We're bringing Adriaan Louw back on this episode of Pain Reframed! He, Jeff, and Tim discuss a recent article on pain neuroscience education (PNE) and why helping patients with chronic pain takes multiple types of interventions. LINKS: Twitter - @ISPITeam Abstract - http://bit.ly/2UV9tdg Learn how to use PNE in your clinic...
It's time for another Pain Reframed Recap! We've gotten a lot of great nuggets from our guests, so we want to delve into them. Jeff and Tim also discuss a recent report on using virtual reality to treat chronic pain that Tim published with Adriaan Louw and Colleen Louw. Reminder for our listeners in Tennessee: Dr. Ted Jones (episode 93) is looking for a rehab specialist to join his multidisciplinary pain practice in Knoxville! LINKS: Twitter - @ISPITeam Facebook - @ISPInstituteTeam Web - https:/...
This week, we're welcoming Dr. Melissa Cady, "the Challenge Doctor," back to Pain Reframed! Dr. Cady is a Doctor of Osteopathy, board-certified anesthesiologist, and board-certified and fellowship-trained in Pain Science. She shares her experience as a physician, how she's trying to empower her patients, and why it's important to be present. LINKS: Web - Challenge Doctor Web - International Spine and Pain Institute Twitter - @challengedoctor Twitter - @ISPITeam YouTube - Dr. Melissa Cady...
We're welcoming Michelle Morrow to Pain Reframed! A self-described type-A, perfectionist personality, Michelle's mental health struggles during residency showed her the importance of self care. She, Tim, and Jeff share how each of them incorporate self care into their daily routines, despite their busy schedules. We hope you can use some of these techniques in your own life! Michelle Morrow, DPT, is a physical therapist who believes in providing patient-centered care at all times. Michelle takes...
We have a very special episode of Pain Reframed this week! Joining us is Dr. Sharon Dunn, President of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). We discuss what she and the APTA have been doing to combat the opioid crisis and help our profession. She also shares some thoughts on public awareness of what our roles are as PTs and where the current trend is going in regards to insurance and access to physical therapy. It’s a great conversation that we hope will leave you with optimism that ...
Dr. Ted Jones joins us on Pain Reframed this week! Dr. Tim Flynn, Dr. Jeff Moore, and Dr. Ted Jones discuss how Ted is, as a pain addiction expert, able to help patients with challenging cases, particularly concerning opioid addiction and abuse. The conversation comes from the psychological perspective with the intent to help get patients back into health and a life worth living. Dr. Ted Jones is a licensed clinical psychologist with more than 30 years experience in the areas of general mental h...
Dr. Adriaan Louw returns to Pain Reframed! We have an episode that might bring you down at first… but then it will bring you back up and deliver incredible hope at the end! The first part of our episode is a truthful, real look at what is truly going on in our industry. It’s a challenge and a call to action. But there is hope! There is a reason to be excited! Adriaan, Tim, and Jeff have a powerful and intense conversation that delivers a great message of doing the small things well, right now. D...
We welcome Liz Peppin back to Pain Reframed! Liz was on Pain Reframed on Episode 45 in February of 2018. She shared her story of dealing with pain, not finding the solutions she needed, but then being able to turn it around, reframing her pain and, now, reframing the pain of her patients. Liz is a long-time listener to Pain Reframed and also a Physician Assistant who has suffered from extreme pain for quite some time. Liz is one of the most involved people within the Pain Reframed community. She...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We hope your 2019 is off to a great start! We welcome Dr. Eric Christensen to Pain Reframed! We’re extremely excited to have Eric on the show. Not only is Eric a friend and colleague, but he’s the owner of Chandler Physical Therapy in Chandler, AZ and author of the book “Breathe Better.” Eric, Tim, and Jeff will be discussing Eric’s book and how and why Eric wrote and uses the book for patient care. Eric graduated with his Doctorate of Physical Therapy program from Regis Univer...
We hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and are continuing to enjoy the Holiday season! This week, we have a holiday episode for you. It’s the season for giving, so this week, we have some giving to do for you! We get asked quite a few questions on a regular basis from you, and we enjoy being able to provide you with answers, solutions, and other thoughts to your questions. This week, our gift to you is just that. We’ll be covering a couple topics, including: Is Virtual Reality a r...
