Discover how to conquer debilitating chronic pain by using a groundbreaking, self-directed approach pioneered by Dr. David Hanscom. His methods have been used by hundreds of patients to eliminate chronic pain and regain control of their lives.Listen to his weekly podcasts on Back in Control Radio.
The Basis of Chronic Pain
Neurophysiological Basis of Pain
Degenerative Disc Disease Isn’t a Disease
A Viable Solution for the Opioid Epidemic
The Physical Manifestations
Am I Operating on Your Pain or Anxiety?
Societal Disintegration – Untreated Anxiety
Anxiety is a Symptom Not a Diagnosis
The Tools
Learn Another Language – “An Enjoyable Life”
Making an Informed Decision About Spine Surgery
Introducing Plan A – Thrive and Survive COVID-19
Reconnecting with Your True Self
The Family
Mirror Neurons – Family Healing
The Chronic Pain Marriage Go Round
Social Isolation and Chronic Pain
The Role of the Family in Solving Chronic Pain
Do You Like Your Family – Listen
Parenting – Creating Your Own Triggers
Stories of Hope
Mark Owens, PhD – Environmental anthropologist and author of The Cry of the Kalahari (also wrote the forward to Back in Control, 2nd edition)
- Falling into the Abyss of Chronic Pain
- Recovering from Chronic Pain
- Navigating the Healthcare System
Kent Bassett & Marion Cunningham – Directors of the Film “This Might Hurt” about overcoming chronic pain
Deb Gray, PhD – Licensed clinical social worker and owner of a group of substance abuse / mental health clinics, Life by Design
Deborah Mellen – CEO of the not-for-profit Impossible Dream, Inc.
- A Healing Journey From Darkness to the Impossible Dream
- Deborah Mellen – Finding the Path Forward to Healing
Dan Hindsley and Penny George – Founder of the website mindbodymedicineinfo.org which aims to educate UK clinicians about the mind body approach to treating chronic pain
- Taking Back Control of Healing from Chronic Pain
- Getting the Word Out About a Better Way to Heal from Chronic Pain
Tom Sullivan – A semi-retired Seattle businessman who survived 20 years of chronic pain, 28 surgeries, 3 heart attacks, a stroke, and opioid addiction, making a successful transition to a pain free existence
Chris Wark – Colon cancer survivor and best selling author of Chris Beat Cancer
Michael Gallinsky – Filmmaker, artist, writer and musician who created a documentary about the life and work of John Sarno
Special Guests
Bernie Siegel, MD – General surgeon and author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
- Connecting with Your Capacity to Heal
- The Healing Power of the Doctor-Patient Relationship
- The Key Role of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Healing
- Caring – the Essence of Care
Fred Luskin, PhD – Stanford psychologist and author of Forgive for Good
John Layman, JD – Personal Injury Litigator
Melissa Cady, DO – Pain medicine and founder of Pain Out Loud
- A Pain Specialist’s Evolution in Treating Chronic Pain
- Principles Behind Solving Chronic Pain from a Pain Specialist
Babs Yohai – Movement Artist (and David’s wife) and Jasmine Yohai, MA – Expressive Arts and Dance (David’s stepdaughter)
Melvin Belsky, MD – Physiatrist and former medical director of Safeway Foods
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Chronic Pain
- How Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact Chronic Pain and Long Term Health
- Moving the Healthcare System Toward Accepting the Role of ACEs in Chronic Pain
James Pennebaker, PhD – Social psychologist and pioneer in the study of expressive writing
- The Evolution of Research on Expressive Writing as a Therapeutic Tool
- Understanding the Relationship Between Stress and Disease
Ian Harris,MD – Orthopedic surgeon and researcher in the effectiveness of surgery
- An Evidence-Based Approach to the Effectiveness of Surgery
