Pain Science Education

Episode 240| Pain Medication and Exercise: How Analgesic Medications Impair Healthy Muscle Function With Bahar Shahidi PT, DPT, PhD

We're talking about analgesic medications and how they can have both a positive and a negative impact on how your muscles function. Analgesic medications are simply medicines that are used to alleviate pain. You may have seen them marketed as painkillers or pain relievers. Technically the term analgesic refers to any medication that provides pain relief without putting you to sleep or causing you to lose consciousness. There are many different types of medications that have pain, relieving p...

Episode 239| How To Use The Body As A Metaphor To Overcome Pain: Yoga-Based Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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Episode 238| How To Combine Pain Neuroscience With Yoga For Effective Pain Care With Niamh Moloney, PhD, PT And Marnie Hartman, DPT

In this episode, we're discussing how to bridge the gap that exists between a person and pain, their ability to move beyond suffering and back to life through applying both modern pain science principles, and the ancient wisdom of yoga. Yoga is a practice that is more than 5,000 years old, and the field of pain science is probably more than 40 years old. However, when brought together, both of these methods and techniques offer each other enormous resources and wisdom for the treatment of pa...

Episode 237| Psychological Strategies To Get Unstuck And Find Pain Relief With Diana Hill

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Episode 236| How To Promote Self-Management Strategies To Reduce Pain And Improve Function With Anne Soderlund, PT, PhD

On this episode, we're discussing patient adherence to treatment as a foundational aspect of pain management. The evidence-base and research in this era tell us that high levels of adherence to things like physical activity or perhaps an exercise program are highly correlated with positive health outcomes, but what about when a patient does not adhere to the agreed upon treatment plan? Do we know how to increase patient adherence? Do we know how to promote the maintenance of pain self-manage...

Episode 234| How Yoga, Mindfulness, And Meditation Can Help Relieve Chronic Pain With Stephanie Carter Kelley, PT, PhD

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Episode 234| How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help You Live Well With Pain With Vidyamala Burch

We're discussing how to use mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches to overcome chronic pain. My guest is Vidyamala Burch. She is a mindfulness and compassion teacher with years of helping people with pain, illness or stress live fuller and more meaningful lives. At the early age of seventeen, she sustained a spinal injury that required multiple surgeries and left her with chronic low back pain and partial paraplegia. After experiencing a period of hopelessness as well as helplessness, s...

Episode 233| Promoting LGBT Health Equity And Wellbeing: Applications For Physical And Mental Health With Karla A. Bell, PT, DPT, GCS

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Episode 232| The Worlds Top Pain Science Innovators and Leaders

The words pain science and pain education are used so frequently nowadays in professional circles that we rarely take the time to explain the difference between the two or reflect on what clinical practice was like before these advancements came into our life. What was it like for people living with pain without this knowledge? Pain science is a part of a larger field of neuroscience, which investigates nociception and the lived experience of pain. It is most often taught in University Physi...

Episode 231| MasterClass: Pain Science Education With Carey Rothschild, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS

Joining me is one of our faculty members, Dr. Carey Rothschild. She’s going to talk to you all about the importance of pain science and pain education in practice, whether you are a physical medicine or mental health professional. Let me first introduce Carey to all of you. Dr. Carey Rothschild is an Assistant Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Central Florida. In addition to earning her DPT, she's Board-Certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and Sport...

Episode 230| How To Create A Pain Education Course For Health Professionals With Carey E. Rothschild, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, CSCS

It's a pleasure to be spending this time with you. In this episode, we're talking about the latest in pain science and pain education with our expert guest Dr. Carey Rothschild. Carey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Central Florida. In addition to earning her DPT degree, she is also board certified in Orthopedic Physical Therapy and in Sports Physical Therapy and earned a certificate of achievement in Pelvic Physical Therapy. Her research ...

Episode 229| Why Are Physical Therapists Burned-Out? (And What To Do About It) With Ellen Zambo Anderson, PT, PhD, GCS

We are joined by Dr. Ellen Zambo Anderson, who is an Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Rutgers University. In addition to earning a PhD in Health Sciences, she's an Assistant Director of the Rutgers Community Participatory Physical Therapy Clinic and serves as the Special Olympics Global Advisor for Young Athletes. Dr. Anderson is the co-author of the textbook, Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapy and the Co-owner of YogiAnatomy, a company that provid...

