Holistic Solutions to Chronic Pain with Dr. Stracks and Dr. Koushik

Stream the full 80-min documentary at www.thismighthurtfilm.com
Dr. John Stracks is an Integrative Family Physician and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Family Medicine at Northwestern University. He graduated with honors from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 2005.
He has spent his entire medical career focusing on integrative strategies for healing, and he approaches chronic pain diagnosis and treatment with some of the same principles you saw Dr. Schubiner working from in the film.
Dr. Sarang Koushik is an anesthesiologist at Keck Medicine of USC. He completed his training in anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in 2017 and moved to New York City for further training in pain management at Weill Cornell. He is actively involved in resident and fellow medical education in addition to various research projects, most recently addressing physician burnout.
Kent Bassett is the director of the 80 min documentary, This Might Hurt, about radical, mind-body, holistic solutions to chronic pain. An official selection of the Austin Film Festival, This Might Hurt was called "An Essential Documentary on the Opioid Crisis" by NBC Right Now.

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It’s interesting 🥰

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Enjoyed listening, looking forward to seeing the documentary. Feel compelled to comment on a couple of questions during the discussion. I think it was: "What % of pain is MB related or How much is chronic pain MB caused?" The answer is 100%. Actually, all pain is mind-body; all pain, whether acute or chronic, is experienced through the three domains: bio-pyscho-social. Because the brain is attached to the body 100% of the time, and 100% of nociception is processed in the brain (including the Amygdala) all pain is biological, psychological and social. The three domains influence the pain a person experiences. We've got to stop the unfortunate separation of physical treatments for "physical causes" and mental health treatments for psychological causes. This reductionist model, continues to confuse/confound the understanding and treatment of pain in complex systems
The second question i felt compelled to weigh in on is regarding evidence available for MB treatment effectiveness for chronic pain. In addition to the Boulder Back Pain study that proved the effectiveness of PRT, there is a good amount of high level evidence, RCT and systematic reviews & meta-analysis with excellent outcomes with providing Pain Neuroscience Education, plus other MB interventions for chronic back pain.

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@gail Kaiser Thanks for your thoughts, please let us know what you think of the film! You can reach us at [e-mail] Thanks