Tutorials – Stage 1
Dr. David Hanscom: Introduction to Dr. David Hanscom and Chronic Pain
Dr. David Hanscom: Your Hand Stuck Over The Stove
Dr. David Hanscom: The DOC Program Allows You To Take Control Of Your Care
Dr. David Hanscom: Why Is There So Much Spine Surgery
Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain - Reprogramming Your Brain with Repetition
Dr. David Hanscom: Lumbar Fusions For LBP Don’t Work
Dr. David Hanscom: Three Sources of Pain
Dr. David Hanscom: Fusions for Back Pain are Ineffective
Dr. David Hanscom: Sensitization Of The Nervous System
Dr. David Hanscom: Memorization of Pain Circuits –Phantom Limb Pain
Dr. David Hanscom: Thought Suppression Fires Up The Nervous System
Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain is Predictably Solvable
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Dr. David Hanscom: Introduction to Dr. David Hanscom and Chronic Pain
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Dr. David Hanscom: Your Hand Stuck Over The Stove
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Dr. David Hanscom: The DOC Program Allows You To Take Control Of Your Care
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Dr. David Hanscom: Why Is There So Much Spine Surgery
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Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain - Reprogramming Your Brain with Repetition
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Dr. David Hanscom: Lumbar Fusions For LBP Don’t Work
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Dr. David Hanscom: Three Sources of Pain
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Dr. David Hanscom: Fusions for Back Pain are Ineffective
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Dr. David Hanscom: Sensitization Of The Nervous System
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Dr. David Hanscom: Memorization of Pain Circuits –Phantom Limb Pain
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Dr. David Hanscom: Thought Suppression Fires Up The Nervous System
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Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain is Predictably Solvable
Tutorials – Stage 2
Dr. David Hanscom: Trapped and Angry
Dr. David Hanscom: Anger = Loss Of Control
Dr. David Hanscom: The Curse Of Perfectionism
Dr. David Hanscom: The Myth of Self Esteem & Anxiety
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Dr. David Hanscom: Trapped and Angry
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Dr. David Hanscom: Anger = Loss Of Control
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Dr. David Hanscom: The Curse Of Perfectionism
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Dr. David Hanscom: The Myth of Self Esteem & Anxiety
Tutorials – Stage 3
Tutorials – Stage 4
Dr. David Hanscom: The Truth About Degenerated Discs Disease
Dr. David Hanscom: Fusions for Back Pain are Ineffective
Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain & Reprogramming
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Dr. David Hanscom: The Truth About Degenerated Discs Disease
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Dr. David Hanscom: Fusions for Back Pain are Ineffective
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Dr. David Hanscom: Chronic Pain & Reprogramming
Tutorials – Stage 5
Dr. David Hanscom: The Cost of Unnecessary Surgeries
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Dr. David Hanscom: The Cost of Unnecessary Surgeries
Tutorials – Stage 6
Patient Successes
Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?
Appears He Didn’t Really Need Spine Surgery
Mark Owens' Story
Charlie's Story 2006
Charlie's Story 2017
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Do You Really Need Spine Surgery?
Those of us suffering from back problems will do about anything to be pain free. But, is surgery really needed. -
Appears He Didn’t Really Need Spine Surgery
Excerpt from David Hanscom's 2018 Google Talk. -
Mark Owens' Story
The story of Mark Owens' injury (as a result of being thrown from his horse), his struggle with chronic pain, and his amazing recovery using the approach advocated by Dr. David Hanscom. -
Charlie's Story 2006
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Charlie's Story 2017
Interviews
Anxiety: The Driving Force Behind Chronic Disease with Dr. David Hanscom
Healing Self-Esteem
Dealing with Upsetting Thoughts
Healing Chronic Pain with David Hanscom
Effects of Stress on the Immune System
What is a Cytokine Storm?
Barry Kibrick (PBS) - 2019
Dr. Mercola - 2016
Workers Comp Forum 2018
The Assemblage NY 2018 - Nature of Pain
Andy Asher 2017 - Bloomer Boomer
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Anxiety: The Driving Force Behind Chronic Disease with Dr. David Hanscom
In this interview with Jane Hogan, Dr. David Hanscom discusses how anxiety is commonly linked to chronic diseases. Understanding this interaction is perhaps one of the most important concepts that will have a major impact on your healing. -
Healing Self-Esteem
David Hanscom's interview on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mislove. Dr. Hanscom contends that the concept of self-esteem is the mother of all cognitive distortions. Self-esteem is an attempt to create stories about the self that are based on judgment and ego. These stories are often cognitive distortions that suppress normal survival reactions, such as anxiety and anger. The way toward love is by becoming aware of cognitive distortions, separating from thoughts with mindfulness, non-attachment to the ego, compassion, and nurturing joy. -
Dealing with Upsetting Thoughts
In this interview with Jeffrey Mishlove, Dr. David Hanscom discusses how sustained stress can cause physical and mental disease. Repressed thoughts and emotions are more of a threat than ones that are expressed. He offers ways to lower an activated threat response by diverting thoughts, calming down the nervous system, and engaging in activities that are pleasant and enjoyable. -
Healing Chronic Pain with David Hanscom
In this interview with Emmy Vadnais on New Thinking Allowed, Dr. Hanscom shares that chronic pain has its roots in anxiety and that most surgeries related to chronic pain are being done on anxiety and are unnecessary. -
Effects of Stress on the Immune System
Rajitha Bommakanti RN talks with Dr. David Hanscom about how stress affects the immune system. -
What is a Cytokine Storm?
