each completed 4 to 6 weekly sessions and was followed for about one year.
The results:
All 3 reported reduced pain, with average scores dropping from as high as 8/10 down to 4 to 5/10
Reductions in suffering of 75%, 50%, and 10 to 15% across the three patients
Every patient regained function and returned to meaningful activity: walking with less or no assistance, exercising, swimming, cycling, and working toward returning to work
2 patients reduced or weaned off other medications, including nerve-pain drugs and botulinum toxin injections
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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It means treating pain as the product of three interacting factors: biological (the body and nervous system), psychological (the brain, stress, and emotion), and social (lifestyle, environment, and relationships). Care that addresses all three is more effective than care targeting only one.
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No. Your pain is real and physical. The biopsychosocial model recognizes that the brain and nervous system play a powerful role in how pain is produced and felt, alongside the body. Acknowledging that is what makes lasting relief possible.
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It is a framework, not a single procedure. Based on your evaluation, Dr. Weiner may combine several services, such as interventional pain care, PRT, ketamine therapy, and lifestyle medicine, into one personalized plan.
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Anyone with chronic or complex pain, especially pain that has not fully responded to conventional, single-track treatment. It is also well suited to patients managing pain alongside depression, anxiety, trauma, or sleep issues.
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Yes. The biopsychosocial approach is designed to integrate with existing care, including physical therapy, medications, and counseling.
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Dr. Weiner treats patients at NeuroPain Health locations in Hollywood, Deerfield Beach (serving Boca Raton and Palm Beach), and South Miami (serving Kendall and Doral).
Treating the whole person, not just the system.
Treating the whole person, not just the system.
About Dr. Michelle Weiner
Dr. Michelle weiner is Double board-certified in Interventional Pain Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. She is the Medical Director and founder of NeuroPain Health. Dr. Weiner completed her residency and fellowship training at the University of Miami. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
As a director and educator, she integrates the latest in plant and lifestyle medicine, focusing on the biopsychosocial aspects of pain, ensuring treatment addresses the whole person, not just the symptoms.
Dr. Weiner was trained in ketamine assisted psychotherapy by the Ketamine Training Center and incorporates a multidisciplinary patient-centered approach. Her cannabis research focuses on using cannabis as a substitute for opioids in chronic pain patients and cannabis’s effect on seniors with chronic pain. Her research at the University of Miami compared psychedelic versus psycholytic doses of ketamine to treat chronic pain and depression.
DOUBLE BOARD CERTIFIED
Interventional Pain Management, Physical Medicine, & Rehabilitation
RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS
University of Miami
Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
Florida International University (FIU)
Nova Southeastern University (NSU)
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)
RESEARCH
Dr. Michelle Weiner is known as South Florida’s Medical Cannabis and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) expert and educator. She is currently involved in multiple research collaborations at multiple institutions.
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