Episode 229| Why Are Physical Therapists Burned-Out? (And What To Do About It) With Ellen Zambo Anderson, PT, PhD, GCS

We are joined by Dr. Ellen Zambo Anderson, who is an Associate Professor in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Rutgers University. In addition to earning a PhD in Health Sciences, she's an Assistant Director of the Rutgers Community Participatory Physical Therapy Clinic and serves as the Special Olympics Global Advisor for Young Athletes. Dr. Anderson is the co-author of the textbook, Complementary Therapies for Physical Therapy and the Co-owner of YogiAnatomy, a company that provid...

Episode 228| MasterClass: Motivational Interviewing For Chronic Pain With Rose Pignataro, PT, PhD, DPT

Thanks for joining me for this special episode of the show masterclass where we're discussing the impact of motivational interviewing on chronic pain. In this episode, I'm joined by Dr. Rose Pignataro, who is a doctor of physical therapy and an expert on how to use motivational interviewing specifically in physical therapy, chronic pain and non-communicable disease. In this masterclass, Rose will discuss what motivational interviewing is, how motivational interviewing can be used alongside o...

Episode 227| Unwinding Anxiety, Trauma, And Chronic Pain With David Hanscom, MD

In this episode, you'll get to meet my friend and colleague, David Hanscom, MD. He is an orthopedic surgeon whose practice at one time focused on patients with failed back surgeries. He eventually quit his spine surgery practice to pursue his passion and present his insights into solving chronic pain, which evolved from his own battle and struggles with it. Dr. Hanscom has written two books on the topic of chronic pain and now guides patients more clearly through the complexities of solving ...

Episode 226| Dropping An Anchor: A Simple And Powerful Technique For Pain Catastrophizing, Mindfulness, And Cognitive Defusion

In this episode, we're going to do something different. Instead of me interviewing someone, I'm going to share a simple yet powerful technique that will help you whether you're someone living with pain or a practitioner who treats people. This exercise is called Dropping an Anchor. It's typically one of the very first techniques that I teach patients who suffer from pain or pain catastrophizing, having problems with difficult emotions, emotion dysregulation, anxiety or any challenge that's c...

Episode 225| Training Physical Therapists To Address The Opioid Epidemic From A Public Health Perspective With Anne K. Swisher PT, PhD, FAPTA

We're discussing how to train entry-level physical therapists to address the opioid epidemic. My guest is Dr. Anne Swisher. She is a Professor and Director of Scholarship for the West Virginia Division of Physical Therapy. She's been a Board-Certified Cardiopulmonary Clinical Specialist for several years and has taught in the area of cardiopulmonary physical therapy, exercise prescription and pathophysiology. She's also a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Associat...

Episode 225| Training Physical Therapists To Address The Opioid Epidemic From A Public Health Perspective With Anne K. Swisher PT, PhD, FAPTA

We're discussing how to train entry-level physical therapists to address the opioid epidemic. My guest is Dr. Anne Swisher. She is a Professor and Director of Scholarship for the West Virginia Division of Physical Therapy. She's been a Board-Certified Cardiopulmonary Clinical Specialist for several years and has taught in the area of cardiopulmonary physical therapy, exercise prescription and pathophysiology. She's also a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Associat...

Episode 224| Is Pain Education Enough? With Rilind Shala, PT

We're diving deeper into the utility of Pain Neuroscience Education and investigating if it's enough to help people overcome pain when used as a single treatment modality or should it be folded into a more comprehensive multimodal pain treatment program? My guest is Rilind Shala who is a young scientist and a physical therapist from Kosovo. He conducts research with the prestigious Body and Mind Group and has earned many international accolades for his work in both physical therapy as well ...

Episode 223 | Nutrition, Pain, And Chronic Disease For The Physical Therapist With Joe Tatta, PT, DPT, CNS

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Episode 222 | Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) And Chronic Pain With Deepak Ravindran, MD

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Episode 221 | Using Telerehabilitation To Treat Pain And Promote Physical Activity With Bruno Saragiotto, PhD

As you know in 2020, many states, countries and in some ways, the entire globe went into lockdown from the Coronavirus pandemic. With that, many professionals, practitioners and people living with pain were introduced for the first time to telemedicine and telerehabilitation. I wanted to explore some of the research and the applications with you and invite a special guest who can help us talk about some of those topics. Joining us is physiotherapist and researcher, Bruno Saragiotto. He is ...

