
What We Can Do to Change the Chronic Pain Paradigm
This episode features part 2 of Dr. David Hanscom’s interview with Dr. Marc Moisi, Chief of Neurosurgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Moisi recalls his training as a resident and later as a spin...
10 Jul 201926min

A Spine Fellow’s Perspective on Chronic Pain
This episode features the first of Dr. David Hanscom’s two interviews with Dr. Marc Moisi, Chief of Neurosurgery at Detroit Receiving Hospital. Dr. Moisi shares the evolution of his views on treating...
3 Jul 201924min

Moving the Healthcare System Toward Accepting the Role of ACEs in Chronic Pain
This episode features part 3 of Dr. David Hanscom's interview with physiatrist Melvin Belsky. Dr. Belsky talks about how many healthcare providers are pursuing unnecessary and ineffective treatments, ...
26 Jun 201928min

An Emerging Model for Effectively Treating Pain
This episode features part 2 of Dr. David Hanscom’s interview with pain specialist Dr. Kevin Cuccaro. Dr. Cuccaro discusses the important roles played by the patient-physician relationship and the pat...
19 Jun 201927min

The Nature of Pain
This episode features the first of Dr. David Hanscom’s two interviews with pain specialist Dr. Kevin Cuccaro. Dr. Cuccaro discusses the multi-dimensional nature of pain. He provides a simple tool th...
12 Jun 201927min

The Lack of Evidence to Support Spine Surgery to Relieve Pain
This episode features part 2 of Dr. David Hanscom’s interview with orthopedic surgeon and researcher Dr. Ian Harris. Dr. Harris discusses the lack of evidence to support performing spine surgery as a ...
5 Jun 201919min

An Evidence-Based Approach to the Effectiveness of Surgery
This episode features the first of Dr. David Hanscom’s two interviews with orthopedic surgeon and researcher Dr. Ian Harris. Dr. Harris, the author of Surgery, The Ultimate Placebo, discusses his evi...
29 Mai 201927min

Understanding the Relationship Between Stress and Disease
This episode features part 2 of Dr. David Hanscom’s interview with social psychologist James Pennebaker, PhD. He discusses the relationship between stress and disease, including the sometimes counter-...
22 Mai 201930min



















