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The Cry of Chronic Pain: No one is Listening. WSMA Preceptor. August 2011.
Back From the Edge: Coping with Physician Stress. The Doctor’s Advocate. 4th quarter, 2011.
Defining Solutions for Workers’ Comp: Ability and Motivation. ACPA Chronicle, March 2012.
A Surgeon’s Perspective on the Hoffman Process. Staying Connected March 2012.
Physician Suicide: My Journey. Spineline, September-October, 2011. (Reprinted with permission from SpineLine, 2011;11(6):42-44. © 2011 North American Spine Society.)
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Stories
- Freed by a Pen
- "I Am Not Letting Yesterday Ruin Today"
- The KKK and a Spiritual Journey
- Ron Salvages His Own Spine Surgery
- Eight Level Spine Fusion? No Way!
- A New Life at 72
- Breaking Loose
- Visualization-"Holt's Winning Run"
- My Call to Action
- Compassion and an Italian Dinner
- How Many More Neck Surgeries?
- "I Am Not Angry"
- "I Understand Your Anger. Get Over It."
- Depression Masking as Pain
- Marsha’s Three Unnecessary Back Surgeries
- Anger Affecting Nerve Pain
- Agoraphobia Masking as Pain
- Full Engagement in DOCC
- Sued for Not Doing a Fusion
- My Call to Action
Insights
- THE "ROUNDTABLE"
- INTRODUCTION TO DOCC
- MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
- THE PATH TO CHRONIC PAIN
- REVERSING CHRONIC PAIN WITH DOCC
- STRESS MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
- ANXIETY-BASIS OF BEHAVIOR
- ANGER-THE "CONTINENTAL DIVIDE"
- ANXIETY/ANGER-HIGHWAY TO HELL
- Reprogramming the Nervous System
- Awareness
- SOLVING STRESS: THE HOMEWORK
- BACK PAIN SURGERY-STATE OF THE UNION
- INDICATIONS FOR SURGERY
- "I Want To Believe"
- Stories
- "I Am Not Angry"
- "I Am Not Letting Yesterday Ruin Today"
- "I Understand Your Anger. Get Over It."
- A New Life at 72
- Agoraphobia Masking as Pain
- Breaking Loose
- Compassion and an Italian Dinner
- Depression Masking as Pain
- Eight Level Spine Fusion?? No!
- Freed by a Pen
- How Many More Neck Surgeries??
- My Call to Action
- Salvages His Own Spine Surgery
- The KKK and a Spiritual Journey
- Visualization – "Holt's Winning Run"
- Uncategorized
- Introducing David Hanscom
- Your Hand Over the Stove
- Completely Trapped
- Listen When Your Surgeon Says "No"
- Surgeons Do What They are Trained to Do
- Standard Stress Skills Inadequate
- The Catastrophe Index
- Fusions for LBP Don't Work
- Is Your Pain Structural or Not?
- Degenerated Discs are NOT a Disease
- I Can Only Fix What I Can See
- Your Brain Becomes Sensitized
- Memorizing the Circuits: Phantom Pain
- Pain Free is Probable
- Anger Fueled Anxiety-"The Highway to Hell"
- Anxiety and It's Demons
- Stage 1 – Address Anxiety
- Stage 2 – Deal with Anger
- The Myth of Self Esteem