Emotions And Pain: Advances In Neuroscience And Psychology With Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD

Episode 220 | Emotions And Pain: Advances In Neuroscience And Psychology With Lisa Feldman Barrett, PhD

We have a very special and distinguished guest joining us to discuss the topic of emotion and how emotion relates to chronic pain. If you follow this show or up-to-date on the latest pain science, you know that the definition of pain is that it's both a physical as well as an emotional experience. Joining us is Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett. Lisa is among the top 1% Most Cited Scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology as well as neuroscience. She is a University Disting...

Episode 219 | Pain Education And Psychosocial Interventions In Physical Therapy Practice With Carolyn Vandyken, PT

We're joined by physiotherapist Carolyn Vandyken and we're discussing how to implement effective pain education and other psychosocial interventions into the practice of physical therapy and others who are helping people with chronic pain. Carolyn has been a practicing physical therapist specializing in orthopedics and pelvic health for decades. In addition to being a licensed physiotherapist, Carolyn is also certified in the McKenzie method and acupuncture as well as a certificate in cognit...

Episode 218 | Bridging The Gap Between Mind And Body In Pain Medicine With Rachel Zoffness, PhD

We're discussing how to bridge the gap between the mind and body in Pain Management and Pain Medicine. My expert guest is Pain Psychologist, Rachel Zoffness. Rachel is a Practicing Clinical Psychologist and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, where she teaches Pain Education for medical residents. She serves on the boards of the American Association of Pain Psychology, the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, and as a 2020 Mayday F...

Mindfully Approaching Perfectionism, The Patriarchy And Pain With Andrea Moore, PT, DPT

This is our last episode in The Radical Relief series. It’s bittersweet for me to end this series because I enjoyed speaking to these great clinicians, researchers and academics that are using Pain Neuroscience Education, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to each speaker who appeared during this series and share their great information starting with Adriaan Louw, Davide Lanfranco, Mary Doyle, Annette M. Willgens, Lil...

Episode 217 | Mindfully Approaching Perfectionism, The Patriarchy And Pain With Andrea Moore, PT, DPT

This is our last episode in The Radical Relief series. It’s bittersweet for me to end this series because I enjoyed speaking to these great clinicians, researchers and academics that are using Pain Neuroscience Education, mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I want to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude to each speaker who appeared during this series and share their great information starting with Adriaan Louw, Davide Lanfranco, Mary Doyle, Annette M. Willgens, Lil...

Episode 216 | The Role Of Pain Acceptance, Pain Self-Efficacy And Positive Psychological Factors In The Treatment Of Pain With Javier Martinez-Calderon, PT, PhD

As always, it's a great pleasure and honor to be spending this time with you. In this episode, we're discussing the role of positive psychological factors and the association of chronic pain with a specific emphasis on pain acceptance, pain self-efficacy and optimism. My expert guest is Dr. Javier Martínez-Calderón. Javier is a Spanish pain researcher and a physical therapist who completed a PhD in which he explored how psychological factors impact people with chronic shoulder pain. He's an ...

Episode 215 | Combining Cognitive Functional Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Mary Grant, PT, BPhysio, MMT, MISCP

We're discussing how to combine two evidence-based and effective methods for the treatment of chronic pain, which are Cognitive Functional Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. My expert guest is Mary Grant. Mary is a Senior Physiotherapist at the Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease Unit at Our Lady’s Hospice in Ireland where she's developed extensive skills in musculoskeletal rehabilitation with a particular emphasis on arthritis and persistent pain problems. She's a guest lect...

Episode 214 | How To Develop An Effective 1-Day Workshop And Improve Mental Wellbeing For People With Pain, Anxiety, Depression And PTSD Using Acceptance And Commitment Therapy With Lilian Dindo, PhD

We have another incredible interview in our Radical Relief series, which has been running all through the month of January and February. The Radical Relief series focuses on practitioners, academics and researchers who are using three times tested and evidence-based approaches for the treatment of both physical and mental wellbeing with the focus on chronic pain. Recovering pain neuroscience education, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy. In this episode, we're zeroing in on accep...

Episode 213 | How To Nurture The Next Generation Of Mindfulness-Based Physical Therapists With Annette Willgens, PT, EdD

This marks about the halfway point in Our Radical Relief series. We are recovering three-time tested and science-backed approaches for the treatment of chronic pain, which include pain neuroscience education, mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy. This episode focuses on the evolution and the nurturing of mindfulness-based physical therapists. Starting to train and embed mindfulness, both as a process as well as a treatment approach for physical therapists. I'll be speaking with ...