During COVID-19 crisis, some had no symptoms while others were very sick required to be on ventilator. This disparity is due to our own immune system going rogue, wreaking more havoc than the disease itself. -
Barry Kibrick (PBS) - 2019
If you, or anyone you know, has chronic pain this is an eye opening episode. Dr. David Hanscom, known worldwide for his skills as a back surgeon, is now on a higher mission. After realizing that back surgery often caused more problems than it solved, he began to search for new answers. With his book, Back in Control, he gives us a surgeon's road-map out of chronic pain without surgery. Thank you for watching the video and please like and subscribe to our channel. If you would like to be a patron of Between the Lines and to get additional content please go to: http://www.barrykibrick.com. -
Dr. Mercola - 2016
Natural health expert and Mercola.com founder Dr. Joseph Mercola interviews Dr. David Hanscom, an orthopedic surgeon with a practice in Seattle, and author of the book called Back in Control: A spine surgeon's roadmap out of chronic pain. -
Workers Comp Forum 2018
Discussion of anger and frustration, the detrimental effects, and how to manage this issue. Discussion with David Hanscom, MD, Chris Brigham, MD, and Chris Mandel. -
The Assemblage NY 2018 - Nature of Pain
Dr. David Hanscom speaking about how to stop pain and avoid surgery at the Assemblange. -
Andy Asher 2017 - Bloomer Boomer
Dr. David Hanscom is a leading orthopedic spine surgeon at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute in Seattle, WA. Though he believes that surgery and medication have a role, he knows that these standard courses of treatment aren’t what’s needed to treat chronic pain. Instead he provides the framework so the patient can find his or her solution allowing them to live free of pain, forever.
Lectures
Anxiety Is The Pain
Putting It All Toether - "Listening"
Creating a Safe Haven
Mindfulness - Innovative Approaches to Achieve Positive Outcomes
London 2017 - Whole Person Approach
Google Talk - 2/2018
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Anxiety Is The Pain
Dr. David Hanscom's talk at the 2022 SIRPA conference held in the United Kingdom. -
Putting It All Toether - "Listening"
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Creating a Safe Haven
Workshop presentation by Dr. David Hanscom at the International Conference of Functional Neurology and Rehabilitation in Las Vegas, NV, October 17-20, 2019. -
Mindfulness - Innovative Approaches to Achieve Positive Outcomes
Mindfulness – Innovative Approaches to Achieve Positive Outcomes (As Opposed to Often Ineffective and High-Risk Drugs And Procedures). Insightful and vibrant discussion of mindfulness and its potential to improve outcomes in workers’ compensation, disability and Chris Brigham, MD author of “Living Abled and Healthy”, Brittany Busse, MD, mindfulness advocate and Medical Director of Telehealth, Geralyn Datz, PhD, psychologist, whose focus is behavioral medicine and pain management, David Hanscom, MD, orthopedic spinal surgeon and author of “Back in Control”, Chris Mandel, RIMS-CRMP, FG, Director, Sedgwick Institute and SVP, Strategic Solutions, Sedgwick, and James Williams, MD, physiatrist with special training in mindfulness and Medical Director of Nexus Medical Consulting. Brock Curry, CEO of Premier Physicians Management Company, coordinator. -
London 2017 - Whole Person Approach
Lecture by orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. David Hanscom on a new approach to curing chronic pain. -
Google Talk - 2/2018
Orthopedic spine surgeon Dr. David Hanscom visits Google to discuss the harsh realities of spine surgery and to offer a groundbreaking new approach to solving chronic back pain.
Shared Videos
Healing Your Family's Pain - The Triggers
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt
Baby Got Back Better by Dr. Melissa Cady
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement
How Meditation Can Manage Chronic Pain and Stress | Daniel Goleman
Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes, and what to do about it!
Think Twice About Spinal Surgery
Caroline Myss, Why People Don't Heal
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Healing Your Family's Pain - The Triggers
A conversation between Peace at Home Parenting Founder and President Ruth Freeman, LCSW and Dr. David Hanscom, on how to solve chronic physical and mental pain. -
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
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Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt
Why do we hurt? Do we actually experience pain, or is it merely illusion? In this video, Lorimer Moseley explores these questions, and position the pain that we feel as our bodies' way of protecting us from damaging tissues further. He also looks at what this might mean for those who suffer from chronic pain. -
Baby Got Back Better by Dr. Melissa Cady
Baby Got Back Better was rewritten by Melissa Cady, D.O. (aka the "Challenge Doctor") from the original song Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot. Dr. Cady is a board-certified anesthesiologist and fellowship-trained, board-certified pain medicine physician who has managed her own back pain for over 20 years. She shares the most recent understanding of the pain neuroscience, especially when it comes to back pain. -
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement
J.K. Rowling gives the commencement speech at Harvard and discusses the importance of giving back. -
How Meditation Can Manage Chronic Pain and Stress | Daniel Goleman
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Understanding Pain in less than 5 minutes, and what to do about it!
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Think Twice About Spinal Surgery
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Caroline Myss, Why People Don't Heal