Expert Interviews

8 Steps to a Pain Free Back – an Interview with Esther Gokhale

by Jonathan

I’m excited to share with you a very interesting look at posture and how we can use our bodies to eliminate pain.

Esther Gokhale has pioneered her own method of posture that helps people to be free of chronic back pain. She started by curing her own back pain and has since moved on to help thousands of others.

In this inteview we discuss  the phenomenon of bad posture that effects our generation, and how you can correct your posture to prevent chronic pain.

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Esther’s best selling book: 8 Steps to a Pain-Free Back: Natural Posture Solutions for Pain in the Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip, Knee, and Foot

Free resources from Esther’s website:

the Gokhale Method

What Hurts? - Symptom checker with posture solutions for different types of pain.

 

Visuals from Esther’s book to illustrate the concepts discussed in the interview:

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Pain, Healing and Transformation

by Jonathan

This interview is with Melanie Thernstrom, author of New Your Times Bestseller – The Pain Chronicles.

Here, we discuss both Melanie’s journey through chronic pain and her experiences with hundreds of chronic pain patients as she researched writing her book.

You’ll discover out what Melanie found to be the most critical factor in the chornic patients that got better – and those that didn’t.

You’ll gain a new understanding of nature of pain itself. Melanie describes how pain has been seen throughout history not just as a negative warning, but also as a powerful tool for transformation, and how this can help you in your journey.

There is a vital role that understanding what chronic pain means plays in the healing process. So finally, we look at mindset and healing, and how these two interact. To listen to the whole recording, just press the play icon below.

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Melanie Thernstorm Interview
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Clarifications – Melanie finished teaching at Harvard and Cornell over 10 years ago.

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Expert Interviews – Cassidy Phillips of Trigger Point Performance Therapy

I’m really excited to be able to share this interview with my readers. Cassidy Phillips has lead an extraordinary life so far. Competing in national triathalons from the age of 10, doing Ironmans from an early age, he also skated to professional level and had a career as a Hollywood stunt man. When fibromyalgia brought [...]

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Supplements and Muscle Pain

An interview with my good friend and colleague Dr Ian Wallbridge. Ian has had a long standing interest in nutrition to reduce muscle pain. Here are some of his thoughts on low inflammation foods and good nutrition. Supplements Get the Flash Player to see this content. Omega 3 Get the Flash Player to see this [...]

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Managing Pain – Interview with Doctor Leora Kuttner

Dr Leora Kuttner, PhD is a pediatric clinical psychologist who specializes in children’s pain. She is a Clinical Professor in the Pediatric Department of the University of Briticsh Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. Dr Leora Kuttner, PhD is a pediatric clinical psychologist who specializes in treating children’s pain. Here, we talk about the [...]

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Interview – Julie Donnelly of Julstro.com

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] In this interview with Julie we discuss how she got into deep muscle massage over 20 years ago, and how her trigger point and whole body treatment methods have evolved from there. Julie has worked with serious athletes running gruelling long distances as well as everyday folk with [...]

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