It's Not in Your Head
Welcome to It's Not in Your Head Podcast, with Dan and Juz. Dr. Dan is a Sports Physician and Justine a Pain Coach and patient. We have come together to find ways to manage complex pain better for both patients and providers. New episodes will come out bi-weekly on all major platforms.
It's Not in Your Head
9 Personalizing Pain Treatment: Why One Size Doesn't Fit All in Chronic Pain Care
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This episode expands the NNT framework beyond medications to examine therapeutic limitations across all types of interventions — including a surprising look at the measurable effect of pain neuroscience education itself. A key study is examined to show how no single therapy is the definitive solution for chronic pain. The discussion helps both patients and providers set more realistic expectations, make better-informed treatment decisions, and understand which aspects of pain each intervention is actually targeting.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Official Intro
00:17 Therapeutic Limitations
01:27 Pain Neuroscience
03:00 SOPA Score
04:15 Original Paper Graph
06:56 Use these tools to improve components of pain
08:05 Pain isn't just in your head
10:02 Setting expectations for programs
12:19 Evidence-Based Medicine
15:23 Justine's Decision Making Process
17:21 A Future without the Ouch & Wrap Up
20:00 Disclaimer