- The Lack of Evidence to Support Spine Surgery to Relieve Pain
Kevin Cuccaro, MD – Pain specialist and founder of the Mid-Valley Pain Alliance
Marc Moisi, MD – Chief of Neurosurgery, Detroit Receiving Hospital
Dean Volk, PT, MPT – Owner of 3 physical therapy practices, in Charlotte, NC and Charleston, SC
Jasmine Yohai – Expressive Arts Therapist and housing coordinator for Bay Area Community Services
- A Healing Journey from Dance to Expressive Arts Therapy
- Intractable Pain – The Plight of the Homeless in Oakland
Sharna Prasad, DPT – Co-founder of the Oregon Pain Science Alliance
- Building a Healing Practice After Her Own Battle with Chronic Pain
- Treating Chronic Pain through Listening and Coaching
David Burns, MD – Best-selling author of Feeling Good and Feeling Good Together
Donald Cohen – Clinical psychologist specializing in family issues
David Allen – Best-selling author of Getting Things Done
Norris Lewis – Trainer and physical conditioning specialist
David Schechter, MD – Family and Sports Medicine physician specializing in Mind Body Medicine
- Mind Body Medicine – A Path to Healing and Personal Growth
- Deconstructing the Spine Surgery Decision
Kendra Bloom, LMCH – Somatic psychotherapist specializing in trauma
- Kendra Bloom – Using the DOC Principles to Conquer Her Own Pain and Heal Others
- How Somatic Psychotherapy Helps Patients Heal From Their Pain
Joel Konikow, MD – Family practitioner specializing in the treatment of pain
- Evolving a Beautiful Collaboration to Heal Chronic Pain
- New Tools for Successfully Treating Chronic Pain
Rene Beth Poindexter – founder of Living the Potential Network
Emerald GreenForest – Author, speaker, transformation artist, and executive producer & host of the Men On Purpose Podcast
John Gribbin – A founder and CEO of Curable Health
Special Guests (cont’d.)
Dr. Rozina Lakhani – Psychiatrist at Shifa Health specializing in the treatment of stress
Bruce Lipton, PhD – Stem cell biologist and bet-selling author of The Biology of Belief
John Stracks,MD – Family practitioner, specializing in mind-body approaches to overcome chronic pain
David Elaimy – Performance coach for high level performers in business, athletics and surgery
Jeffrey Lazarus, MD – A pediatrician specializing in medical hypnosis
- The Healing Power of Medical Hypnosis
- Understanding Why and How Medical Hypnosis Works on Chronic Pain
Les Aria, PhD – A pain psychologist in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group
- The Neurophysiologic Heart of Chronic Pain
- Treating Chronic Pain Using the Polyvagal Approach
- New Directions in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Lorimer Moseley, MD – Clinical neuroscientist and pain educator
- The Neuroscience of Pain
- Pain Revolution – Creating Access to the Knowledge and Resources to Treat Chronic Pzin
James Taylor, MD – An anesthesiologist with a focus on pain management
Stephen Porges, PhD – Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium, Univ. of Indiana, originator of the Polyvagal Theory
- A Polyvagal Approach to Understanding Disease, Pain and Healing
- The Importance of Feeling Safe in Healing
Becky Curtis, CEO and founder of Take Courage Coaching, a pain management coaching firm
- Finding the Courage and the Skills to Recover from Chronic Pain
- Empowering People to Heal from Chronic Pain
Mel Pohl, MD – Chief Medical Officer of the Las Vegas Recovery Center
- Deconstructing the Pain of Addiction
- A Patient Centered Approach to Recovering from Addiction and Healing Chronic Pain
Geralyn Datz, MD – President and Clinical Director of Southern Behavioral Medicine Associates PLLC
- A Whole Patient Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
- Patient Outlook and the Process of Healing from Chronic Pain
Tom Sullivan – A patient who used the DOC principles to heal from chronic pain.
