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95. Pain Care Redefined: Non-Drug Therapies for Pain Relief with Heather Tick, MD
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Dr. Heather Tick, a renowned pain expert, discusses non-drug therapies for pain relief; applying the principles of integrative medicine for comprehensive pain care. She emphasizes the need for education and understanding of pain neuroscience to empower patients. Dr. Tick also highlights the significance of nutrition in reducing chronic pain and inflammation. Additionally, she explores various modalities, such as acupuncture and manual therapies, as effective strategies for pain relief. Dr. Heather Tick discusses the impact of habits on movement and the importance of developing healthy movement practices. She also explores various modalities for pain relief, including heat, cold, Epsom salt baths, and movement therapies like yoga and Tai Chi. Dr. Tick emphasizes the role of mast cells in the stress response and the importance of managing diet to reduce mast cell activation. She discusses the effectiveness of laser therapy, ozone injections, and shockwave therapy for pain management. Dr. Tick also addresses the overprescription of medications and the potential benefits of supplements. She provides insights into the appropriate use of interventional pain management and the risks associated with steroid injections. Finally, she discusses the challenges of determining the expertise of medical professionals and the need for caution when considering regenerative medicine.
Connect with YOUR Bendy Specialist, Dr. Linda Bluestein, MD at https://www.hypermobilitymd.com/.
Thank YOU so much for tuning in. We hope you found this episode informative, inspiring, useful, validating, and enjoyable. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to level up your knowledge about hypermobility disorders and the people who have them.🎧
Join YOUR Bendy Bodies community at https://www.bendybodiespodcast.com/.
YOUR bendy body is our highest priority! 🧬🔬🦓
Resources:
Learn more about Dr. Tick
https://www.facebook.com/heathertickmd/
Buy Dr. Tick’s book
Fibromyalgia and other pain conditions
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236313/
Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Comprehensive Pain Care: The Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper (Dr Tick is the first author)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830718300223
Medical errors
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/9728/To-Err-is-Human-1999--report-brief.pdf
Sham acupuncture
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.834112/full
Acupuncture in the emergency department
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8896475/
Risk of stroke after chiropractic manipulation
https://www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754(14)00267-X/fulltext
WUSTL program developed by Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD
https://pt.wustl.edu/education/movement-system-impairment-syndromes-courses/
Mast cells: Versatile gatekeepers of pain
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161589014000546
Carla Stecco, MD
109 episodes
Manage episode 411927863 series 2805274
Dr. Heather Tick, a renowned pain expert, discusses non-drug therapies for pain relief; applying the principles of integrative medicine for comprehensive pain care. She emphasizes the need for education and understanding of pain neuroscience to empower patients. Dr. Tick also highlights the significance of nutrition in reducing chronic pain and inflammation. Additionally, she explores various modalities, such as acupuncture and manual therapies, as effective strategies for pain relief. Dr. Heather Tick discusses the impact of habits on movement and the importance of developing healthy movement practices. She also explores various modalities for pain relief, including heat, cold, Epsom salt baths, and movement therapies like yoga and Tai Chi. Dr. Tick emphasizes the role of mast cells in the stress response and the importance of managing diet to reduce mast cell activation. She discusses the effectiveness of laser therapy, ozone injections, and shockwave therapy for pain management. Dr. Tick also addresses the overprescription of medications and the potential benefits of supplements. She provides insights into the appropriate use of interventional pain management and the risks associated with steroid injections. Finally, she discusses the challenges of determining the expertise of medical professionals and the need for caution when considering regenerative medicine.
Connect with YOUR Bendy Specialist, Dr. Linda Bluestein, MD at https://www.hypermobilitymd.com/.
Thank YOU so much for tuning in. We hope you found this episode informative, inspiring, useful, validating, and enjoyable. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to level up your knowledge about hypermobility disorders and the people who have them.🎧
Join YOUR Bendy Bodies community at https://www.bendybodiespodcast.com/.
YOUR bendy body is our highest priority! 🧬🔬🦓
Resources:
Learn more about Dr. Tick
https://www.facebook.com/heathertickmd/
Buy Dr. Tick’s book
Fibromyalgia and other pain conditions
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3236313/
Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategies for Comprehensive Pain Care: The Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper (Dr Tick is the first author)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550830718300223
Medical errors
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28186008/
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/9728/To-Err-is-Human-1999--report-brief.pdf
Sham acupuncture
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2022.834112/full
Acupuncture in the emergency department
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8896475/
Risk of stroke after chiropractic manipulation
https://www.jmptonline.org/article/S0161-4754(14)00267-X/fulltext
WUSTL program developed by Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD
https://pt.wustl.edu/education/movement-system-impairment-syndromes-courses/
Mast cells: Versatile gatekeepers of pain
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0161589014000546
Carla Stecco, MD
109 episodes
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