#67 Yoga in Pain Management: A Powerful Tool for Physical and Mental Well-being!
Release Date: 06/15/2021
#92. Is Physical Therapy, The Panacea of Chronic Pain?
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Have you ever had any of your patients say that they don't think physical therapy helps their pain? Or that the physical therapy made their pain worse? It would certainly not surprise me, if you said yes. And in that case, this is definitely is the episode you want to listen to carefully. And if your answer to my question was no, this is an episode for you too, my friend. Because sooner or later you too will join this elite club with rest of us. However, this episode will give you the framework and tools to change that in your practice. Learn it from our guest who magically...
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#91. Mental Health and Pediatric Pain; Chicken or the Egg?
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Pain and mental illnesses coexist, often more than any of other illnesses. Both of them have a profound effect on a child's child’s quality of life, individually. Now imagine the magnitude of impact when they co-exist. In this episode, Dr. Anjana Kundu, with guest speaker Dr. Mirabelle Mattar, a child, and adolescent psychiatrist, discusses the intricate and dynamic relationship between pediatric pain and mental health, likely cause or affect and prognosis for a child with pain in the setting of mental health issues or vice-versa. They also discussed the factors...
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#90. Can We Prevent Pain from Becoming Chronic?
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Acute pain may be a protective and adaptive phenomenon, but chronic pain is nothing but damaging and a burden in every way possible and for all involved directly or indirectly. So how do we reduce or can we reduce burden? Join me in this episode to learn the factors that contribute to chronicity of pain and whether we can prevent it. Takeaways in This Episode Complexities of pain and its impact for the individuals and the society What differentiates acute from chronic pain and why that is important Various factors contributing to pain and its chronicity Modifiable vs....
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#89. The Pain of Being a Redhead
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An anesthesiologist or a dentist might tell you that redheads need more anesthesia or local anesthetic. Yet research around their pain perception, tolerance, modulation and response to different pain medications is much more variable and complicated. Join me to learn the recent and emerging evidence about the pain among redheads and what you can do for effectively and safely managing it!
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#88. Pharmacovigilance to Evaluate Efficacy and Net Clinical Benefit in Pediatric Pain Medicine
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What if you had the lessons from the hindsight AND the foresight while managing children's pain? How would that change your practice? How would that change the outcomes of pediatric pain treatments?
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87. Shifting the Paradigm in Pediatric Pain Medicine
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Pediatric pain has long been and continues to be neglected for many reasons and because of many challenges. In this episode we discuss those factors and more importantly, the way forward to make the paradigm shift, overcoming challenges and recognizing opportunities.
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#86. Essential Elements of a Successful Patient Encounter
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A clinical care visit is like flying a plane. It has to be smooth (charming), safe (thorough) yet efficient and on time!
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#85. Pain Amongst Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Rising prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders, contradicting opinions and misconceptions around pain sensitivity and expression among these patients pose unique challenges for clinicians.
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#84. Post-Concussive Headache and Symptom Management in Children
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Headache is a presenting symptom in 90% of children after a traumatic head injury and for many it may persist for years. It can be extremely debilitating and difficult to treat, posing several unique diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Join me in conversation with Blake Windsor, MD a pediatrician with a subspecialty in training for pediatric pain medicine, a board certified headache specialist and Chief of Primas Health Pediatric Pain Medicine.
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#83. Reengineering Pediatric Perioperative Care for Optimal Outcomes
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Postoperative outcomes and success of the interventions is certainly dependent on the analgesia and anesthesia care, but what truly drives the outcomes is a complex interplay of biopsychosocial factors; an alignment between the patients and family's goals and medical as well as surgical interventions. How one goes about achieving that is what this episode is all about!
info_outlineYoga is much more than just a physical exercise. It's an ancient mind and body based practice that involves self-paced physical movement, meditation, and breathing techniques. Practicing Yoga can change your and your patient's life in ways you never imagined!
An array of incredible benefits from yoga have become evident in healthcare, professional sports and our day-to-day lives promoting physical and mental well being. But how does it actually work? How does one heal through yoga? When is it appropriate to do yoga if you/your patient has pain?
Join me in this episode as I talk more about yoga with Ms. Amanda Machado, MPH. Not only is she a certified yoga teacher and entrepreneur, but she’s also a public health epidemiologist with over a decade of experience in disease prevention!
Amanda brings even her personal perspective to the practice of yoga, as she shares with us how it helped her heal from anxiety and trauma!
In addition, she shares the how yoga is beneficial for your pain patients, how to counsel your patients around yoga for pain and even how it’s beneficial to you and your patients above and beyond pain conditions!
Takeaways In This Episode
- The role yoga played in Amanda’s personal healing journey
- Tangible and intangible benefits from yoga including its role in our relationships with others
- Applications and implications of yoga for pain management
- Uniques aspects of yoga for pediatric patients including preventive and therapeutic benefits
- What exactly does yoga entail and how to know which yoga is right for you/your patient (Hint: So much more than physical exercise!)
- Finding the right yoga therapy, teacher and therapist (Yes there is such a thing!)
- How to determine whether a patient should do physical therapy versus yoga
- Ms. Machado's advice to healthcare professionals around yoga
Links
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About the Guest
Amanda Machado, MPH, is a Public Health Epidemiologist who has worked in healthcare for a decade, she is trained in both kinesiology as well as epidemiology, she researches root causes of disease, associations, and preventative intervention. Amanda is also a certified Yoga Teacher and entrepreneur and has her own business where she focuses on holistic wellness, helping people live a more conscious life, where they can heal, and grow. She also does business mentorship for practitioners looking to integrate evidence into their work, and those who want to bridge spiritual, emotional well-being with evidence based and scientific insights. She has published studies on happiness, high cost users of the health system and health behaviors that lead to illness, as well as on other clinical and prevention based topics. In her free time you can find her hiking a mountain in the Rockies, gardening, and spending time with her husband and dog Willow.