Living an Unshakeable Life — Dr. Drew Christensen

Key Takeaways:

• How did Dr. Drew get his start in his field?
• Due to Dr. Drew’s condition, he had an uphill battle getting accepted into medicine and the medical field he wanted.
• 10 years after practicing as a doctor, he ended up getting sick and discovering integrative medicine.
• Tremors aren’t just shaky hands, it’s a brain disease.
• Dr. Drew doesn’t want people to go through what he had to go through with his essential tremor.
• Tremors are more common than Parkison’s disease.
• Can you improve your tremors and not be as shaky?
• There are brain training exercises you can do to improve coordination.
• Is it possible for someone to reverse the effects of a tremor 100%?
• Dr. Drew shares the connection between copper and zinc and brain health.
• People often feel like their identity has been stolen when they get a diagnosis.
• Does PTSD or childhood trauma further affect someone’s tremor or the development of a tremor?
• Do not let your condition get in the way of you achieving amazing things in the world!
• Do you seem a little more forgetful than usual? Don’t laugh it off. Pay attention!

Episode Summary:

Dr. Drew grew up with a genetic condition called Essential Tremor and his condition has given him obstacles while he was in med school. However, his strong desire to help people meant that he wouldn’t let his tremor win. Today, he shares how you can train your brain to be stronger, and more coordinated, even if you have a tremor!

Guest Bio:

Dr. Drew Christensen is the Founder of the Shake Free Initiative, an organization dedicated to those with Essential Tremor. He heads up the Living Health Functional Medicine Clinic in Park City, Utah. He is the author of the best-selling book, Start with The Heart. Dr. Christensen is certified in Integrative, Functional, and Family Medicine. His passion is to squash mediocrity and enable true human potential. Spending time with family, church, hiking, biking, skiing, art, and everything outdoors are his other passions.

Resources for a Younger Lifestyle:

Dr. Robyn Benson’s Free Youthful Aging eGuide

Connect with Dr. Drew: LivingHealthMD.com & free gift: 21 Days to Lasting Health

Quotes:

“Just doing exercises, balancing exercises, complex movements with the arms and legs can help activate the parts of the brain.”

“We see improvements and progression of the tremor slowly down and the benefit is we’re helping people to save their brain from Alzheimer’s.”

“When they’re given a diagnosis, many times, patients then identify with that diagnosis and it becomes their story, and through that process, their identity has been stolen.”

“I’ve carried my condition around with me and it has caused me to live smaller than I should be living. This is why we have a shake free initiative to shake free from that stigma.”