Dialed In Health

Most physical therapy stops at "pain gone." That's also where the next round of pain quietly starts to build. In this episode, Nathan LeMaster, PT, DPT, SCS, CSCS, founder of Empower U in Sioux Falls (with locations in Omaha, NE and Austin, TX) walks through what performance physical therapy actually is, why he walked away from the insurance based model, what dry needling does that standard PT doe...

Most men in midlife think the answer is TRT, peptides, or a GLP 1. The answer is usually protein, sleep, strength training, and real food. In that order. In this episode, host Melissa Goodwin sits down with Dr. Joe Moen, DC, CCSP, owner of Origin Health, Origin Strength, and Origin Nutrition in Sioux Falls, SD. Joe is a certified chiropractic sports physician with extra training in movement and nu...

Most healthcare waits for people to walk in the door. Midwest Street Medicine walks out to find them. In this episode, host Melissa Goodwin spends a morning in the field with Dr. Melissa Dittberner, PhD, executive director and co founder of Midwest Street Medicine, and Dr. Bob Santella, MD, a retired physician who volunteers two days a week. The team brings medical care, mental health support, and...

Is ChatGPT a real therapist? Can AI replace therapy? Is it safe to use ChatGPT for mental health? Millions of people are asking these questions — and increasingly, they're asking ChatGPT itself. Over 230 million people ask ChatGPT health questions every week, and a growing number have decided AI is their therapist. Sioux Falls clinical therapist Paula Lain, LPC sees clients walk into her office "w...

By the time the average woman walks out the door in the morning, she has already applied 150 different chemicals to her body. Most of them are talking to her hormones. In this episode, Jessica Morrell, NP, owner of Radiant Health and Hormone Therapy in Sioux Falls, SD, sits down with Melissa Goodwin to break down what endocrine disruptors actually are, where they are hiding in your house, and why...

When families call Kore Cares, it is usually because something has already happened. A fall. A stroke. A hospital stay. Gabrielle Hoing spent more than two decades in geriatric care and helped build 11 private duty agencies across 8 states before founding Kore Cares in South Dakota 10 years ago. In this episode, Gabrielle answers the exact questions adult children ask when they are figuring out wh...

Wellness is not just physical. Your nervous system, your energy, and the way you breathe are running the show under everything else. In this episode of Dialed In Health, Melissa Goodwin sits down at Alchemy House in Sioux Falls with founders Megan Randall and Jillian Gunlicks to talk about what actually happens when your body gets stuck in fight or flight, why conventional care often misses the en...

Most of us filter our drinking water and never think twice about the shower. But your skin and lungs absorb chlorine, chloramines, and disinfection byproducts every time you turn on the hot water — and for many municipalities, that's just the beginning. In this episode, Alyssa sits down with the team at Kinetico to talk about what's actually in our tap water, why Sioux Falls shut down 21 wells in...

What if the reason you can't lose weight has nothing to do with your diet? Dr. Jessica Pearson is a physician, Air Force veteran, and functional medicine provider at Prairie Roots Health in Sioux Falls. In this episode, she breaks down why cortisol is the hormone most people overlook and why addressing it can change everything from belly fat to energy to hormone balance. In this episode: what cort...

Most women will see six providers before they get a real hormone diagnosis. Mary Jordan, NP, saw five herself before figuring it out on her own. In this episode, Mary Jordan from Encompass Wellness in Sioux Falls, SD sits down with Melissa Goodwin to break down what most providers miss when it comes to hormone health for women and men. Mary spent 12 years in the ICU watching labs keep patients ali...

Peptides are everywhere right now. But most of what people are reading comes from influencers with discount codes, not from the practitioners who actually prescribe them. Ashley Wagner is a nurse practitioner and the owner of Vitalis MVMT in Harrisburg, South Dakota. She answers the questions people are actually searching: what peptides are, how they work, what they are being used for, what the ri...

Most people hire a birth doula the first time because they want support. Most partners call for one a second time because they saw what it did.   Kelsie Thomas and Renee Forred of Transitions Doula Services in Sioux Falls join Melissa Goodwin to answer the questions people are actually searching: what a doula does, how they train, what Medicaid covers in South Dakota, and what happens when a doula...

What happens when a US Marine and professional MMA fighter with 22 surgeries finally admits he needs help? Clark Bevens served in the Marine Corps from 1993 to 2001, fought 24 professional fights, won world titles in jiu jitsu, and spent decades ignoring injuries because asking for help felt like weakness. After COVID forced him to step back from running a major health club organization, the pain...

Can your body heal faster just by breathing? Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used in hospitals for decades — but now it's showing up in wellness clinics for brain health, chronic pain, hearing loss, anxiety, addiction recovery, and more. In this episode, Melissa Goodwin sits down with the team at Midwest Hyperbarics in Sioux Falls, SD to break down exactly how HBOT works, who it's for, a...