Editor’s List: Authority Magazine’s Favorite ‘Five Things Videos’ About How to Alleviate Chronic Pain (Part Two)
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So many people suffer from chronic pain. Often people believe that they have tried everything, and that there is no real hope for them to live pain free. What are some things these individuals can do, to help reduce or even eliminate their pain? What can they do to feel better? In this interview series, we spoke to medical professionals, pain management specialists and authors who shared their insights and strategies about how to alleviate chronic pain. Some of the experts we interviewed put together some fantastic videos sharing their five tips. Please enjoy these videos and interviews below.
Christine Gibson MD
Dr. Gibson is a family doctor and trauma therapist, and author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit (releasing May of 2023). She has studied the intersection of pain and trauma through Dr. Howard Schubinar and using psychosensory techniques towards neuroplasticity. She drops tips on mental health, brain-body signals that are perceived as pain, and the ways that we cope with discomfort on Tiktok (@tiktoktraumadoc) and a new YouTube series (Christine Gibson MD).
The complete interview can be read here:
Meredith Ochoa, Artist & Author of Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself
A true explorer and creative, Atlanta artist Meredith Ochoa has been reinventing alternative and digital photo processes since 2007. She has created an ongoing 13-year augmented reality (AR) interactive art series, Every Phase, illustrating how she healed herself from endometriosis incorporating the female infradian rhythm clock. Meredith is a podcast host, photographer & author of Face Your Shit, Heal Yourself with a Masters of Art from Savannah College of Art & Design, creating artwork that helps others face their pain and see themselves for who they really are.
The complete interview can be read here:
Dr. Dave Candy, PT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Dr. Dave Candy is a board-certified specialist in orthopedic physical therapy, a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists, and the owner of More 4 Life in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Candy has been a physical therapist since 2008 and a Certified Athletic Trainer since 2005. He is the author of the book Chronic Pain: You’re Not Just Getting Older, You’re Not Crazy, And It’s Not All In Your Head.
The complete interview can be read here:
