About #

Hi, I’m Max Shen, the creator of DebugYourPain.org.

I built this site because it took me hundreds of hours of careful searching to find the information that helped me resolve my chronic pain. This site is what I wish I had at the start of my experience with pain.

I’ve got two degrees from MIT and have worked at both Moral Psychology Research Lab at Harvard, and the Computational Cognitive Science Lab at MIT. After experiencing extensive chronic pain during my graduate program, my focus shifted to understanding and ultimately resolving my pain.

Now, as a pain researcher, I try to articulate the dynamics of pain using everything ranging from active inference to phenomenological interviews. As a practitioner, I use this knowledge to create self-guided practices that aim to bring lasting relief from chronic pain.

I’m trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy, a modality using awareness to recalibrate the nervous system, and care deeply about equipping people with the skills and knowledge to relieve themselves from pain.

I built this site with my friend and colleague Tanner Holman, whose deep knowledge of physiology and movement complements my own technical perspective.

You can email me at maxkshen[at]gmail[dot]com.