The Pain and Performance Podcast

On today's episode, we dive into the amazing science behind your body producing pain:   What is pain’s function in the body? The TWO things we must accomplish to heal someone’s pain! What types of pain exist? Where does pain come from? Is pain a measure of tissue damage or dysfunction? Why does the relationship between pain and tissue health weaken as pain persists? What things increase the l...

This is the ultimate episode on training and fitness for longevity. If you have the desire to become fitter and stay that way for a very long time this episode is going to dive into the information around: What is fitness? What boxes do you need to check to achieve it? What is a "perfect" weekly fitness schedule? How to test your fitness and identify your weaknesses? How to structure you...

In this episode join me as I talk with Dr. Ardavan Aslie. Author of the book: Corporate Spine: How Spinal Surgery Went Off Track and How We Put it Right. Dr. Aslie and I dive into the research and procedures around spinal surgery. We talk about how much of the practice has been influenced by a single research article. We also discuss how spine surgery is performed, who it would be great for, who s...

I love habits because they show us how well we are going to function, feel and heal in the future but the one habit that I would have to choose if I were to choose one would be fasting mimicking. The benefits are amazing and continue to be improved. There is research coming out that actually shows it to be more valuable to do a periodic fasting-mimicking cycle than it is to try to eat completely h...

Listen in to a conversation I had on the Stay In The Game podcast with Trevor Field. Dr. Derrick Hines is not only a pioneer for cutting-edge medicine but also the host of the health podcast, The Pain and Performance Podcast, and the author of “Hero”, a playbook to speed up healing and improve your health to live life pain-free and level up your performance. He has helped more than 10,000 people g...

In today's episode, I'm going through the 10 rules for success that I am using in my own life this year. I hope that some of these will help you in some small way to have the year, health, and life that you want! Rule 1: Purpose First Rule 2: Schedule High-Value Activities Rule 3: Focus on Habits Rule 4: Track Progress Rule 5: Identify Life Categories to Improve: Mine are health, Relatio...

Risa Groux is a brilliant functional nutritionist who helps people select the perfect diet for their own health and goals. This is an amazing episode for those who are looking to start the year with new health and eating habits: On Today's show you'll learn: -How diet can help to heal your body and improve energy; -The different diet types: Gluten Free, Low Carb, keto, Vegetarian, and wh...

On today's show, we get to nerd out on one of my favorite subjects - throwing pain. Trevor Field is the owner and founder of Form Function PT where he specializes in sports medicine and recovery. We dive into: -The Science of Throwing Injuries -The importance of Recovery for Throwing Athletes -The New Ideas and Technology for Athlete Recovery -How Trevor Views Youth Athlete Performance and He...

Tracy started helping people program their bodies and beliefs for weight loss which of course began to help people improve a lot of other areas in their life. On today's show we'll dive into: - How to program your body and beliefs for weight loss - How to find your purpose for health change - What exact steps do you need to go through for improving weight loss or health improvement - How...

On this episode of the Pain & Performance Podcast, we dive into the big WHY that Rick Olderman has dedicated his career to - Why do people develop chronic pain? Rick Olderman a Physical Therapist for more than 25 years, realized that our medical model could not adequately help chronic pain patients, so he dove deep into the research. You'll learn: - How our beliefs affect treatment in hea...

Ari Tulla used the inspiration from difficulties he faced in his own life to start Elo health. His dream was to provide nutrition information that actually matched our genetics, biomarkers, and health goals. We all struggle with how we should eat and supplement our health yet many people make their changes based on guesswork. After today's episode you'll understand: - How specific biomar...

Ligaments are dense fibrous connective tissues that are the attachments that hold bones to other bones. The most commonly injured or talked about is the ACL - Anterior Cruciate Ligament holding the femur to the tibia. Ligaments are formed by about 80% of the extracellular matrix and 20% of fibroblasts. This means the ligament is about 75% collagen, 1% elastin, and glycans. 90% of the collagen is t...

