Dr David Hanscom Spinal Surgeon & author. Mental & Physical Pain have the Same Physiology
Published 2022-08-06
Today I had the honor of having David Hanscom, MD with me. He was a spinal surgeon for 32 years and now helps people recover from chronic back pain through non- surgical means and by understanding the body and mind are one unit.
Through understanding threat physiologic and the inflammation the brain causes, we can reverse chronic pain and stop diseases.
In today's talk, he discusses practicing joy, the threat physiology response of anger and anxiety, why he quit spine surgery and answers some of the questions my watchers had asked in advance. He also discusses chronic inflammation of the body.
He also talks about:
Threat physiology (4:55)
Success (or not) of spine surgery (10:40)
Forgiveness (36:30)
Dealing with anger with his method called 5,3,2 (37:30)
The 2 parts of healing (39:20)
Prehab for surgery (42:30)
Connecting to your disbelief (43:30)
Becoming a professional at living life (45:50)
How to distinguish neuroplastic pain from structural pain (47:00)
Degenerative changes such as bulges discs, bone spurs, herniations, degenerative arthritis. (47:25)
The ability to halt autoimmune diseases (55:15)
He also discusses degenerative disc disease, bulged discs, herniations, (47:25) and how there is no data showing they cause pain. He also discusses halting autoimmune diseases including ankylosing spondylitis, (55:)
Send me an email at thoughtbythoughthealing.com if you want a copy of his pdf regarding expressive writing. It's fantastic!
Check out his info below:
David Hanscom, MD – Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
[email protected]
Website:
www.backincontrol.com
www.thedocjourney.com
App:
The DOC Journey app
• Available in the Android and Apple app store
Online course:
The DOC (Direct your Own Care) Journey
Books:
Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain
Do You Really Need Spine Surgery? Take Control with a Surgeon’s Advice
Articles:
Anxiety: Another Name for Pain – Psychology Today Blog
Other resources:
Plan A – Lowering Inflammation Lengthens Life - backincontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Plan-…
Expressive writing - backincontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DOC-E…
Social Media Platforms:
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• Twitter Page - twitter.com/DrDavidHanscom
• YouTube - youtube.com/user/DrDavidHanscom
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All Comments (18)
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The part where he gives simple, easy to implement things to do to stimulate the vagus nerve and subsequently lower the stress response in our bodies was wonderful!
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This was a BRILLIANT interview Jen. So honoured to be a subscriber..truly mean that. Blessings and hope to meet you one day. Thank you Dr. Hanscom.
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Jen, Thank you so much! The information you are presenting is just what I was seeking, especially because you present through a Christian perspective.
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Best interview I've seen yet on this topic. More information than I can process so I guess I'll have to watch it again.
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Thanks to you I've just 'met' Dr Hanscom. I hung on every word he said. I'm going to binge on all of his resources, incl his books. Thank you so much. This resonates with me.
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Love this guy, a well said genius speaking the absolute truth!
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This was an amazing interview. Love the way he explains and his examples. Anyone who is “collecting evidence” for TMS in whatever condition you have…this is a good one!
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Thank you! The last part of this interview give me so much hope, that by doing mind body work we can be healed from autoimmune diseases( by decreasing inflammation we can change the physiology).
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Thank you for this interview. The doctor presented some interesting points.
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So interesting!!
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Excelente entrevista! Todas las personas con TMS deberían verla! Yo leí el libro del Doctor Hanscom, y recomiendo mucho su lectura. Hay muchísima gente sufriendo de dolor crónico que no tienen acceso a esta información
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This was so amazing! Great interview!
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My friend as solid spine no pain his father had it and had pain it hurt till it went solid
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"He also discusses degenerative disc disease, bulged discs, herniations, (47:25) and how there is no data showing they cause pain." So I listened to this I don't know how there is a lack of data when it is easy to demonstrate. Is the problem the gathering of the data? I can trigger pain by putting pressure where my disc-bulge pinches my nerves.
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Chronic Pain shrinks your brain!
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All this scares me..I have been stuck in trauma..Is there away to turn this off?
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Jen you need to break it down what the surgeon is saying and make it more simple were hearing how its all connected but not how by example to fix it
