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08/20/2024

Well this is interesting... https://aistudio.instagram.com/ai/812446077704795/?utm_source=share

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08/15/2024

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08/15/2024

A very real conversation I had with a patient... "what would life look like, if you didn't come here to get dry needled?" (This patient was 3 years removed from bad auto accident, pending litigations, identity crisis, unable to be as good of a father, husband/lover, employee, all his words.

My CI at the time would have this guy swoop into the clinic to get Functional Dry Needling (FDN) and then leave, and I would constantly internally eye roll. It just wasn't the intended use of dry needling.

Then after many discussions about chronic pain, TNE and some fun/wild graded motor exposures/mind body stuff (as in, "imagine the movement that hurts, "ow now my back hurts," when this person was prone on a table...

I finally just asked him what life would be like without FDN.

Because in my mind, I'm thinking - if it ain't working - it ain't working.

He'd been getting dry needled on a weekly basis for nearly 3 years at that point.

I think back to what a powerful lesson this was, because deep down I knew better to ask an open-ended question (thankful for my years of MI experience prior to PT school Precision Nutrition) about FDN. He straight up told me, he would rather commit su***de then the thought of stopping FDN.

It was the only thing getting him through. I told him that made sense to me and I didn't let any of my bias against FDN get in the way and we moved on. It obviously just wasn't worth discussing.

03/29/2024

Key word is over-reliance. His point is you can’t cut out pain. It’s also very interesting that you can have positive imaging findings like rotator cuff or labral tears in the shoulder but not have any pain. Same with disc degenerative conditions and herniations.

Sometimes though, surgery is very important in the cases of severe radiculopathy/myelopathy among others.

I think the point here is, the medical systems not great at treating chronic pain.

The medical system is good at keeping you alive from serious and life threatening conditions.

Studies have shown little evidence for performing surgery on people with chronic pain.

03/21/2024

"You're dying and being reborn at every moment. It's up to you whether to forget or remember that". - Naval Ravikant

Many of the chronic pain conditions could center around our difficulty with being absolutely present with our environment or our body. When you are trapped in the past or worrying about the future, that is where you will find someone with chronic pain.

12/01/2023

Answering Reddit's Back Pain Questions

What questions do you have about back pain?

Disclaimer: This is not medical advice and is used for educational purposes only. If you are having pain or health-related complaints, please seek out a licensed healthcare professional.

11/30/2023

Answering Reddit's Back Pain Questions

What questions do you have about back pain?

I'm going to answer a question on the back pain reddit group!