TEDx speaker, lifestyle function doctor, longevity coach, author, and podcaster Alka Patel changed the direction of her career as a primary care physician because she was fed up with the sick-care system she was working in. What followed was a renewed focus on true health change, patient focus, aging, and purpose. In today's conversation Dr. Patel and I dive into: How can we truly live health...

"From physical function to blood flow to hormone regulation SEXUAL Health is a great barometer for overall health." On today's show Dr. Judson Brandeis and Dr. Hines will discuss how to improve, prolong and enhance male sexual function. Dr. Brandeis, a urologist for 20 years, specializes in male sexual health and functional urology. He has recently authored the book: The 21st Centur...

Tinnitus is a very frustrating and complex disorder. If you have suffered from tinnitus this episode will go through the causes and treatment approach that I and my patients have gone through to improve symptoms of tinnitus. Links from today's show: www.derrickhines.com/tinnitus www.acadianapain.com NAD Nasal: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=690908&stype=43&prod...

In a turn from prolonged fasting, this episode focuses on what our optimal eating window should be on most 24-hour periods. Brian Gryn has continued to coach high performers, athletes, and health improvement aficionados in improving their physiology and optimizing their health. On today's episode we'll get into how to optimize the diet for: -Weight Loss -Cardiovascular Health -Healing Pa...

In this episode Amanda shares:  - Her diagnosis of Fibromyalgia and the initial treatment and process of addressing her pain. - Initial wins or mental shifts that took Amanda onto the right path - What tests did Amanda run or have done to identify her health? - Treatments that helped or hurt? - How Amanda thinks about changing a body’s chemistry with illness? - What tests would Amanda want to look...

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Cindy Stein began treating concussion patients, vertigo, and headaches over 4 decades ago. She helped the majority but the 20% or so that didn't get better drove her to discover an amazing technique called Nasal Release or Endonasal Baloon Adjustment. In today's episode we get into what NRT is, and how it can help with: • Concussion and other head injuries • Headaches, head pressure, mig...

Fasting has taken the world by storm over the last few years being the most mentioned "diet" for the last 3 years running. There are so many versions of fasting, intermittent fasting, prolonged fasting, fasting mimicking, etc. but what do they all do? How are they different? What does the research say we should do for better health, performance and aging? On today's show, Dr. Joseph...

I've gotten a lot of questions about cryotherapy, how does it work? what does it actually do? Does it help with.... This podcast is going to dive into all thing's cryotherapy: Cryotherapy has been said to: Improve immune function Reduce inflammation Increase stem cell production Increase/activates Brown Adipose tissue (BAT) Downstream effects Improve heart health Decrease pain Activate s...

Dr. Kevin Vandi is the founder of Competitive Edge Physical Therapy where he is pushing the boundaries of running treatment and training. His state-of-the-art performance lab allows him to give runners and athletes a treatment unlike any other. In today's episode we dive into all things running: -Optimal Running Form and Assessment -The Most common running issues Dr. Vandi sees and how to ove...

Dr. Ernest Pecoraro, DC was a sought after physician having people travel from all over the world to see him at one of his five offices in New York City.  After 25 years of practice, he decided to retire, but decided to come out of retirement when his daughter was treated with the EPIC Technique to relieve the debilitating low back pain that caused her severe disability for three years. She was pr...

Strength and Fitness are a huge part of health and aging but changing these is often much deeper than just workout harder and eat better. All muscle and physiological changes comes from hormone release. If we are not getting the hormone production we need we will not get the changes we want. In this episode, learn how you can test for the right things to help you build strength, muscle & fitne...

Kathy has made an amazing change in her diet all while traveling the country in her RV! I don't know about y'all but often when I travel, I fall off the health wagon. In this conversation Kathy gave me the one thing that I now do to keep that from happening. We also get into Kathy's journey towards eating healthier, how you can steal a few of her strategies and recipes to start clea...