CTW S2E03 - Physical Pain, Emotional Pain with Dr. David Brady

Dr. David Brady, one of the foremost authorities on the treatment and diagnosis of fibromyalgia, is the author of The Fibro Fix. He has written about fibromyalgia in medical textbooks, including Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients and Integrative Gastroenterology and has been published in the Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Disease and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Brady has also presented at medical conferences and was featured by ELLE and NPR.

In addition to his work as an author and speaker, Dr. Brady also serves as Vice President of Health Sciences, the Director of Human Nutrition Institute at the University of Bridgeport, and the Chief Medical Officer at Designs for Health, Inc. and Diagnostics Solutions Laboratory, LLC. He also practices privately at Whole Body Medicine in Fairfield, CT.

Dr. Brady joins me today to discuss the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia. He defines what fibromyalgia is and why it often goes undiagnosed. Dr. Brady differentiates chronic pain and fibromyalgia and the reason patients and health practitioners alike confuse the two. We discuss the causes of fibromyalgia and its connection to childhood abuse and trauma. He also shares the steps he takes to manage and heal fibromyalgia.

 

 

"There's a class of disorders that create a pattern where the nervous system never lets down its guard; you're always waiting for the next threat, the next trauma." – Dr. David Brady

 

 

 

This week on Coffee Table Wisdom:

• What is fibromyalgia?
• Why there are misconceptions and misunderstanding about fibromyalgia
• The difference between chronic pain and fibromyalgia
• How fibromyalgia occurs in a patient's brain
• Fibromyalgia diagnosis and why it goes misdiagnosed
• Who's at risk of fibromyalgia?
• The relationship between childhood abuse, trauma, and fibromyalgia
• Where does fibromyalgia pain occur?
• Dealing with fibromyalgia through meditation and yoga
• Are there new drugs to treat fibromyalgia?
• The importance of living a healthy lifestyle to treat fibromyalgia

 

 

Connect with Dr. David Brady:

• Fibro Fix
• David Brady
• David Brady on Twitter
• David Brady on Facebook
• David Brady on Instagram

 

 

 

 

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