Stop Letting Your MRI Define You—The Truth About Pain & Healing | Dr. Danny Shapiro

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Dr. Tyna Moore

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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In this episode, I sit down with my friend Dr. Danny Shapiro, a Doctor of Physical Therapy and former professional ballroom dancer, to challenge one of the biggest misconceptions in modern medicine: the idea that your MRI defines your pain and treatment options. We break down how an over-reliance on imaging leads to unnecessary fear and surgeries and why movement is often the real key to recovery. Dr. Shapiro takes a truly holistic approach, combining musculoskeletal health, hormones, nutrition, and strength training to help people heal. We explore everything from rehabilitative medicine and pain management to cutting-edge therapies like prolotherapy, PRP injections, and peptides. Plus, we discuss the profound impact of hormones on pain and why strength training is essential for recovery and resilience. Topics Discussed: Why you are not your MRI or imaging results Strength training and pain management Rehabilitative medicine and finding the root cause of pain The impact of hormones on recovery Prolotherapy, PRP injections, and peptide therapy Psychological impacts of imaging and diagnosis Preventing surgery through movement and strength Dance therapy and the power of daily movement On This Episode We Cover: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:05:18 - The Body Heals! You Are Not Your MRI 00:07:35 - Understanding MRI Imaging & X-Rays 00:12:10 - Rehabilitative Medicine & Strength Training 00:20:58 - Hip Replacements, Prolotherapy & Joint Health 00:30:57 - How Hormones Impact Pain & Recovery 00:34:16 - Root Causes of Pain: Hypothyroidism, Hypermobility & EDS 00:40:18 - The Psychological Impact of Imaging 00:48:34 - Peptides, PRP & Nervous System Healing 00:50:05 - Disc Herniations & Nerve Pain Recovery 01:10:07 - Strength Training for Pain Management 01:13:58 - How to Prevent Surgery Naturally 01:15:57 - The Power of Dance Therapy 01:20:41 - Where to find Dr. Danny Further Listening: EP. 156: Healing a Herniated Disc | Solo Episode Orthopedics Playlist Strength Training Playlist Sponsored By: Timeline Timeline is offering 10% off your order of Mitopure Go to timeline.com/drtyna. KION Use my link to save 20% at getkion.com/drtyna Lumen lumen.me/DRTYNA to get 20% off your Lumen. Puori Go to Puori.com/drtyna and use code DRTYNA to get 20% off LMNT Get your free Sample Pack with any LMNT purchase at drinkLMNT.com/drtyna Manukora Head to manukora.com/DRTYNA to get $25 off the Starter Kit, which comes with an MGO 850+ Manuka Honey jar, Check Out Dr. Shapiro: Youtube Instagram Website https://www.myomelt.com/ Disclaimer: Information provided in this podcast is for informational purposes only. This information is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice provided by your physician or other healthcare professional, or any information contained on or in any product. Do not use the information provided in this podcast for diagnosing or treating a health problem or disease, or prescribing medication or other treatment. Always speak with your physician or other healthcare professional before taking any medication or nutritional, herbal or other supplement, or using any treatment for a health problem. Information provided in this blog/podcast and the use of any products or services related to this podcast by you does not create a doctor-patient relationship between you and Dr. Tyna Moore. Information and statements regarding dietary supplements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent ANY disease.

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0:00.0	I think every single human being should start dancing. I honestly think so. There's so much
0:05.2	shoulders involved, necks involved, feet, knees, oh my God, I think everybody should dance. It keeps your
0:11.1	body so fluid. You are tuned into the Dr. Tina Show with Dr. Tina Moore. For more, visit
0:16.4	Dr. Tina.com. On this episode of the Dr. Tina show, I have a huge treat for you. I got to sit down with my friend
0:23.1	Dr. Danny Shapiro. I found him a few years ago on Instagram when I was having some horrific
0:28.0	spinal pain due to stress and inflammation. And Dr. Shapiro is a doctor of physical therapy.
0:36.5	He is East Coast based. He is a former professional
0:40.8	ballroom dancer. His Instagram is the most fun, but also incredibly helpful and insightful.
0:46.9	He embodies the most holistic approach to physical medicine of virtually anyone I've met,
0:53.5	to be honest with you. It is a rare day that you
0:55.8	find somebody who actually knows what they're doing in the musculoskeletal realm, but also
0:59.7	appreciates hormones, nutrition, strength training, and all the things, as we call us around here.
1:05.1	So we had a great conversation. And most notably, we both agree that you are not your MRI, you are not your
1:13.0	imaging study. You are not what comes back on that film and on that piece of paper. And the
1:18.7	overabundance of imaging that doctors are doing, I call it cover your ass medicine, which is basically
1:25.8	the doctor is sending out for an image so that they can cover their
1:29.7	ass and make sure that they are getting you punted off to the next best place, which honestly
1:36.3	isn't always the next best place. Sometimes that, well, most often that's surgery. And we had a great
1:42.1	conversation about that. All things physical medicine from a holistic
1:45.5	perspective, and an absolute blast of a time. You're going to find this guy as sensational as I do.
1:51.6	Let's jump in. So lately, I've been hitting the gym a lot more regularly. And let me tell you,
1:56.6	it's a different game than it was even 10 years ago. Recovery takes longer, energy isn't necessarily
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