According to the National Stem Cell Foundation, nearly 4% of the world's population is affected by one of more than 80 different autoimmune diseases, the most common of which include type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn's disease, psoriasis and scleroderma. ​​According to the National Institutes of Health, up to 23.5 million Americans (more than seven percent of the population) suffer from an autoimmune disease—and the prevalence is rising. I, too, have an autoimmune disease which has become more widely known called Celiac Disease. There are a lot of misconce ..read more

In this episode, I interview Edward Foresman, DPT about some of the methods and systems he incorporates into the unique treatment plans he uses with his clients. Ed Foresman is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and Board Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist (OCS) with more than 13 years of clinical experience in outpatient orthopedics in the Denver area. ‍With an extensive clinical background and education, Ed is uniquely qualified to handle more complex pain conditions that other practitioners cannot resolve. He attended both college and physical therapy school at the University of Color ..read more

On this episode of the Painless Pain Management Podcast, I interview Wyatt Scott, muscle activation technique specialist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and corrective exercise specialist and has a degree in Kinesiology from James Madison University. According to Muscle Activation Techniques, Inc, MAT goes through 77 Range of Motion Exams and 214 Muscle Tests to help practitioners identify which muscles are not “firing” (receiving and/or acting on the brain’s signal). Once the cause for the pain and impaired mobility is identified, practitioners begin a series of muscle tests ..read more

In this episode, we explore how emotional pain, past experiences and traumas, and our belief systems can surface as physical pain or disable us from relieving our physical pain. I interview Suzanne Simpson, M.ED., LPC, BCC, Emotional Liberation Therapist, Psychotherapist, and author on how we can come to understand when these feelings and experiences may be preventing us from getting better. We also discuss how motivation may inhibit us from taking the necessary steps to get better and from investing in self-care to manage our pain appropriately. Suzanne discusses techniques for overcoming emo ..read more

I don’t know about you, but I am so sick of misleading information EVERYWHERE. It is so hard to decipher what is true or false or somewhere in the middle like something that lacks qualified evidence. The Netflix documentary, “The Social Dilemma”, has opened its viewers' eyes to how this information overload is impacting our decisions, which can be bad when information is not validated, when it is biased, or the algorithms that determine what we see is inherently biased. Now, about a year into putting my idea for Painless into action, I have seen how difficult it is to navigate all of the diffe ..read more

On this episode, I speak with Julie Olson, Functional Nutritionist and Health Coach about how much sugar people today consume compared to what we need, what the consequences are of eating too much sugar is, and how to better manage your sugar intake and cut cravings.  Julie became a Functional Nutritionist/Health Coach in functional medicine practices, working side-by-side with Medical Doctors. The goal with her patients is to find underlying root causes, often digging deeper with cutting-edge lab testing, to create solutions. By employing a system to document each client’s actions, event ..read more

Dr. Mark DeBrincat, DC, "The Good News Doctor", is a natural health doctor specializing in holistic health solutions to optimize performance, health, and well-being. Having survived a near-fatal, head-on collision that left him in a wheelchair, and enduring seven back surgeries, Dr. DeBrincat learned to overcome all odds and knows what is possible when we provide the body with the tools it needs to heal itself naturally. As a chiropractic and certified BrainCore Practitioner, Dr. DeBrincat has over 20 years of experience in empowering individuals to live a healthy lifestyle using natural, alt ..read more

In this episode, I discuss with Jennifer Pejo how we as athletes and pain sufferers can best leverage massage and all of its benefits for maximum performance and healing. Jennifer has seen it from all sides as a former athletic trainer to elite athletics and Olympians, as a former Olympic weightlifter, as a certified massage therapist who focused on treating pain clients, and as a mother raising little athletes of her own. We dive into how you can do self-massage at home to get the care you need even if you feel uncomfortable or unsafe seeing a therapist during the COVID-19 pandemic, how to ve ..read more

One of our listeners, Jordan Novosel, former high school star athlete opened up to share his story about pushing himself to the point of breaking in sports to living through darkness and coming out the other side a more resilient man.  Links to the care team that has helped Jordan through his recovery:  Dr. Brett Dongell at Dongell Chiropractic http://www.chiropractorinaltoonapa.com/chiropractor Marisa Richers, Hands on Massage https://www.massagetherapy.com/get-a-massage/MarisaRichers --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/painless-pain-management/mes ..read more

In this episode,  Dr. Thomas Buchheit sheds light on who are good candidates for regenerative therapies, when and where to go for such therapies, and what the various types of regen therapies there are and how they work. Check out these slides that are referenced in the interview, "What do PRP, Stem Cells, and other Regenerative Therapies Really do?" Who is Dr. Buchheit? He is Director of The Regenerative Pain Therapies Program at Duke (DukeRPTP.org).  He has practiced pain management and musculoskeletal medicine for the past 20 years and has published multiple papers clarifying th ..read more