Hi, and welcome to Talk about Pain, a podcast for people with stubborn or chronic pain who are looking for answers. I’m Rick Olderman, physical therapist for about 25 years, hanna somatics practitioner, pilates instructor, personal trainer, author and sports and orthopedic physical therapy clinic owner. I specialize in helping people with difficult pain problems. On this podcast, I’m not interested in recycling old outdated material. I want to introduce fresh ideas that likely aren’t widely known, a lot of them my own, but also from other health or wellness practitioners who are in the trenches doing the work of really helping people. It’s straightforward talk about pain, what works and what doesn’t. We get to the point here, which is to help you with your pain. Please subscribe to my podcast. And if there’s something you’d like to talk about or someone you’d like me to chat with who’s helped you, drop me a line. Chances are it’ll help others too.
I talk about a patient I treated with sacroiliitis. From the standpoint of a systems approach, I explain how this treatment would be very similar to solving sciatica, low back pain, hip pain or piriformis syndrome. It's all basically rooted in the same series of problems.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
When approaching pain from a systems standpoint, it's sometimes easy to solve chronic pain--even with a giant NFL offensive lineman. Listen to my interview with Carl (not his real name) about his pain and how we solved it.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
This was a continuing education course that I found very interesting. It focussed on releasing tissue tension in tissues I had not considered before. It left me curious to try these techniques. I hope you enjoy!
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
I interview Beth Bright, an Oriental Medicine practitioner with decades of experience helping people with chronic pain. Learn the fundamentals of Oriental Medicine in this podcast and how it may help your condition through a different approach. Beth's website is: https://bethbrightacupuncture.com
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
In this episode, I discuss my approach to solving these typically difficult pain problems.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
I review an interesting article about glial cells found in our nervous system and their links to chronic pain. I disagree however with how chronic pain is characterized in the article.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
Mantras float around in health and wellness but just because they're catchy, doesn't make them right. This episode explains why this isn't true with regards to solving pain.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
Beth Anne Fisher PT is an expert in pelvic floor pain. In rehab, pelvic floor problems can be very difficult. Beth Anne talks about her approach to solving this type of pain.
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
Here I comment on a Wall Street Journal article about how a woman solved her chronic illness. I find it very inspiring and explore how I see elements of her struggle in my own patients. Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
Laser has proven to be a breakthrough treatment for many of my patients. I interview Dr. Callanen with Lightforce lasers to explain how and why it works. Enjoy!
Visit www.rickolderman.com for my home programs, patient stories, free ebook, blog, or my online course teaching this approach to health and wellness practitioners.
