Do you know that Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) is an effective treatment for acute chronic pain, rehabilitation from injury, and even injury prevention? Learn with us together with Dr. Jordan as he talks more about this.

Dr. Jordan Morton is a Naturopathic Physician that has been passionate about health and wellness for most of his life. He has spent the last decade training for marathons, becoming a yoga teacher, diving deep into plant-based nutrition and in 2016, becoming a Naturopathic Physician.

He strives to share his love of life and passion for Naturopathic Medicine with all his patients so that they can reach their fullest potential. Dr. Morton helps them go on that hike, play without pain, improve their mood and achieve whatever other goals they have. He is a general practitioner with a special interest in:

Chronic pain, joint dysfunction and using injection therapies (prolotherapy, PRP, trigger point injections, perineural injections) to get patients out of pain

Physical Medicine (soft tissue massage, physical adjustments, exercise and stretching)

Vegan nutrition (plant-based medicine for cardiovascular, diabetic, chronic disease concerns and general healthy living)

Most recently, Dr. Morton has been training extensively in a Prolotherapy Mastermind group to bring his very best to his patients. Prolotherapy and regenerative injections are natural, non-surgical approaches to resolving chronic joint, ligament and tendon issues with a great success rate.

Do you believe that blocking the sympathetic nerve can reduce the symptoms of pain? Dr. Jesse talked more about it on this episode. Listen and learn more about Stellate Ganglion Block Technique.

Dr. Jesse Hatgis, D.O. is a double board certified osteopathic pain management/physical medicine and rehabilitation physician.

Dr. Hatgis believes in a whole body approach in treating painful and/or debilitating conditions. Non-invasive treatments are usually provided with the opportunity for improvement prior to the initiation of localized injection therapies and/or minimally invasive spinal treatments. As an interventional pain physician, he utilizes a variety of advanced therapies including, but not limited to, neuromodulation/spinal cord stimulation, vertebral augmentation, and regenerative medicine. Dr. Hatgis believes in treating everyone with respect and properly teaching patients about their conditions and treatment options in an authentic manner.

Dr. Hatgis is also a highly involved member of the American Osteopathic College of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOCPMR) and has authored numerous journal articles and publications in pain management.

Dr. Hatgis’ also created a one-of-a-kind medical practice to most effectively treat those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). PTSD Group was launched in 2019 to provide patients with the stellate ganglion block procedure, which is a fast and effective treatment option for those suffering from PTSD.

Dr. Hatgis is licensed to practice medicine in the states of Florida and Arizona.

Do you know that you can reduce your chronic pain when you shift your negative self talk into a positive one? When you practice mindfulness with the things that you're thinking of and be aware of the things that stress you out, you can eliminate them. It can dramatically lessen them as you move toward a pain free life. Do you want to learn and hear more about this? Join me together with Dr. Heather as she talks more about it. 

Dr. Martarella began working with patients with chronic pain in 2006 during a postdoctoral fellowship at Kaiser. In 2012, she sustained an injury during an adventure trip in Costa Rica that resulted in chronic pain and ultimately led to a career shift by early 2014 to work exclusively with patients with chronic pain. She has since served as the Director of Compass Center for Functional Restoration at Sacramento Pain Clinic, an interdisciplinary program for patients with chronic pain resulting from work related injuries. She currently teaches a pain management skills course and provides individual pain recovery treatment sessions at a Kaiser Permanente Pain Management department in California. 

Dr. Martarella received her masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology with a multicultural competency emphasis from John F. Kennedy University. She completed post-doctoral fellowships at the University of San Francisco and Kaiser. She has served as the Department Chair, Director of Training, and Associate Professor for the Department of Counseling, Sports and Forensic Psychology at Ar- gosy University in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has also taught graduate psychology courses for Alliant University California School of Professional Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, John F. Kennedy University, and San Francisco State University. She is a past president of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California. She has maintained a part-time private psychotherapy and consultation practice since 2007. Clinical Psychologist CA#21758

Nobody is exempt from feeling pain after a surgical intervention but is it possible to reduce the chronic consequences that we could suffer because of it? Surely it is! Dr. Mona Mubarak joins us again to talk about post-surgical pain and how can we take action to prevent it from happening. She is also discussing the main factors that can increase the possibilities of being affected by it and the most effective solutions to this common, but invisible, problem.

Dr. Mona Mubarak is a Consultant in Chronic Pain Management and Anaesthesia since 2016. After getting a worldwide experience of pain management in Ireland, Australia, and the UK, her enthusiasm extended to the USA where she finished the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) in 2017. Dr. Mubarak was a full-time chronic pain management consultant at Birmingham University and Dorset University Hospitals for the last three years. Prior to that, she was appointed as a substantive chronic pain and Anaesthesia consultant in the Royal National Orthopedic State of Art hospital in Birmingham, UK.

Do you know what is behind your chronic pain and what does it really implies? You are about to know it! Today, Dr. Mona Mubarak joins us to talk about everything about chronic pain diagnosis and treatment: what is the biological basis of it, its usual obstacles, and possible results. She will also talk about the consequences of the lack of correct diagnoses and the evolution of chronic pain on the integrity of the body, and her actual work developing a multidisciplinary pelvic pain clinic.

