Excuses Are Clues
📍 Episode Description: In this episode of The Talking Rehab Podcast, Dr. Fred Bagares invites you to stop dismissing your excuses—and start listening to them. Drawing from the story of a patient nam...
29 Jul 202510min
Building Momentum in Rehab
“If I stop pedaling, I’ll crash.” A simple truth from a 7-year-old learning to ride a bike sparked this conversation about one of the biggest mistakes people make in recovery: stopping when the pain s...
22 Jul 202510min
Are you destroying your knees?
Are You Destroying Your Knees? Why the fear of arthritis might be worse than running itself. Episode Summary: "Doc, I had to stop running. My knees are shot." If you've ever heard—or said—those word...
15 Jul 202512min
Fix It So I Can Punish It
Here's the humanized version with timestamps: Ever heard this one? "Doc, can you fix my shoulder so I can get back to tearing it apart?" That's exactly what Bugs asked me last month. He wasn't joking....
8 Jul 202511min
What is 5% better?
🎙️ Episode 65 – What is 5% Better? Podcast: Talking Rehab with Dr. Fred Bagares Length: ~13 minutes Description: When a patient tells you they're “only 5% better,” what do you do with that? For som...
1 Jul 202513min
Nudging Our Patients
🎙️ Episode 64 – Nudging Our Patients “She’s one fall away from paralysis.” “If it were my mom, I’d do the surgery.” “This is your window.”These aren’t just medical phrases—they’re nudges: subtle bu...
24 Jun 202515min
Telemedicine: My Origin Story
From Skeptic to Startup: How a Telemedicine Idea Survived—and Thrived—in a Broken System In this reflective solo episode, Dr. Bagares shares the untold backstory behind his early adoption of telemedic...
17 Jun 202518min
Are our tools any good?
Are Our Tools Any Good? Are our tools really the problem—or are we just not using them well? In this thought-provoking episode, Dr. Fred Bagares, DO, takes a closer look at a recent study questioning ...
10 Jun 202516min
