The Modern Pain Podcast

Recently Bob and Brad released a post on Twitter discussing the need to be careful with vigorous activity first thing in the AM due to your discs being swollenIs this true? Is this a bad message? Are there contexts where this discuss can be helpful or harmful? Tune in to this weeks episode of the Modern Pain Podcast and find out! ********************************************************************...

In this week's episode we interview Mark's wife Mallory and discuss her lived experience around a recent health scare. There a ton of pearls in this episode as Mallory reflects on the challenges she faced when dealing with an uncertain diagnosisWe discuss the tendency for medicine to anchor on mental health in ambiguous situationsTune in for this and more. *******************************...

Listen to our 3rd and final episode recording live at CSM San AntonioDan Lorenz shares his background and perspective. What do experts do well? Are we getting distracted from the basics with new shiny intervention strategies? How has pain science influenced his practice? Listen in to this week's episode and find out ********************************************************************* 📸 - Fo...

Join us for our second interview from CSM San Antonio with Michael Ray. Listen as Michael shares his journey and the challenges he faced with traditional teachings around pain and what he had learned in chiropractic schoolDr. Ray discusses some of the great research he is involved in and his transition from clinical practice to academia. ************************************************************...

Listen to our first interview at CSM 2022 in San Antonio with one of our mentors and friends Col. Jason SilvernailWe talk about development of critical thinking skills, his role in the military trying to create an amazing community of physical therapists. This episode is packed with great wisdom from Jason,We hope you enjoy! ********************************************************************* 📸...

In part two of our discussion with Aaron we discussed the process he went through in becoming this active and successful on social media. We discuss his consistent pursuit of authenticity and leaning into who he is. We discuss the differences of social media platforms and limitations of discussions on a social platform. Enjoy! *********************************************************************...

Join us as we interview Aaron Kubal, a chiropractor, doing some great things in his practice and on social mediaIn part one we talk about his journey and the challenges he faced to get to where he is today. Aaron challenges the status quo regularly on social media. What is behind this and how has the experience been for him? Tune in to this week's episode and find out ************************...

While listening to Peter O'Sullivan and Joletta Belton discuss their experience with Peter's interaction with Joletta the topic of manual therapy aroseMark mentioned that manual therapy should be supportive not corrective. This encapsulates the journey that most manual therapists and manual therapy systems must make to stay current with what science is telling us manual therapy can and c...

A key concept that really helped Jarod and Mark better understand and help people with pain was the thought that pain was more defense versus defect. What does this mean? How can it help you in patient care? Tune in to this week's episode and find out! ********************************************************************* 📸 - Follow us on Instagram  -  https://www.instagram.com/modernpaincare...

The clinic is undoubtedly full of gray and rarely resembles the neat black and white version we learn in DPT schoolHumans likely never will fall into nice neat diagnostic buckets. With this complexity comes scenarios where we aren't entirely sure what is going on with the patient. They don't fit into any bucket or they fit into multiple. This is where we need something to lean on to thri...

DPT education can become a very spirited discussion. Students are at times heard complaining about what they are being taught. Faculty members are fighting to maintain the balance between getting students ready to pass boards while also preparing them for the gray areas that permeate clinical life. Zach Huff, one of our MPC teammates, joins us this week to discuss with Mark his perspective as a fa...

Listen in this week as Mark interviews Joe Camoratto and CJ DePalma. They will discuss their Across the Continuum Program and how they have been able to help clinicians become comfortable with exercise programming in the rehab to performance aspects of any patient. They are set to launch their second running of the program in January. Reach out to Joe at joe@themovementdr.net for more info! ******...

Last week Jarod and Mark discussed a systematic review on specificity of spinal manipulation. The review showed we didn't have any data to support specific manipulation techniquesSo what does this mean for our practice? Is specific manual therapy a waste of time? Are there ever times where specific issues may benefit from specific techniques? Do large population studies always jive with the N...

A recent systematic review has been published in Scientific Reports titled - The importance of selecting the correct site to apply spinal manipulation when treating spinal pain: Myth or reality? A systematic reviewAs many of you know this is a passionate topic of Mark's as he spent a great deal of time in his career thinking the key to helping complex pain presentations was to learn the very...

Coming off of last week's episode on keys to success as a new grad we thought we would go in the opposite direction. What are three things you DON'T need to succeed as a new grad. Listen as Jarod and Mark reflect on things they look back on and recognize were not that important in chart a path to success and expertise in the clinic. *******************************************************...

We have been fortunate to have a lot of conversations with new graduates who are early in their career. We have been able to hear their struggles in our coaching and mentoring program. It has caused Jarod and Mark to reflect on what, looking back, they feel are the keys to success as a new graduate. What are the keys? Tune in to this week's episode of the Modern Pain Podcast and hear the thre...

We had someone pose a question that we get A LOT!How do I handle practicing with a clinician who is practicing in dated practice patterns? So how do we go about that relationship? What has worked and not worked for Jarod and Mark? What are some strategies you can start today to help you successfully navigate these situations? Tune into this week's episode of the Modern Pain Podcast and find o...

Jarod reposted an Instagram post from 4-5 years ago on the three best exercises you can doWhat are the characteristics of these exercises? How do these apply to the unique people we see in pain? Does exercise need to be hyperspecific or hyperfunctional???Tune into this week's episode and find out! ********************************************************************* 📸 - Follow us on Instagra...

Patients regularly report their pain is due to arthritisDr. Google is often no help for patients in getting a current view on what their imaging means. What is the difference between arthropathy and arthritis? How can this discussion help you help patients? Tune in to this week's episode of the Modern Pain Podcast and find out ******************************************************************...

Jarod had the following post on Twitter. You can prescribe the same exact exercise 100 different ways, with 100 different doses, 100 different intensities, and 100 different rationales for 100 different patients. We don’t need goofy fad “rehab exercises”. We need a solid critical thinking/clinical reasoning frameworkDo you chase shiny exercises? Tired of the chase and ready to develop your framewo...

A regular complaint we see on social media comes from DPT students frustrated with what they are being taught in their DPT programsJarod and Mark both teach in DPT programs so they have been able to see both sides of this issueIs PT school a history lesson? Is this unique to DPT training? What should you do about it? Tune in to this week's episode and find out! *******************************...

We have been talking to a lot of clinicians lately and a common theme seems to be emerging? People are frustrated. Social media per usual feeds you a dichotomy that is devoid of any nuance. Young clinicians are disenfranchised and are questioning what place if any manual therapy has in practice. So, before you go on a 15 level coursework pusuit of manual therapy jedi certification or go and buy a...

Joint mobilizations are a large part of our manual therapy training in schoolWe learn the convex concave rule and arthrokinematics in detailBut does it matter? Do we need to be specific? What are the mechanisms behind an effect with joint mobilizations? Join Jarod and Mark as they dive into this and more in this week's episode of the Modern Pain PodcastArticles of interest:https://pubmed.ncbi...

We have all been there. A person we are working with comes in with primary complaints of pain in the shoulder regionWe jump on the primary hypothesis of it being a primary shoulder related issue. Six visits later nothing is changing. Both the patient and the clinician are getting frustrated. Did you check the neck? How do you know if pain in the shoulder region is coming from the neck? Tune into t...

We are living in unprecedented times that have not likely been similarly witness since the last major pandemic of the Spanish FluCovid has taken a toll on us all. Tragically, many of us have experienced terrible loss in our circle of friends, family, and colleagues. Social media is full of misinformation and divided groups of people. Many relationships are being challenged by differing beliefs and...