Dr. Marc Ringel joins us on Pain Reframed to discuss the humanistic perspective on healthcare. Dr. Ringel has served in so many different aspects of the healthcare profession, but his perspective on the humanistic side is very powerful. This week, Marc, Jeff, and Tim will be talking about what it is to be human and how to deliver kind care. The power of touch and face-to-face communication can’t be replaced with technology, no matter how helpful technology is for us. Also, as a philosophy major,...
Dr. Karen Litzy joins Dr. Tim Flynn and Dr. Jeff Moore on Pain Reframed this week! Karen is a physical therapist and host of the podcast: “Healthy, Wealthy, and Smart.” Karen has personally dealt with persistent pain and, therefore, understands how to come alongside patients empathetically and effectively. Karen tells her story of dealing with pain for around a decade. She also shares her wisdom, experience, and insights in how to create success with your patients in their pain journey. Dr. Litz...
We are extremely excited to welcome Dr. Victor Montori, author of “Why We Revolt: A Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care” to Pain Reframed! Dr. Montori’s book speaks honestly and knowledgeably about the faults of industrial medicine. Dr. Montori’s message is for us to rise up and make this system better for the care of our patients. Dr. Montori, originally from Peru, is a Mayo Clinic Endocrinologist for patients with diabetes, as well as researcher, focusing on ways to make care more pat...
We have Dr. Kelly joining us on Pain Reframed this week! Dr. Kelly is an osteopathic physician, who is starting her new business, “Counseling International” any day now! Dr. Kelly has incredible passion with her practice and even engages with patients who have been down and out in their lives: those who’ve made mistakes along the way. Dr. Kelly shares some powerful stories of working with patients out of prison and jail and encouraging us that ANY of us could be that person. We’re not as far rem...
Happy Thanksgiving! Welcome to a special edition of Pain Reframed! This week, we want to share what we’re thankful for in our Thanksgiving episode. First of all, we are absolutely thankful for YOU! We really appreciate, not only you listening, but also for getting involved and helping to change our profession for the better. It’s beyond amazing how much of a difference you are making. We are so thankful for you. We’ll also share a few more things we are thankful for and give you some resources t...
We’ll be discussing the fusion of a traditional medical model with yoga in this week’s episode of Pain Reframed! We welcome Sarah Martin, Physician Assistant and Certified Yoga Therapist, to discuss what she’s doing to blend the traditional treatment of those dealing with pain with utilizing yoga to help enhance healing through the mind body connection. Sarah gives excellent tips in how we, as PTs, can be trained to utilize the mind body connection healing, including different kinds of of breath...
Today, we have another story from the “patient’s” point of view! We welcome Jenn Shelton, a world-class ultramarathoner, to Pain Reframed to discuss her story and experiences with injury and pain. She has a very fascinating story about how she experienced pain, in a way that’s a little different than what you might expect! You may have heard of Jenn through being featured in the book “Born to Run.” She set course records in several of the most demanding American ultramarathons, becoming one of t...
Science News and the media shared some recent research on what morphine does in terms of pain reactivity as well as what is happening with post-surgical opioids. We welcome Dr. Peter Grace to discuss these findings and to unpack this information to help us in this battle against the opioid crisis. Peter has a balanced viewpoint that should give us some good information to consider, going forward. Additionally, Tim, Jeff, and Peter discuss Peter’s current research on understanding the mechanisms ...
We are so excited to welcome Bianca Frogner to Pain Reframed! Bianca published a paper, in May, titled: “Physical Therapy as the First Point of Care to Treat Low Back Pain: An Instrumental Variables Approach to Estimate Impact on Opioid Prescription, Health Care Utilization, and Costs.” Bianca, Tim, and Jeff will discuss the findings and outcomes from this paper in today’s episode. Bianca is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine, Director of the Center for Health Workforce ...
We welcome, back to Pain Reframed, Dr. Adriaan Louw! Adriaan, Jeff, and Tim are discussing ISPI’s new Front Office Program, which is designed to help front office staff to interact with patients in a way that will help them in their healing process. Saying something to a patient and/or treating them in a certain way can, as we know, help or hurt that patient. Our goal is to make the patient’s experience the best possible and to allow for optimal healing. Adriaan also gives us an update on his mi...