Dr. Mubarak is a Consultant in Chronic Pain Management and Anesthesia since 2016. After getting a worldwide experience in pain management in Ireland, Australia, and the United Kingdom, her enthusiasm extended to the United States, where she finished the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) in 2017. She also has had private practice privileges in the most prestigious hospitals in the UK, including The Nuffield, Ramsay Health, and the BMI group.

Do you feel that you are empowered enough to overcome what is constantly causing your pain? Well, this may help you solve your problems. Today, Mihael Mamychsvili is here to talk about the three-stepped neuropath reset method, which is a pain therapy that has been recently designed by him, and describe the components that it involves in every instance. He will also discuss some of the obstacles that are involved with patients’ treatment, as well as the benefits of understanding, by his own experience, the emotional component of chronic pain.

Mihael Mamychsvili is the Founder and Lead Therapist of Angel Hands Integrative Programs. His specialty is reconnecting the communication between mind and body. After becoming a Shiatsu Therapist in 2001, he has developed his own style of therapy and methodology that focuses on the body-mind connection. Through his treatments, which look at the complete person, he has helped clients change themselves. He is also recognized by complementary as well as conventional health agencies like VGH Cardiac Rehab Centre, PainBc, and The Cancer Society, where he is often asked to be a keynote speaker or educator.

Are you waiting for the discovering of a new method that can end with your problems? Did you know that you can do more for yourself than anybody else? Because that is the truth! Today, Mark Pew joins us to discuss a variety of topics related to neuroplasticity, behavioral therapy, and the use of alternative methods, such as medical marijuana and cannabidiol. He is also describing the importance of finding the correct treatment according to each situation, and the change of mindset that is really necessary to truly heal from chronic pain.

Mark Pew, Advisory Board member at BioNutraceutical Health Solutions, is a passionate educator and agitator. Mark is a recognized thought leader in workers’ compensation and award-winning speaker, blogger, author, and jurisdictional advisor. Also known as the RxProfessor, he is focused on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment, particularly as it relates to the clinical and financial implications of prescription painkillers non-pharma treatment modalities, and the evolution of medical marijuana.

Have you ever suffered from chronic pain? Are you conscious of the multiple consequences that it has? Because it can considerably influence multiple aspects of your daily life. Today, Dr. Trevor Campbell joins us to talk about how pain can affect both individuals and society. The variety of results that it can potentially have in social, economic, and daily life, and the involvement of all the facets of the human being, such as the biological, psychological, and social ones, makes it an important aspect of health to focus on. He is also discussing the actual problem of addressing successful treatments for chronic diseases, and the challenge that it represents to the physician.

Dr. Trevor Campbell is a family physician who studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, before emigrating to Canada, where he became interested in treatments for chronic pain. He has worked in multi-disciplinary pain management and opioid reduction programs and has served as medical director for a leading pain management provider in Western Canada.

Is there any benefit in trying cannabinoid medicine in pain treatments? We are still walking along the path of really understanding its physiology, but there are many good reasons to implement it. Dr. Sara-Ara Ahmed joins us today to talk about her trajectory in pain and cannabinoid medicine, how can both be used to benefit patients with chronic diseases, and what are the obstacles that she finds every day in her practice with this controversial methodology. She will be also talking about its possible relation with the immune system, and the impact of the actual situation of COVID-19 in patients’ attention.

Dr. Sana-Ara Ahmed is a practicing clinical Anesthesiologist, Interventional Pain & Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist in Canada. She holds membership with national and international cannabis research societies and is an avid advocate for dignified patient access to medical cannabis. Successfully incorporating medical cannabis in treating chronic pain with the combination of regenerative medicine has well established Dr. Ahmed as a national expert in this emerging field of medicine. As an avant-garde entrepreneur and visionary, her chronic pain holistic clinic, known as Genuvis Health, provides integrative, compassionate, and personalized pain management solutions. Her diverse practice focuses on targeted pain control for accurate pain diagnosis and opioid harm reduction for post-surgical pain patients.

Did you know that 40-80% of chronic pain patients were given wrong diagnoses of their diseases? Yes, that is true; and what is more, it can really have a negative impact on their healing process. Today, Dr. Nelson joins us to talk about his researches referred to pain treatments’ success, the great number of incorrect diagnoses in clinics, and the development of a new online questionnaire, which is based on Bayesian analysis and may truly change the paradigm of modern pain diagnosis methodology.

Nelson Hendler has graduated from Princeton in 1966. He has received an MD in 1972, and an MS in neurophysiology in 1974 from the University of Maryland, and did his residency training in psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1972 to 1975. He published four books, 34 textbook chapters, and 69 articles. He was past president of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Association of America and also of the American Academy of Pain Management. The Pain Validity Test that he has researched predicts with 95% accuracy which patient will have abnormal medical tests, and the Diagnostic Paradigm and Treatment Algorithm gives diagnoses with a 96% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors and recommends the proper diagnostic tests to use.