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670: Managing Chronic Pain with Dr. Mel Pohl
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Chronic pain affects as many as 1 in 5 people worldwide and can lead to a huge reduction in quality of life, drug addiction, and very desperate outcomes. Today’s guest helps people use tools like mindfulness and therapy - among others - to manage and even reverse pain naturally.
Listen and Learn:
- Why pain isn’t always physical. Chronic pain often comes from the brain, not the body.
- Non-opioid treatment approaches to chronic pain
- How mindfulness techniques like pain reprocessing can cut chronic pain by 50%.
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Mel Pohl is a family physician specializing in addiction medicine and chronic pain management. He is the Senior Medical Consultant for the Pain Recovery Program at The Pointe Malibu Recovery Center and previously served as Chief Medical Officer at the Las Vegas Recovery Center. He has written books on chronic pain, including The Pain Antidote, and focuses on non-opioid treatment approaches.
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668 episodes
Manage episode 479881379 series 78091
Chronic pain affects as many as 1 in 5 people worldwide and can lead to a huge reduction in quality of life, drug addiction, and very desperate outcomes. Today’s guest helps people use tools like mindfulness and therapy - among others - to manage and even reverse pain naturally.
Listen and Learn:
- Why pain isn’t always physical. Chronic pain often comes from the brain, not the body.
- Non-opioid treatment approaches to chronic pain
- How mindfulness techniques like pain reprocessing can cut chronic pain by 50%.
LINKS
ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Mel Pohl is a family physician specializing in addiction medicine and chronic pain management. He is the Senior Medical Consultant for the Pain Recovery Program at The Pointe Malibu Recovery Center and previously served as Chief Medical Officer at the Las Vegas Recovery Center. He has written books on chronic pain, including The Pain Antidote, and focuses on non-opioid treatment approaches.
Like the Show?
- Leave us a review
- Check out our YouTube channel
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