The Crackin' Backs Podcast

Can hearing loss increase your risk of dementia? Can you have a normal hearing test but still struggle to understand conversations? These are some of the biggest questions in hearing science—and the answers may change the way you think about brain health, cognitive decline, and longevity.

In this episode of the Crackin' Backs Podcast, internationally recognized hearing researcher Dr. Nicholas Reed explains the powerful connect...

Why am I still in pain? It's one of the most searched health questions on the internet. Millions of people live with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, back pain, neck pain, migraines, pelvic pain, IBS, anxiety, and unexplained symptoms despite seeing specialists, trying medications, physical therapy, injections, surgery, and countless other treatments.

In this episode of the Crackin' Backs Podcast, chronic pain educator and bestselling au...

Everything You've Been Told About Fascia Is Wrong? | Dr. Jason Amstutz Explains the Science

Is fascia really the missing link to chronic pain, poor mobility, and athletic performance—or has social media turned it into the most misunderstood tissue in the human body?

Every day, millions of people spend money on foam rollers, massage guns, stretching routines, scraping tools, and "fascia release" techniques. But what does the sci...

Every parent wants to make the best decisions for their child. Yet never before have parents faced so much conflicting information about childhood health, vaccines, ADHD, allergies, asthma, anxiety, autoimmune disease, nutrition, immunity, and preventive care.

So how do you know who to trust?

In this thought-provoking episode of the Crackin' Backs Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Edmond "Dr. Ed" Sarraf, an integrative pediatrician who h...

The ACL Isn't the Problem: What Youth Sports Is Getting Wrong About Female Athletes | Dr. Holly Silvers-Granelli

ACL injuries are reaching epidemic levels in youth sports, high school athletics, college competition, and professional sports. Female athletes are tearing ACLs at alarming rates despite better coaching, more strength training, advanced technology, and greater access to sports medicine than ever before.

So why are these in...

HAVE WE BEEN WRONG ABOUT CREATINE AND PROTEIN ALL ALONG? | Dr. Jose Antonio

For years, creatine has been labeled a "muscle-building supplement" and protein has been at the center of endless nutrition debates. But what if these two nutritional powerhouses are about far more than building muscle?

What if they are among the most important tools we have for healthy aging, brain health, cognitive performance, longevity, metabolic health, ...

MICRODOSING: BREAKTHROUGH OR DANGEROUS TREND? | Alicia Vera Garcia

What if the thing millions of people are searching for isn't another medication, supplement, or productivity hack—but a completely different relationship with their own mind?

Microdosing psychedelics has quietly moved from the fringes into mainstream conversations about anxiety, burnout, ADHD, depression, creativity, trauma recovery, and human performance. Entre...

What if your exhaustion, brain fog, poor sleep, burnout, lack of focus, and chronic stress aren't signs that something is wrong with you—but signs that your body is responding exactly as it was designed to?

In this eye-opening episode of Crackin' Backs, we sit down with Andrew Herr, one of the leading minds in human performance, resilience, travel health, and performance optimization. Andrew has spent years working alongside m...

What if one of the biggest beliefs in fitness is completely wrong?

For decades, athletes, coaches, and gym-goers have been told that building serious muscle requires meat, animal protein, and mountains of chicken breasts. But today's guest has spent nearly 30 years challenging that belief—and backing it up with results.

In this episode of Crackin' Backs, we sit down with IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, fitness coach, and lifelong vegan T...

Your Feet Are Getting Weaker. Here's Why. | Dr. Mark Wallen

What if the root cause of your knee pain, poor balance, declining mobility, and even faster aging starts with something you rarely think about... your feet?

For decades, medicine treated the foot as an isolated body part—something to cushion, brace, inject, or surgically repair. But after spending more than 40 years as a podiatric surgeon, Dr. Mark Wallen began questio...

Today’s episode may completely change the way you look at one of the most misunderstood foods on the planet… sardines.

Joining us is Dr. Andria Klioze, a physician who spent decades inside the VA healthcare system treating some of the sickest chronic disease patients in America before stepping away from the traditional “pill-for-every-problem” model to build a more root-cause driven approach to health throug...

Most people think chronic illness is only about pain.

But what if the real battle is losing your identity, your purpose, and the life you thought you were going to live?

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with psychologist Jeffrey Bone Psy.D for one of the most honest conversations we’ve ever had about the emotional and psychological reality of living with chronic illness and chronic pain.

This isn&...

Tapping your face to reduce anxiety?

It sounds strange… until you understand what’s actually happening in the body.

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Gwenn Bonnell, an expert in EFT tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) and energy medicine, to explore one of the most talked-about—and debated—tools for stress relief, anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, and nervous system regulati...

How do you find joy… when you’ve lost everything?

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Brandon Riedel, a businessman whose life changed in an instant after being crushed by a falling tree—resulting in the loss of his right hand and right leg.

But this is not just a story about survival.

It’s a deep exploration of identity, resilience, mindset, and faith—and what it really...

Most people say they want change.

But very few are willing to do what change actually requires.

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Terrance Ogden, founder of Project G.R.I.T., whose life is a real-world example of what it means to go from rock bottom to purpose-driven living.

This isn’t just another comeback story.

Terrance went from homelessness, drug addiction, and jail… to completing 1...

Most people don’t fail because of their limitations…

They fail because of the limits placed on them.

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Kyle Landi and his mother Kimberly—a duo who are redefining what’s possible for individuals living with Down syndrome, autism, and developmental challenges.

Kyle was born into a world that immediately labeled him.

Low expectations.
Boundari...

Most people think healing gives you your life back.

But what if it costs you the life you knew?

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Scott Roessler, an 11-tour Special Operations veteran who stepped into one of the most controversial and rapidly emerging treatments in mental health—ibogaine therapy.

After years of invisible battles with PTSD, trauma, and nervous system overload, Scott became part...

Everyone’s chasing the next breakthrough in health.

Peptides.
 Hormones.
 IV therapy.
 Regenerative injections.

But what if the real problem isn’t what you’re taking…
 it’s that your body has stopped responding?

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Dr. Jason Pencek to explore a different lens on healing—one based on cellular signaling...

Why are so many high performers quietly falling apart?

They’re disciplined.
They’re successful.
They’re doing everything “right.”

And yet… anxiety, burnout, and emotional instability are rising—especially among high-achieving professionals.

In this episode of the Crackin’ Backs Podcast, we sit down with Ashley Alderette, PsyD, to explore a powerful shift in how we understand menta...