Episode 212 | Physical Therapy Informed By Acceptance And Commitment Therapy In A Correctional Facility With Mary Doyle, PT

You'll learn about a physical therapist who has evolved her work through Pain Neuroscience Education onto Cognitive Behavioral Therapy using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the unique environment of a prison. My guest is Mary Doyle, who has been a practicing physical therapist since 1995. Her career started out in outpatient orthopedics. She eventually moved to home care where she treated both geriatric and pediatric patients in the home. Looking for a change from driving and the ever-i...

Episode 211 | How to Apply Cognitive Defusion Techniques To Target Pain Catastrophizing In Physiotherapy Practice With Davide Lanfranco, PT, MCSP

We're discussing how to target pain catastrophizing by using a core process of acceptance and commitment therapy called cognitive diffusion. My expert guest is physiotherapist Davide Lanfranco. Davide is an Italian physiotherapist who works in London. He is a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and is one of the Founders of FisioScience International, an online platform which aims to spread evidence-based knowledge about pain. In this episode, you'll learn how pain catastrophizi...

Episode 210 | Pain Neuroscience Education Plus With Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD

Happy New Year and welcome to this first episode of the Healing Pain Podcast in the year 2021. We are starting the year off on a strong note with one of the world's experts with regard to pain neuroscience education. My guest is Professor Adriaan Louw. Adriaan is a physical therapist, pain scientist and author in the field of pain neuroscience, Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group and Director of Pain Science for Evidence in Motion. His main area of research focuses on tea...

Episode 209 | How To Use The Mind To Overcome Chronic Pain By Combining Pain Education, Mindfulness, And Acceptance And Commitment Therapy With Joe Tatta, PT, DPT

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Episode 208 | Heart Rate Variability For Mind-Body Health And Athletic Performance With Karen Mueller, PT, DPT, PhD

We're discussing heart rate variability for mind-body health, as well as athletic performance. Our expert guest is Professor Karen Mueller. Karen is a professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at Northern Arizona University and the author of the book, Communication from the Inside Out: Strategies for the Engaged Professional. With a career-long interest in the promotion of mind-body health throughout the lifespan, she has published and presented in the areas of mindfulness and brain-b...

Episode 207 | Cash Pay Pain Management And Improving Outcomes With Aaron LeBauer, PT, DPT

I want to let you know that my latest book, Radical Relief: A Guide to Overcome Chronic Pain, is available on Amazon for preorder. Radical Relief is based on three science-backed methods including pain neuroscience education, acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness. Radical Relief is perfect for practitioners or for people living with pain. It’s filled with brief exercises that use the power of the mind as well as easy to read chapters with full-color illustrations. You can preord...

Episode 206 | Moving Beyond The Biopsychosocial Model To An Enactive Approach To Pain With Peter Stilwell, PhD

We're talking about a paradigm shift from the biopsychosocial model to what's being termed an enactive approach for the treatment of pain. Joining us is Dr. Peter Stilwell. He is a Canadian researcher and is on faculty at the School of Physical Medicine and Occupational Therapy at McGill University. In addition to being the Ronald Melzack Fellow in Pain Research, his current research projects involve conceptual and qualitative work on persistent pain and related suffering. In this episode, y...

Episode 205 | Osteoarthritis Across The Spectrum From The Individual To Public Health With Kirsten Ambrose, MS, CCRC

In this episode, we're discussing how to treat individuals with osteoarthritis as well as how to promote public health campaigns for effective treatment. My expert guest is Kirsten Ambrose. Kirsten is the Associate Director for the Osteoarthritis Action Alliance at the University of North Carolina. She has a Master's of Science and more than twenty years of experience managing multidisciplinary teams towards successful research conduct in chronic pain related disorders and public health acti...

Episode 204 | 10 Dos And Don'ts To Manage Pain With Dr. Derek Griffin

We’ve got a great fun and informative episode. We’re talking about the ten dos and don’ts of persistent and chronic pain. My expert guest is Dr. Derek Griffin. Derek graduated from the University of Limerick with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy and earned his PhD in the field of physiotherapy pain and physical activity in 2013. Since graduation, Derek has worked clinically in the private health sector in the areas of musculoskeletal pain, sports physiotherapy and care of the elderly. In...

