Dr. Peter Attia

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Hey everyone, welcome to The Drive Podcast. I'm your host, Peter Attia. This podcast, my website, and my weekly newsletter all focus on the goal of translating the science of longevity into something accessible for everyone. Our goal is to provide the best content in health and wellness, and we've established a great team of analysts to make this happen.

Hey everyone, welcome to The Drive Podcast. I'm your host, Peter Attia. This podcast, my website, and my weekly newsletter all focus on the goal of translating the science of longevity into something accessible for everyone. Our goal is to provide the best content in health and wellness, and we've established a great team of analysts to make this happen.

It is extremely important to me to provide all of this content without relying on paid ads. To do this, our work is made entirely possible by our members, and in return, we offer exclusive member-only content and benefits above and beyond what is available for free.

It is extremely important to me to provide all of this content without relying on paid ads. To do this, our work is made entirely possible by our members, and in return, we offer exclusive member-only content and benefits above and beyond what is available for free.

If you want to take your knowledge of this space to the next level, it's our goal to ensure members get back much more than the price of a subscription. If you want to learn more about the benefits of our premium membership, head over to peteratiamd.com forward slash subscribe. I guess this week is Dr. Sean Mackey. Sean is a professor of pain medicine at Stanford University.

If you want to take your knowledge of this space to the next level, it's our goal to ensure members get back much more than the price of a subscription. If you want to learn more about the benefits of our premium membership, head over to peteratiamd.com forward slash subscribe. I guess this week is Dr. Sean Mackey. Sean is a professor of pain medicine at Stanford University.

He also serves as the director of the Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab. His research focuses on the neural mechanisms of pain and the development of innovative treatments for chronic pain conditions. In this episode, I talk a little bit about how Sean and I go way back and why it is that I really wanted to have Sean on this episode.

He also serves as the director of the Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab. His research focuses on the neural mechanisms of pain and the development of innovative treatments for chronic pain conditions. In this episode, I talk a little bit about how Sean and I go way back and why it is that I really wanted to have Sean on this episode.

In this episode, we discuss the definition of pain as both a sensory and an emotional experience and why it's fundamental as a survival mechanism and the evolutionary purpose of pain, which obviously has been highly conserved across multiple species. We talk about how pain is transmitted through the nervous system, including the different types of fibers that are involved.

In this episode, we discuss the definition of pain as both a sensory and an emotional experience and why it's fundamental as a survival mechanism and the evolutionary purpose of pain, which obviously has been highly conserved across multiple species. We talk about how pain is transmitted through the nervous system, including the different types of fibers that are involved.

We talk about the different types of pain, such as nociceptive pain, visceral pain, neuropathic pain, etc. We talk about why pain perception varies so widely from person to person, even in the face of an identical stimulus, how psychological and emotional factors play a role into this. We talk about various approaches to pain management, including NSAIDs, opioids, and antineuropathic medications.

We talk about the different types of pain, such as nociceptive pain, visceral pain, neuropathic pain, etc. We talk about why pain perception varies so widely from person to person, even in the face of an identical stimulus, how psychological and emotional factors play a role into this. We talk about various approaches to pain management, including NSAIDs, opioids, and antineuropathic medications.

We talk about the effectiveness of neuromodulation techniques like TENS and how sleep deprivation affects pain sensitivity, as well as why chronic pain often leads to disrupted sleep cycles. We talk about this and many other things. Again, I share a very personal experience with my own pain and how Sean came to my rescue 25 years ago.

We talk about the effectiveness of neuromodulation techniques like TENS and how sleep deprivation affects pain sensitivity, as well as why chronic pain often leads to disrupted sleep cycles. We talk about this and many other things. Again, I share a very personal experience with my own pain and how Sean came to my rescue 25 years ago.

So without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Sean Mackey. Oh, it's my pleasure. It's really good to see you again after a rather long time. Yeah, I was thinking about it. So this morning, my wife said, oh, what's the topic of the podcast today? And I said, it's going to be pain. And I said, she said, oh, who you have? And I said, Sean Mackey.

So without further delay, please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Sean Mackey. Oh, it's my pleasure. It's really good to see you again after a rather long time. Yeah, I was thinking about it. So this morning, my wife said, oh, what's the topic of the podcast today? And I said, it's going to be pain. And I said, she said, oh, who you have? And I said, Sean Mackey.

She goes, her face lit up and she doesn't know you. She's never met you, but she knows your name because she's heard me tell a story. She's heard me tell a story about my own experience through this. I then realized something, which is I haven't seen you since I was in medical school. Which is kind of weird.

She goes, her face lit up and she doesn't know you. She's never met you, but she knows your name because she's heard me tell a story. She's heard me tell a story about my own experience through this. I then realized something, which is I haven't seen you since I was in medical school. Which is kind of weird.