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Stay Out of the Surgical Scrap Heap
Objectives: Although there is no question about the dedication of physicians to providing excellent care, the rigors of training, the ...
It is Becoming Harder to Make a Living as a Surgeon………
When I began my surgical practice in 1986, I was convinced that spine surgery was a definitive solution for pain, ...
If you want to be smarter and live longer, do this!
My wife and I started to play ping pong in our backyard about five years ago. We quickly discovered how ...
“Wake the Fun Up” – The DOC Journey App
Nurturing a sense of play is the main focus of the app. It is the optimal healing state of safety ...
“Stars Through the Bars”
Many years ago I was involved with helping a young friend, Larry, in his 20’s deal with a difficult legal ...
Science has the Answer to the Opioid Epidemic – Is anyone listening?
The Federal government has spent billions of dollars on combating the opioid epidemic. In 2022, 1.5 billion dollars was allocated ...
We have no protection from mental pain
Objectives: Pain from any body part is a protective danger signal that guides our behavior and physical responses to avoid ...
Don’t Take on the World’s Suffering
Objectives Many of us become upset about the state of the world, which is definitely worrisome and disturbing. However, you ...
Calming Down and Healing with Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS)
The Relationship Between Chronic Stress and Health Stress is commonly perceived as a psychological term. That is simply not true ...
The Pain of Social Isolation
Many people suffering from chronic pain are socially isolated. When you are trapped in pain you have a difficult time ...
The Root Cause of Societal Disintegration – Untreated Anxiety
Being trapped by relentless untreated anxiety is the core driver of destructive human behaviour. Anxiety is the sensation generated by ...
Create a Safe Haven – Family
Pain = Frustration. In the presence of unrelenting pain this frustration can be intense. Anger is a survival reaction and it ...
Stage 1 Posts - Lay the Foundation
B – Non-Structural Pain
Patients often wonder how soft tissues can be so painful. It’s because they have a high density of pain receptors ...
The Three Column Technique
After you have become comfortable with writing down and immediately destroying your thoughts, the next phase involves the “three-column technique ...
Anger
Anger is as important as anxiety when it comes to chronic pain management. Some people are able to come to ...
Sleep
Understanding the importance of sleep and its effect on the perception of pain was my initial insight into the neurological ...
4 – The “Modifiers”
There is a sequence of events that results in chronic pain. It is complex and not linear. The first step ...
Masking
Masking your reaction to stress is a way of dealing with repetitive racing thoughts. Masking is behavior that’s used to ...
Suffering
Repetitive thoughts When you suffer, you have the same set of thoughts over and over; a process that clearly reinforces ...
3 – Memorization of Neurological Circuits
Memorization of neurological circuits is the another phase of the chronic pain experience in addition to pain sensitization. The way ...
Early Sleep Concepts
I learned about the importance of sleep somewhat by chance. It was covered in my medical training. I read a ...
DOC – A Framework of Care
Chronic pain is a complex problem consisting of many variables that affect your perception of it. Additionally, we now know ...
2 – Sensitization to Pain
I frequently encounter patients who feel that there must be an anatomical problem that is progressing as their pain is ...
The Evolution of Chronic Pain
Objectives: Understand the complexity of chronic pain and how it evolves from acute to chronic. The factors to consider are ...
1 – Three Sources of Chronic Pain
Dr. Howard Schubiner Dr. Schubiner is a pain physician practicing in Detroit, MI. He approaches pain from a whole body ...
Stage 2 Posts - Forgive and Play
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Stage 4 Posts - Expand Your Consciousness
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Stage 5 Posts - Decision-making
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Other Posts
- We have no protection from mental pain
- Create a Safe Haven – Family
- Accept the Gift of Consciousness – Choice
- Threat Physiology Can’t be Controlled with Behavioral Approaches
- Mental Rigidity – A Core Trait of Many Mental Health Diagnoses
- The Popcorn Machine – Healing RUTS
- Make the Right Decision About Spine Surgery – The Grid
- Everyone Needs Support
- The “Five E’s” of Chronic Pain
- Video 14/19: Chronic Pain: Pain Free is Not Only Possible, it’s Probable.
- Compassion and an Italian Dinner
- Video 8/19: Fusions For LBP Don’t Work
- Problems are Opportunities
- Video 7/19: The Catastrophe Index
- Examiners from the Worker’s Perspective
- Video 4/19: Listen When Your Surgeon Says “No”
- Arm the Worker
- Video 8 of 19: Finding the Source of The Pain
- Video 5 of 19: An Alternative Approach to Chronic Pain & Spine Surgery
- It Really is Upside Down
- “I Want to Believe”
- The Catastrophe Index
- Your Doctor Might Not be Listening
- Worsening Prognosis with Time Off of Work
- Two Kinds of Anger
- Anger Affecting Nerve Pain
- Stress Management Overview
- How am I Going to Get There?
- Where am I Going?
- Where am I?
- Setting Goals with Three Questions
- Anti-Spasm
- Anti-depressants
- Anti-seizure
- Anti-anxiety
- Non-Narcotics
- Narcotics
- Medication Management