Chronic pain shapes how we move, think, and engage with the world, yet it often gets reduced to generic advice or endless trials that leave people discouraged. In our conversation with energy healer and Healing Lab founder Mike Sentincia, we explore a model that treats pain as a multi-tissue challenge, not a single switch to flip. Mike explains how he designs energy for specific targets—cartilage, inflamed bursae, and hypersensitive nerves—rather than relying on a one-size-fits-all “universal” energy. The result is a practical framework that aims to reduce pain and support function, while welcoming skeptics with a money-back guarantee to keep the focus on measurable outcomes rather than belief.
We begin with Mike’s origin story: a scientifically minded kid who felt energy at the beach, a partner with knee pain who became the catalyst for his first technique, and years of trial and error. Those early sessions led to a powerful breakthrough with chronic hives, where targeting nerves and immune activity brought relief that medication alone could not. Later, supporting his former partner through cancer deepened his resolve to help people living with chronic pain. Founding Healing Lab pushed him to face hard data: initial results sometimes faded, and frequent touch-ups exposed weaknesses. By iterating session by session, he increased durability, making monthly maintenance sufficient for most clients and turning edge cases into sources of learning.
A central theme is the move from universal energy to tissue-specific energy signatures. For arthritis, Mike uses an energy modeled on the qualities of youthful cartilage to encourage regrowth alongside energies for inflamed tissue and pain-signaling nerves. He reports imaging that suggests cartilage improvement in some clients and a trend where many no longer need ongoing care after a year. This approach resonates with precision medicine: match intervention to the biology. It also clarifies expectations by separating structural goals (regrowth, remodeling) from symptomatic goals (reduced pain, calmer nerves), creating a clearer path for tracking changes over weeks and months.
Skepticism is not only welcomed, it is expected. Mike points to research on cells, plants, and animals showing effects without placebo. Cell culture studies report improved survival and nutrient uptake under stress. Plant cuttings maintained life far beyond controls with distance sessions. Animal studies suggest impacts on disease progression. While mechanisms remain undefined in current physics and biology, the consistency across nonverbal systems challenges the belief-only narrative. Mike argues that science has often expanded after meeting anomalies: microbes revealed by early lenses, oxygen redefining combustion, quantum behavior unlocking modern electronics. Energy healing, in his view, could be another such anomaly awaiting formal explanation.
Distance work can sound abstract, so he shares a concrete method for reliability. By placing a small amount of his energy into a card mailed to clients, he creates a stable bridge for remote sessions that perform like in-person work. It’s an unusual protocol, but one that emerged from testing what lasts, not just what feels strong in the moment. For busy clients, he can adjust energy while they are in meetings, and they often notice changes before reading his message. That practicality—meet people where they are, measure what endures—aligns the modality with outcomes rather than mystique.
For listeners managing chronic pain, takeaways include the value of treating pain as multi-tissue and time-dependent, the usefulness of data-informed iteration, and the option to test energy healing without adopting a belief system. Mike offers a free e-book on arthritis that covers diet, supplements, and gentle exercises that complement medical care, plus a mailing list with monthly resources. He also extends a money-back guarantee and a limited discount for our audience, underscoring his confidence in results. Whether you are hopeful, doubtful, or both, this conversation invites you to evaluate changes in pain, function, and resilience with the same rigor you’d bring to any therapy.
As the science evolves, the practical question remains: does it help you live better? The blend of targeted energies, transparent guarantees, and ongoing refinement aims to answer that in daily life, one step at a time. For those who feel stuck after trying everything, this is an opportunity to reframe what’s possible and to test a method that separates results from belief. Relief may not be instant or linear, but a systematic approach to tissues and signals can open a path forward—grounded, testable, and responsive to your body’s feedback.