pain threshold – Back in Control

4 Sep 2016

Back in Control – Second Edition

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 1, Stage 1: Step 1 | 0

The second edition of Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain will be available November 17th, 2016. Why did I write a second edition? The first book was based on my personal experience and observing the successes with my patients. A great deal of new neuroscience research … Read More

21 Feb 2013

Avoid Surgery by Raising the Pain Threshold

by David Hanscom | posted in: Stage 5, Stage 5: Step 3 | 0

A friend of mine asked me for an opinion a couple of years ago about his back. I was giving him advice as a friend, not as a surgeon. He was having some pain and numbness down the side of his leg. It was down the distribution of his 5th … Read More