Full Transcript Introduction to the Natural Facts Podcast 0:00 The joint remains loose, unstable or overloaded. 0:03 Pain persists not because your body is broken, because it never had the right conditions to finish healing. 0:08 How traditional pain care falls short. 0:12 Most traditional pain clinics focus on interrupting pain signals, not completing the healing process. 0:17 Common approaches include pain medications, anti-inflammatory drugs like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or steroids. 0:27 nerve blocks, temporary neurotoxins such as Botox, even permanently cutting a nerve in extreme cases. 0:34 In some situations, these approaches can be helpful, especially for very severe pain. 0:39 Welcome to the Natural Facts Podcast. 0:42 I'm your host, Dr. 0:43 David Wickenheiser. 0:45 I'm a naturopathic physician with over 30 years of clinical experience. 0:49 I have a focus on natural and regenerative medicine.
Why Joint Pain Is Not Inevitable 0:52 Through this podcast, I will be your guide, helping you to make sense of conflicting healthcare choices. 0:59 Welcome to The Natural Facts. 1:03 I'm Dr. 1:04 David Wickenheiser, naturopathic physician and host of the Natural Facts Podcast. 1:09 This is chapter one from my book, Solving Joint Pain. 1:12 This is a new way to think about joint pain and why there is more hope than you may have been told. 1:18 If you live long enough, someone will tell you that joint pain is just part of getting older. 1:24 You may have already heard. 1:26 It's just arthritis. 1:27 Learn to live with it or take these pills that come back when it's bad enough for surgery. 1:32 Another statement is you're not 20 anymore. 1:35 What did you expect as a doctor who spent decades treating joint pain and who has had my own share of joint injuries? 1:43 I can tell you this, joint pain is common, but it is not inevitable. 1:47 And in many cases, it is solvable. 1:49 To solve it, we need to change the way we think about what joint pain is, what it means, and what is actually possible for your body. 1:58 The three thoughts after an injury are, everyone who gets injured goes through the same three thoughts. 2:05 You may recognize yourself in them. 2:07 Thought one. 2:08 it will just get better. 2:10 At first, we assume our bodies will heal the way they always have. 2:14 We rest a bit, try to be careful, and expect we will soon be back to normal. 2:19 Thought, too, it's not getting better on its own. 2:22 Weeks or months go by, the pain is still there, or it improves and then comes back. 2:27 You start to avoid certain movements, sports, or activities you used to enjoy, You wonder, why is this still bothering me?
How Joint Pain Becomes Chronic 2:35 Thought three, maybe I'll never get better. 2:37 This thought is the most dangerous. 2:39 It quietly changes your identity. 2:41 You start to see yourself as someone with a bad knee or someone with a bad back. 2:47 Life gets smaller. 2:48 You turn down invitations. 2:50 You stop planning certain trips. 2:51 You feel older than your age. 2:53 If you're reading this or listening to this presentation, there's a good chance you're somewhere between thoughts two and three. 3:00 My goal is simple. 3:01 to help you move from I may never get better back to my body can heal and here's how. 3:06 Why joint pain becomes permanent. 3:09 Joints are remarkable structures. 3:11 They have ligaments, tendons, cartilage, bone, muscles, nerves and blood vessels that work together so you can stand, walk, 3:18 reach, twist and lift without thinking about it. 3:21 When one or more of these structures is injured or degenerates, pain signals are sent from the joint to your brain. 3:28 That is your body's way of saying something isn't right here, pay attention. 3:32 In a perfect world, your body would repair the damage completely and turn those pain signals off. 3:37 Real life, several things often interrupt that healing. 3:40 The joint was never fully rested or protected. 3:43 Blood supply to ligaments and tendons is limited, so healing is slow. 3:47 Repeated strain, poor posture, or misalignment keep re-injuring the air. 3:52 And infections, food reactions, or immune imbalances interfere with normal repair. 3:57 The result is unfinished healing. 3:59 The energy is scarred in, but it didn't. 4:02 fully resolve. 4:03 The joint remains loose, unstable or overloaded. 4:06 Pain persists not because your body is broken, because it never had the right conditions to finish healing.
Limits of Traditional Pain Care 4:12 How traditional pain care falls short. 4:15 Most traditional pain clinics focus on interrupting pain signals, not completing the healing process. 4:21 Common approaches include pain medications, anti-inflammatory drugs like non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or steroids. 4:31 nerve blocks, temporary neurotoxins such as Botox, even permanently cutting a nerve in extreme cases. 4:37 In some situations, these approaches can be helpful, especially for very severe pain. 4:43 but they all share one limitation, they change what you feel more than they change what you're made of. 4:50 If the ligaments supporting your knee are still loose, if alignment is still poor, if your immune system is still attacking your joints, 4:57 or if your bones are still overloaded, then merely turning off pain signals can be a dangerous kind of relief. 5:05 You feel better, so you may use a damaged joint more aggressively, causing further wear and tear underneath the surface. 5:11 I'm not against medication as a surgery. 5:13 However, I believe too many people are steered toward drugs and surgery before exploring what their bodies are still capable of regenerating. 5:21 That is where regenerative medicine comes in. 5:23 What regenerative medicine really is? 5:26 Regenerative medicine is an approach to health care that focuses on activating your body's own healing mechanisms, supporting the cells that rebuild ligaments, 5:35 tendons, cartilage, bone, and other structures, restoring joint stability, alignment, and function. 5:40 Instead of only asking, how do we stop the pain, regenerative medicine asks, why is this joint still painful?
