The Pain Rebel Podcast By Straight Shot Health Kevin Cuccaro, D.O.

In this episode we explore the dangers of "causality" thinking for pain, why the brain defaults to that perspective, and how it can make caring for pain--and promoting better outcomes--more difficult.

This episode discusses why thinking like a "fixer" vs. a "facilitator" can increase clinical burnout and frustration--especially with pain care.
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There's a common believe that in order to heal from chronic pain you must process your childhood trauma. Many clinicians strongly advocate that those with chronic pain should imagine your parents and express your anger by hitting pillows, hypnotically regress back to childhood events and replay them, or write letters to abusers.
And these techniques can work. But are they really required?
This and more is discussed by Dr. Kevin Cuccaro & Sharna Prasad DPT in this episode of Straight Shot Health.

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A question was sent in before ThePainWebinar.Com asking how to convince patients on chronic opioids not to talk opioids. However, is this even necessary for most care encounters? Dr. Kevin Cuccaro, talks with Sharna Prasad, DPT about when this conversation might be necessary and when it could simply interfere with pain care.
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Lance McQuillan, MD & Sharna Prasad, DPT return for a discussion on the differences between empowering & entrapping therapies & pain care.

How does learning modern pain science impact primary care? Dr. Lance McQuillan, Family Physician & Resident Educator joins the show to talk about the dramatic changes he's experienced in patient care after bring pain science into his day-to-day practice.