Chris Dimock – CEO of Elation, app development company focused on healthcare
- Applying Artificial Intelligence and Digital Coaching to Healthcare Problems
- The DOC App – the Inside Story
Jake Eagle – Psychotherapist and founder of the Live Conscious community
Matt Lederman, MD & Alona Pulde, MD – Founders of Kinectin and former medical directors for Whole Foods Market
David Tauben, MD – Pain specialist and the recent director of the University of Washing Pain Medicine Department
- Pioneering Patient-Centered Approaches to Treating Chronic Pain
- The Three Questions Every Patient with Chronic Pain Should Ask Their Physician
Georgie Oldfied – A leading UK physiotherapist and pioneer of a patient-centered approach to treating chronic pain
- Pioneering a Patient-Empowered Approach to Treating Chronic Pain in the UK
- One Woman’s Quest to Create Awareness of Patient-Empowered Healing
Serena Sterling, PhD – A certified life coach specializing in helping people with physical and emotional pain heal
- How a 9/11 Trauma Led to a Career Healing Others’ Pain
- Helping People with Emotional and Physical Pain Feel Better Fast
Howard Schubiner, MD – Director of the Mind Body Medicine Center of Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan
Robert Paris – CEO of Myelin Leadership International and certified neuro-leadership consultant
- Using Neuroscience to Become More Authentic and Effective
- A Process to Discover the Strength in Being Vulnerable
Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD – Licensed psychologist and psychoanalyst specializing in the treatment of mind-body pain disorders
- Helping Patients Discover Pathways to Pain Relief
- Demonstrating the Process of Mind-Body Pain Treatment
Joe Tatta, MD – Founder of the Integrative Pain Science Institute and best-selling author of Radical Relief
Jennifer Souders, MD – Former anesthesiologist, clinical pain specialist and forensic consultant
Dan Ratner, PhD – Nationally known pain psychologist and host of the popular podcast rushing Doubt
Allan Abbass, MD – Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and founding Director of the Center for Emotions and Health at Dalhousie University in Canada
Lois Prinz – Certified Hypnotherapist and Hypnotism trainer dedicated to working with clients experiencing chronic pain
Lisa Goodpaster – Founder of the Stephood Project and a Parental Alienation Survivor, Childhood Trauma Educator
- Finding the Cause and Cure of Her Chronic Pain in Childhood Parental Alienation
- Working Toward an End to Parental Alienation
Bernie Siegel, MD – World renowned surgeon and best-selling author of Love, Medicine and Miracles
Jeff Smith, MD – Orthopaedic Traumatologist, a Certified Professional Coach, and CEO/Founder of SurgeonMasters, a Surgeon Coaching Company
D. R. Clawson, MD – Physiatrist with backgrounds in neurologic, cancer, spine and sports rehabilitation, and pain management
- The Deep History of the Body’s Threat Response
- How Chronic Threat Leads to Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness
- Threat Load and Disease
- Healing by Moving from Threat to Safety
Sue Carter, PhD – Former director of the Kinsey Institute and a world renowned scientist who has discovered important new developmental functions for oxytocin and vasopressin
Robin Shapiro – Board Chair and co-founder of HealthAdvocateX
Doug Garland, MD – Clinical professor of orthopedics at the University of Southern California and author of The Tall Poppy Syndrome
Vania Apkarian, MD – Professor of Neuroscience, Anesthesia, PM&R and director of Center of Translational Pain Research at Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
David Clarke, MD – Clinical professor of gastroenterology at Oregon Health & Science University, Director of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association and author of They Can’t Find Anything Wrong
- When Traditional Medicine Can’t Find Anything Wrong
- Recognizing and Treating Psychophysiologic Disorders
Tovah Goldfine, DO – Chiropractor and rehabilitation / pain specialist
- The Healing Power of Self-Awareness and Taking Responsibility
- The Healing Road from the Head to the Heart
Fred Moss, MD – Psychiatrist, speaker, consultant, advisor, mental health and life coach
Joshua Smyth, MD – Distinguished Professor of Biobehavioral Health and of Medicine at Penn State and Hershey Medical Center and Associate Director of Penn State’s Social Science Research Institute
- Unwanted Repetitive Thoughts and the Ironic Effect
- Approaches to Treating Unwanted Repetitive Thoughts
Tor Wager, MD – Professor in Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, and the Director of Dartmouth’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience laboratory, the Dartmouth Brain Imaging Center, and the Dartmouth Center for Cognitive Neuroscience