What Regenerative Medicine Does 5:48 What structures have not fully healed? 5:50 What is blocking your natural healing? 5:53 what specific treatments will help your body repair, regrow, and regenerate. 5:58 In this book, we'll look at several types of regenerative treatments, including nutritional and herbal support that provide the building blocks and biochemical 6:06 environment for healing, ozone therapy and prolozone to balance inflammation and stimulate repair, platelet-rich plasma, 6:13 also known as PRP, prolotherapy to activate dormant stem cells and re-dulled ligaments. 6:19 Perineural therapy and nerve hydro dissection, calm irritated nerves and free stuck tissues. 6:26 Coal laser therapy to energize cells and improve membrane function. 6:30 We'll also talk about regenerative diagnostic tools, especially diagnostic ultrasound, which I consider when used to guide injections to be better than 6:39 blind archery. 6:40 If you wouldn't shoot arrows in the dark and hope to hit a target, you shouldn't inject joints that way either. 6:47 Who is this book for? 6:48 This book is for you if you have ongoing knee, hip, shoulder, back, neck, or other joint pain. 6:54 You've been told it's just arthritis or just age. 6:57 You want to avoid or delay joint surgery if there are safer options. 7:02 You prefer treatments that support your body's natural healing ability. 7:06 You are willing to be an active participant in your recovery. 7:10 You do not need a medical background to understand this book. 7:13 I will explain concepts in plain language while still being medically accurate. 7:18 My goal is to give you enough understanding to make informed decisions, not overwhelm you with jargon. 7:24 Why you can trust what you're hearing. 7:27 I'm Dr. 7:27 David Wickenheiser, naturopathic physician. 7:30 I've been treating patients, friends, and family with natural and regenerative medicine since 1995. I completed advanced training in prolotherapy,
Who This Book Is For and Why to Trust It 7:38 ozone therapy, PRP prolotherapy, and musculoskeletal ultrasound, as well as having taught PRP, chemotherapy, and ozone. 7:47 I participated in hands-on medical missions, including a week-long mission to Lima, Peru, where our team treated over 1,200 people for joint pain with 7:56 regenerative injections in four and a half days. 7:59 I had many of my own joints treated by some of the top regenerative physicians of the world. 8:03 This is one of the advantages going to conferences, you get treated as well as getting courses, information, and observing. 8:11 This has given me both a doctor's and a patient's perspective. 8:15 In later chapters, I will share more of my personal journey and training. 8:19 For now, all you need to know is that I have seen over and over that remarkable healing is possible. 8:25 Even when people have been told there's nothing left to do. 8:28 What you'll learn in this book. 8:29 As you read, you'll learn the five major causes of joint pain and which ones apply to you. 8:34 Why ligaments and soft tissues, not just bones, are key to solving joint pain. 8:39 How inflammation can be harmful or healing depending on how it's managed. 8:43 The role of nutrition and hermal support in rebuilding joints and how I use diagnostic ultrasound to see inside painful joints and guide precise treatment. 8:53 You also hear the differences between various regenerative treatments, such as PRP prolotherapy, prolozomicrodosing, colazar, 9:01 and more. 9:02 What to expect before, during, and after a treatment. 9:04 How to choose the right regenerative medicine doctor and ask the right questions.
What You Will Learn and Next Steps 9:09 By the end, you will have a clear picture of where the regenerative treatments will help your specific situation. 9:15 What a reasonable treatment plan could look like. 9:17 how to work with your doctor as a partner to restore as much function and comfort as your body will allow. 9:23 You need a different question. 9:24 Most people come to me asking, can you take away my pain? 9:28 That's a fair question, but it's not the best one. 9:31 A better question is, what will it take for my body to heal this joint as fully as possible? 9:36 In the chapters that follow, I will help you answer that question. 9:39 In the next chapter, I will share my own history, my injuries, the treatments I've tried, and why I've devoted my career to solving joint pain with regenerative medicine. 9:49 On to the next chapter, Dr. 9:51 David Weckenheiser, the Natural Facts Podcast. 9:54 I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Natural Facts Podcast. 9:59 To get access to my future episodes as soon as they're available, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 10:06 For all of my podcasts, as well as detailed discussions and reports on healthcare issues that matter to you, go to www.thenaturalfacts.com. 10:18 This is Dr. 10:19 David Weckenheiser, naturopathic physician, guiding you to better health with the natural facts.
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