Spine & Body Podcast
In 2021, Dr. Sean M. Wheeler, M.D. launched this show to change how the world approaches, treats, and researches low back, neck, and shoulder pain. Season 2 takes on the Body Guitar Theory. The archive below keeps the live titles, dates, and blurbs. Nothing invented.
These are the episodes featured on the live Spine & Body page, plus the newest theory and remote-monitoring shows.
The Beacon App developed by Equanimity AI is transforming our practice as it is trying to change all of pain management. Erez Levanon, CEO and Co-founder of the company is on today to talk about his personal journey through pain and what drove him to find a better way.
Posture is not what you have been led to believe. It is a way to combat our stressful, sitting world. It may even lead to a longer more active life. It also reveals Bracing muscle weakness. Dive in and Let's Get Your Body in Tune!
This is the theory I have been hinting at. It brings together the biomechanical and biopsychosocial models of back pain and completely changes our understanding of stability. It comes out the same week as the completely redone book, the second edition of UPRISE: The Body Guitar Theory and Back Pain Liberation, appears on Amazon. Thank you for being here on this journey.
Episode of Spine and Body podcast. In preparation of the new book, this episode on anatomy will shake musculoskeletal medicine to its core. We need a new understanding of stability, arthritis, and how the back works together to understand how we are going to fix back pain. This is the first in a series of podcasts about The Body Guitar Theory.
In this first episode of season 2, we go through the faulty ideas that keep people from getting better from their back pain. To move forward, we have to fix our thinking and free our minds from the thoughts and myths that hold us back.
This is the last episode of the year! As we prepare for a new season later this spring, enjoy this episode suggestion from a listener. As mentioned in the show, we are looking for residents and fellows to come and spend some time with us as we both train the next generation in musculoskeletal care and look for new physicians to add to our team. Please reach out with show suggestions also as we want to make this show even more useful. Thanks to everyone for making this first year a success and happy new year to all! — The Body Guitar team
As we come towards the end of season 1, we present another insurance podcast and make the case for direct primary care. This is an ever changing world we live in, and the healthcare world is not just changing, but being forced into change. Dr. Gold presents the model he chose in this change and why. An entertaining podcast that is very timely.
On this episode we interview Dr. Rob Gray who is a motor skill acquisition expert. We discuss learning new skills and how perception plays a role in all motion. This episode continues our exploration of all things related to motion and pain. Dr. Rob Gray is a professor at Arizona State University who has been conducting research on and teaching courses related to perceptual-motor skill for over 25 years. He is also the host and producer of the Perception & Action Podcast.
Titles, dates, and blurbs from the live Podbean feed.
This topic is for people of all professions, from salesmen to stay-at-home moms, but it is presented from a healthcare worker's perspective. Join us as Dr Ali shares his expertise on a vital topic. Our interaction with each other has been limited in this pandemic and social media has driven a faux connection that has left us all relationship deficient. It turns out that real connection with each other may be the medicine we need!
In this episode we tackle sleep and the results we get from the devices we use to measure it. Sleep is very important to our overall health. We are finding that many things can be modified in personal health, but sleep remains essential and is undeniably tied to our well-being. Dr. Goodman provides an overview of sleep that is informative and entertaining.
Dr. Thomas Bottiglieri is a sports medicine physician at Columbia University in New York City. He presents heart rate variability, its uses, its potential uses and how one can find their own numbers. It is an interesting and potentially very useful modality in the monitoring of stress and recovery.
Today’s episode begins a journey into how diet affects pain and lifestyle. It is a primer as Dr. Mahooti explains what led him to start a nutrition program for his patients. This conversation will provide a framework for physicians and providers worldwide to do the same.
As practitioners, we are asked to address the physical and mental aspects of our patients. But this is not the whole person. In this episode we address the spirituality of a chronic pain patient. This is a resource for chronic pain patients as they try to find meaning in a difficult situation.
A better understanding of spinal stenosis, both cause and symptoms as well as what x-ray findings mean, will play an important role in treatment. Treatment for spinal stenosis has been driven by a flawed belief of causes. The revolution continues as we tackle a new topic. Podcasts don’t change the world, but listeners do.
In this episode we begin the investigation of other forms of treatment. Millions of people have been helped by manipulation and we begin to try to understand why. What patients can hope to achieve and what can providers expect when they use a practitioner of manipulation.
Patients and clinicians alike need to embrace the value of stress control in pain. This episode is a reference to prepare oneself for what to expect when this modality is employed and to combat the feelings that patients may have that the clinician is suggesting that they are crazy. This is a very important show presented by a leader and founder in the field, Dr. Jim Lemons.
This week we interview physical therapist Shelley Lewis. She is a driven, compassionate professional who has really helped to form a lot of views and opinions as we have gone through the years trying to fix patients' issues. Her latest advancement in stability will solidify the post-procedure therapy necessity in anyone’s mind who is fortunate enough to listen.
As we work through musculoskeletal pain, we will begin to address many different causes and treatments of pain. Trigger point pain is a common cause or factor in people’s pain. Join us as we talk to a national expert, Dr. Navid Mahooti, about trigger point pain.
In this episode we again take on commonly accepted knowledge in spine science and discuss how discs really break down. From the basics of heat control in a moving disc to our process of keeping patients from needing repeat epidurals, this is an important episode as we hope to shift the conversation of spine health.
Sacroiliac joint pain may be a huge linchpin in future treatment of the lower back. If we can make the case for SI joint pain and how it is caused by other pain, then we can begin to destroy the low back pain algorithm that has led to so many problems in the treatment of back pain.
Join us today for an episode on facet joint pain. What is it? How does it lead to weakness and compensation, and treatment that often leads to worse problems. This is an introductory commentary on a basic problem that leads to deeper complexity as we move along.
As we go through a discussion of stability, we set the stage for all future discussions. If we can define stability in a different way than it typically has been, then we can change the way we look at recovery. Red muscles vs. white muscles, coordination, compensation, bracing muscles, muscle tightness, fascia tightness, arthritis and motion all come to center stage.
This episode is a bold call-to-arms... a rallying cry for all people who want and expect more from the medical system in the care of back pain. This is a fifteen minute lecture format that goes through the beginnings of back pain treatment and where it has all gone wrong. Bad science has led to bad care and bad results.
In this get-to-know-you episode, Dr. Sean M. Wheeler, M.D. is interviewed by Justin Ricklefs of Guild Stories. It exemplifies what Dr. Wheeler is about, where he has come from and where he wants to go. Discover the story of Body Guitar Clinic, motion evaluation, immune system, stability, diet, and other issues as this wide-ranging interview begins the journey.
Dr. Sean Wheeler, M.D. is board certified in both sports medicine and pain management. He is an award winning author and is passionate about changing how the world approaches musculoskeletal pain. Join us on our journey as we address hard-hitting questions about how the world approaches, treats and researches low back, neck, and shoulder pain. Brought to you by Body Guitar Clinic. Together, let's get your body in tune.