Episode 204 | 10 Do's And Don'ts To Manage Pain With Dr. Derek Griffin

We’ve got a great fun and informative episode. We’re talking about the ten dos and don’ts of persistent and chronic pain. My expert guest is Dr. Derek Griffin. Derek graduated from the University of Limerick with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy and earned his PhD in the field of physiotherapy pain and physical activity in 2013. Since graduation, Derek has worked clinically in the private health sector in the areas of musculoskeletal pain, sports physiotherapy and care of the elderly. In...

Episode 203 | A Low Glutamate Diet Effectively Improves Pain & Fatigue In Veterans With Gulf War Illness With Dr. Kathleen Holton

In this episode, we are discussing how a low glutamate diet effectively improves pain and fatigue, and veterans diagnosed with Gulf War Illness. My expert guest is Dr. Kathleen Holton. She is an associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences at American University and is also affiliated with the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience. She is a nutritional neuroscientist whose research examines the negative effects of food additives on neurological symptoms, as well as the positive prot...

Episode 202 | Using Savoring And Mindfulness To Treat Chronic Pain And Addiction With Eric Garland

As always, it's an honor and a pleasure to be spending this time with you. If you're using any type of psychologically informed care, whether you're a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, a coach, a nurse, a physician, or a mental health provider, you'll notice that many people observe that pain impacts their thoughts and brings about emotional states that affect their body, aggravates pain and for some, increases their desire for drugs such as opioids. More and more patients are s...

Episode 201 | Racial Bias In Pain Management And Physical Therapy With Michael Holder

We're discussing topics and beliefs associated with racial bias in pain management and physical therapy. It has been reported that medical students and residents hold false beliefs about the biological differences between blacks and whites. It demonstrates that these beliefs predict racial bias in pain perception and the management of effective pain care. My guest is physical therapist Michael Holder. Michael graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology and a Minor in Strength...

Episode 200 | Targeting Central Sensitization with Nutrition: Expert Opinion and Innovations

Welcome to this episode where we're discussing expert opinions and innovations on how to target central sensitization through using nutrition and diet and other lifestyle factors. This is a special episode where you can listen, learn and earn continuing education credit. This episode is sponsored by the Integrative Pain Science Institute. The Institute is approved for continuing education for physical therapists. It also meets the standards for the National Board for Certification in Occupat...

Episode 199 | Fasting And Ketogenic Diets In Degeneration And Cancer With Dr. Matthew Phillips And Sarona Rameka

We're discussing both the research and clinical applications of the use of a ketogenic diet to treat neurodegeneration autoimmunity and cancer. We're joined by not one, but two guests. I know you're going to love and learn lots of great information from. Our first guest is Dr. Matthew Phillips. He's a neurologist who is both studying and using a ketogenic diet. Our second guest is his patient Sarona Rameka, who is a stage-four cancer survivor. Dr. Phillips is a full-time clinical and researc...

Episode 198 | Athletes & Pain: How Do Athletes Deal With Pain? With Dr. Claire Thornton

Welcome to Episode 198 of the Healing Pain Podcast. We're doing a little bit of a pivot. Historically, we have focused on the treatment of chronic pain mostly in populations of people that have conditions or diseases that contribute to the chronification but persistence of pain. We're looking at athletes, how they respond, and cope to pain specifically how contact and non-contact athletes cope with pain. As you’re reading and our expert guests, take the time to consider, is there something t...

Episode 197 | Psychology for Chronic Pain: Does It Help? With Dr. Amanda C de C Williams

In this episode, we're discussing the different types of psychological therapies available for the treatment of chronic pain. Do they help? Are they safe? How much confidence can we place in them and what we should further investigate regarding this topic as we move forward? My expert guest this episode is Dr. Amanda Williams. Amanda was a full-time clinician in a pain management program for many years, then she transitioned to teaching and research. She's a professor of clinical health psyc...

Episode 196 | Alzheimer's And Pain Management With Dale Bredesen, MD

We're discussing the association between Alzheimer's and chronic pain. My expert guest is Dr. Dale Bredesen. He's a professor at UCLA and the President of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. His work focuses on the mechanisms leading to neurodegeneration. With his research group, he's published over 220 scientific papers leading to the first description of the reversal of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's disease. His book, The End of Alzheimer's, is a New York Times bests...