As an osteopathic physician he wants to get to the bottom of WHY people feel the way they do. His clinic research and practice has led him to believe that all physical ailments have their origin in the mind particularly the unconscious mind. This has led him to pursue a better understanding of the human mind and in March he will be finishing his Masters in Humanistic Psychology. He believes in what he calls a “somato-emotional reflex. In other words, tension in one area of the body will influence the entire body because the body is a whole. Muscular tension is the somatic side of repression. Our musculoskeletal system absorbs our emotional strife. It’s the emotional landfill. But before change can happen there must be acceptance. Enjoy this thought provoking conversation with Dr. Travis Gordon.

From a young age she wanted to become a doctor. The only challenge being she also loved dance. Movement, expressing her emotions and inner self through modern dance, which she did professionally, became a large part of her life. While a dancer she was a Pilates instructor. Her career in dance came to an abrupt end in a car accident. Movement was no longer free flowing, an expression of the inner self. It was painful. With resilience, trust in her body’s healing capability and Pilates, she once again began moving pain free. It was now time to pursue her first love – medicine. Enjoy this conversation where we learn about the overlap of OMT and Pilates with student doctor Nicole Wong, DO.

Pain may be caused by tissue damage, but it may also be masking a deep seeded attachment to one’s identity as a professional, a spouse/parent and as one sees themself. Living in pain may imbue every aspect of one’s life. This is a normal part of the human experience. How can we as clinicians help our patient’s work through pain attachment. Listen as Charlie Merrill and Jesse Guasco, DO walk us through how to “look under the hood” at attachment to pain. It may not be glamorous but how many of our chronic pain patient’ may truly benefit from this Mind/Body work.

Find Charlie on Instagram: @CharlieMerrill

Growing up with an M.D. Father and an M.D. herself, Dr. Miriam Mills shares her take on the relationship between the M.D. and D.O. communities. She talks about the distrust on both sides, the discrepancies in funding for research, and the slogan “if I didn’t learn it in medical school, it’s not important. She shares a keen insight into the vital importance of research in the field of manual medicine to preserve the osteopathic identity. Enjoy a jovial and informative conversation with Dr. Miriam Mills.

This years AAO 2023 Convocation has as its theme: “Neuromusculoskeletal Physiology and the Osteopathic Concept”. The goal is for clinicians to better understand key components of patient’s musculoskeletal dysfunctions. There will be a wide variety of topics such as sagittal plane imbalance, the importance of supination/pronation, tissue and spinal overload, intercranial hemodynamics, infant OMT, case presentations for medical students and much more. Get the inside explanation before it happens in this conversation with the program chair -Dr. Lisa DeStefano, D.O.

https://www.academyofosteopathy.org/convocation

Enjoy our journal article discussion about the 5 categories of arch collapse and what to look out for on your physical examination of the foot and ankle. This discussion may greatly enhance your ability to diagnose foot and ankle pathology. It certainly expanded my view of what to look out for when a patient’s come in with foot discomfort. A link of the article is included in the show notes along with Dr. Juarez’ email for those who may have questions. Enjoy the conversation.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2473011419834531

Dr. Veneziano is living her life on earth in a meaningful way; aligning with nature to be of service to those around her. Each day she connects to her body to navigate the world, trusting her intuition. She says, thinking from the guidance of an awake body, feeds the brain. There is a need to reset and reorient to our original feeling body. All living being exists in their most basic form as waves in motion in harmony or discord. In other words, health is a function of autonomic stability. When the body comes into a state of energy coherence the autonomic nervous system comes into balance. This she calls integration of the subtle body with the physical body. All healing whether it’s acupuncture, PT or OMT the end goal is to bring the body into oneness. Enjoy this enlightening and thought provoking conversation with a kind soul Dr. Michelle Veneziano, D.O.

You may email her at: [email protected]

With his anthropology background and an extensive knowledge of bones, orthopedics and OMM were natural interests. Great osteopathic physicians such as Bob Ward influenced him with their abilities to diagnose and treat with the skills and empathy of their hands. Throughout his career he has seen the clinical benefits of OMT for his patients and has taken his experience and knowledge to the medical community in numerous countries throughout the world. On the day to day, he works with patients in the nursing home helping them improve their function and quality of life.

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He began paying for PT school as a concrete finisher, working long hours with his hands finishing sidewalks. Today he continues working with his hands as a Family Medicine and ONMM trained physician, treating people with the greatest respect and an inquisitive desire to help them reach health. He is a keen observer, paying close attention to the intimate relationship between the physiology and structure of the body. A proponent of a healthy lifestyle with his am/pm exercises and encouraging patient’s with leaky gut to follow a protocol based on dietary changes and herbal remedies of American Saffron and Slippery Elm Bark. He is one of the fittest 76 year old’s you will ever meet and if you’re at the yearly AAO Convocation you may just want to participate in the Redding Olympics. Enjoy my conversation with Dr. David Redding filled with many clinical pearls from a lifelong career of guiding people to health.