It’s been a while since we’ve done a Reframed Recap. We’re excited to get back together and dive deeper into the nuggets shared on a couple episodes over the past few months. Dr. Tim Flynn and Dr. Jeff Moore discuss, first of all, some key takeaways and lessons learned from attending the Colorado Health Education Summit! This ties in with episode 76 with Dr. Jamie Childs Everitt. Make sure to listen that episode with Jamie if you haven’t already. They also dig deeper into the conversation and co...
Today, we are looking at large data sets, from a population standpoint, asking if there are ways we can figure out why people actually seek out healthcare and solutions to their pain. We welcome Dr. Derek Clewley, from Duke University, who has been researching behavioral attributes towards healthcare services. His goal has been to use this information to predict healthcare utilization, which, of course, can help us to better understand and serve patients with persistent pain. Derek, Tim, and Jef...
We have a very special episode for you this week. Dr. Jamie Childs Everett joins us to discuss what she’s doing legislatively to help combat the opioid crisis. Jamie has not, traditionally, been very outspoken, but when she spoke up, the government in Wyoming listened. As a result, things have changed, in a positive way, in the way that individuals with persistent pain will be treated in the state of Wyoming. Jamie will share what she did to help make this happen and what she’s continuing to do ...
We have the top five commonly asked questions from patients today! Dr. Tim Flynn is out celebrating his 35th anniversary with his wife, so The Real Brian fills in to help Dr. Jeff Moore answer some of these commonly heard and very important questions that patients typically ask. Our discussion today culminates a lot what we talk about on Pain Reframed into one episode, hitting on some of the essentials! Are you guys saying that damaged structures in our body never cause pain? You hear that pain ...
We strive to continue to bring different perspectives and disciplines of practice on to Pain Reframed to help balance our approach in helping patients. This week, we have an occupational therapist, Megan Doyle, joining us! Megan will be sharing her systems approach in how, why, and when we approach patients with specific information. Using words that help and not harm, for example. The goal is to keep the control in the patient’s hands, but yet to continue to arm them with the right information ...
A need exists to address the physical aspect of addiction recovery. That’s the specialty of Advanced Therapy and Wellness. Today, we welcome Eric Chaconas and Ahmed Rashwan to discuss their work and passion in helping individuals recovering from substance use disorder by improving physical function, reducing pain and improving a sense of well being. On this week’s episode, Ahmed, Eric, Tim, and Jeff discuss their conference, APTA Next, the role of physical therapists in regards to addiction, the...
It’s been quite some time since we’ve had an episode focused on the patient side of things. Today’s episode with Leda McDaniel, however, is a bit different as she brings, not only the patient perspective, but also the PT perspective. Leda is a physical therapy student, having access to numerous treatment resources and learning how to deal with pain along her personal journey. She has a powerful story dealing with years of persistent pain and, yet, victories in the long run. Leda wrote a book, re...
This week, we welcome Dr. Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist from Harvard University. Her research focuses mainly on yoga, meditation, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to ascertain neural changes that occur with these types of therapy. Dr. Lazar has studied a wide-variety of problems including bipolar disorder, persistent pain, and depression. She will share some exciting information about the research of the cognitive therapies and their effects on persistent pain. Dr. Lazar’s research results...
We have our final episode in the series of Strategies and Wins from the Field. Today, we welcome Stephanie Carter Kelley to Pain Reframed! Stephanie will be sharing how she incorporated Yoga into her Physical Therapy practice and why it’s been so important and helpful for her patients. Stephanie also shares how this incorporation of yoga and PT has been immensely helpful in the treatment of her own chronic pain. Stephanie brings, not only a wealth of knowledge and experience helping others, but ...
We welcome back, to Pain Reframed, Dr. Beth Darnall, who is a pain psychologist, clinical scientist, and Clinical Professor at Stanford University. Beth has such a passion and commitment to making a difference in the management of persistent pain as well as reducing the opioid epidemic. In episode 28 with Beth, we discussed the fact that we tend to ignore the pain psychology of patients. Today, we’re continuing that discussion and getting also into the topic of pain catastrophizing and what to d...
