Dr. Howard Schubiner
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The results are not just a small decrease in pain, but literally elimination of pain, reversal of pain, or at least dramatic improvement in pain. And no one can claim that 100% of their patients are cured. Nobody. That's not true for anybody. I wouldn't claim that. But the data that we have is really much more robust and powerful than the other data on pain management. So that's how I see it.
The results are not just a small decrease in pain, but literally elimination of pain, reversal of pain, or at least dramatic improvement in pain. And no one can claim that 100% of their patients are cured. Nobody. That's not true for anybody. I wouldn't claim that. But the data that we have is really much more robust and powerful than the other data on pain management. So that's how I see it.
And that's why I think the system is a little bit broken because The system is really focused on either the biomedical model or the biopsychosocial model, but there's very few people in the medical system who are using the symptom perception model so far.
And that's why I think the system is a little bit broken because The system is really focused on either the biomedical model or the biopsychosocial model, but there's very few people in the medical system who are using the symptom perception model so far.
And that's why I think the system is a little bit broken because The system is really focused on either the biomedical model or the biopsychosocial model, but there's very few people in the medical system who are using the symptom perception model so far.
Yes, for example, we did a study in Boulder, Colorado with people with chronic back pain. The average duration of pain was 10 years. So people have had back pain for 10 years. And in the other models, they'll say, well, that's not curable. In our study, 75% of the people who engaged in our model, who took our program and did this form of treatment,
Yes, for example, we did a study in Boulder, Colorado with people with chronic back pain. The average duration of pain was 10 years. So people have had back pain for 10 years. And in the other models, they'll say, well, that's not curable. In our study, 75% of the people who engaged in our model, who took our program and did this form of treatment,
Yes, for example, we did a study in Boulder, Colorado with people with chronic back pain. The average duration of pain was 10 years. So people have had back pain for 10 years. And in the other models, they'll say, well, that's not curable. In our study, 75% of the people who engaged in our model, who took our program and did this form of treatment,
The one that's called, one of the major two, one is called pain reprocessing therapy. 75% of them were virtually pain-free in one month. I mean, that's astounding. That's astounding. That's astounding. So it's possible. That's what we're seeing. There's hope.
The one that's called, one of the major two, one is called pain reprocessing therapy. 75% of them were virtually pain-free in one month. I mean, that's astounding. That's astounding. That's astounding. So it's possible. That's what we're seeing. There's hope.
The one that's called, one of the major two, one is called pain reprocessing therapy. 75% of them were virtually pain-free in one month. I mean, that's astounding. That's astounding. That's astounding. So it's possible. That's what we're seeing. There's hope.
Well, you know, I'm a physician, and I love being a physician. I love our profession. And it's so sad that at least half the patients that I see, I'm apologizing for our medical system to them. I'm apologizing to them for how they've been treated by other physicians.
Well, you know, I'm a physician, and I love being a physician. I love our profession. And it's so sad that at least half the patients that I see, I'm apologizing for our medical system to them. I'm apologizing to them for how they've been treated by other physicians.
Well, you know, I'm a physician, and I love being a physician. I love our profession. And it's so sad that at least half the patients that I see, I'm apologizing for our medical system to them. I'm apologizing to them for how they've been treated by other physicians.
by other physicians who don't understand that their pain is real, even when you can't find a physical cause for it, who tend to dismiss patients and not treat them with the love and compassion and caring that they need and they deserve. And they're being treated like they're drug seeking or they're complaining or, you know, and especially women and minorities are often treated that way.
by other physicians who don't understand that their pain is real, even when you can't find a physical cause for it, who tend to dismiss patients and not treat them with the love and compassion and caring that they need and they deserve. And they're being treated like they're drug seeking or they're complaining or, you know, and especially women and minorities are often treated that way.
by other physicians who don't understand that their pain is real, even when you can't find a physical cause for it, who tend to dismiss patients and not treat them with the love and compassion and caring that they need and they deserve. And they're being treated like they're drug seeking or they're complaining or, you know, and especially women and minorities are often treated that way.
And it just breaks my heart to see that because the people who have chronic pain, as we'll talk about, there's a reason for it. And the reasons have to do with their lives. And what has happened to them in their lives has often been traumatic, difficult, damaging, stressful, things that are outside of their control. And their brain has responded to that by creating pain.
And it just breaks my heart to see that because the people who have chronic pain, as we'll talk about, there's a reason for it. And the reasons have to do with their lives. And what has happened to them in their lives has often been traumatic, difficult, damaging, stressful, things that are outside of their control. And their brain has responded to that by creating pain.
And it just breaks my heart to see that because the people who have chronic pain, as we'll talk about, there's a reason for it. And the reasons have to do with their lives. And what has happened to them in their lives has often been traumatic, difficult, damaging, stressful, things that are outside of their control. And their brain has responded to that by creating pain.