Where Pain Actually Comes From And How We Should Treat It – BHP45 Featuring Maggie Downie

Today’s show features special guest Maggie Downie. She just published a very interesting book called “Keep Moving: Take Steps to Relieve Pain & Improve Your Life”. As such we talked a lot about pain. What if our traditional thoughts on how to deal with pain or even where it comes from are not accurate? Are we using pain killers, ice, and rest approaches incorrectly? We discussed lots of interesting research on pain theory and how we can possibly create new pathways in our brains to avoid pain. Maggie also shares how she uses Pilates to help people reduce pain and some of her key tactics. Finally we hear how Maggie finds her personal wellness balance. I really enjoyed this show with Maggie and have already been applying some of the strategies we talk about to my daily life. Below are the resources we discussed in the show.

Resources discussed in this episode:

Personal Euphoria Website

Maggie’s Book

Peeps In Motion Website

Personal Euphoria Facebook Page

Article and Research on Opioids Increasing Pain

Discussed excerpt from Ready to Run by Kelly Starrett where removing orthotics, flip flops, and motion control shoes repair patients’ feet.

Book “Iced, The Ilusionary Treatment” by Gary Reinl

Rubber Hand Experiment

Article by Dr. Joe Tatta on how we can rewire our brain to control pain.

Amplified Musculoskeltal Pain Syndrome

Henry Beecher