640: Understanding Chronic Pain with Dr. David Clarke
Age Less / Live More
Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2024
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions worldwide, with conditions like gastrointestinal issues, back pain, and migraine topping the list. In many cases, psychological factors play a significant role in causing or worsening pain. Despite overwhelming evidence, the mind-body connection is often ignored or dismissed as "all in your head," as though that makes it less serious. My guest this week has dedicated his work to educating both medical professionals and patients on the power of the mind to relieve and even reverse chronic pain.
Listen and learn:
- How adverse childhood experiences can contribute to or even cause chronic pain
- Why most medical professionals are not trained in psychological triggers for chronic pain
- How awareness, vocalization, and writing can potentially help
- The future of pain treatment
Learn more at:
EndChronicPain.org
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. David Clarke is President of the Psycho-physio-logic Disorders Association (PPDA), a nonprofit focused on addressing chronic pain through a biopsychosocial approach. He is board-certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, with an MD from the University of Connecticut and a bachelor's degree in psychology from Williams College. Dr. Clarke is an international lecturer, author, and advocate for non-invasive treatments of stress-related medical conditions.
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| 0:00.0 | Chronic pain affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide with conditions like |
| 0:05.9 | gastrointestinal pain back pain and migraines topping the list. In many cases |
| 0:11.3 | psychological factors play a significant role in causing or worsening pain, |
| 0:16.0 | and despite the overwhelming evidence about the mind-body connection, |
| 0:20.0 | it's often ignored or dismissed as simply all in your head. My guest on this |
| 0:24.7 | week's show has dedicated his work to educating both medical professionals and |
| 0:28.6 | patients on the power of the mind to relieve and reverse chronic pain. |
| 0:33.9 | Welcome to Age Less Live More. |
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| 1:17.0 | Welcome everyone it's Lucas here today's show is about chronic pain and I'm joined |
| 1:21.0 | here with Dr. David Clark. |
| 1:23.0 | Dr. Clark is the president of the Psychophysologic Disorders Association. |
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