Back in Control Radio Show with Dr. David Hanscom, MD
Dr. Hanscom believes that each human being has a deep drive to thrive and give back. This force is frequently compromised by chronic pain, which has been documented to have a similar impact on your quality of life as terminal cancer. Life becomes one of survival. Through his own personal ordeal, he discovered that chronic pain is curable by systematically using established medical practices in a self-directed manner. The key is connecting to your own healing capacity.
Episodes
January 11, 2021 • 60 mins
Director Kent Bassett is an Emmy-nominated editor and filmmaker from Arizona. He’s edited a number of feature documentaries that have premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, AFI Docs, Doc NYC, and the PBS World Channel. His most recent film as editor is Not Going Quietly (Tribeca), about 32-year-old father, Ady Barkan, who after being diagnosed with ALS travels the country to fight for universal health care.
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November 10, 2020 • 60 mins
Charley received his early education majoring in music and film, with extensive study in television and media, after which a unique opportunity emerged, which then led him to spend a two-year tenure as House Producer for the world famous Comedy Stores in Los Angeles, Universal Studios and Las Vegas, producing shows and career start-ups for many notables during the great comedy renaissance, including Sam Kinnison, Robin Williams, An...
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David Elaimy specializes in training the minds of high level performers in athletics, business and surgery. He is the Sports Performance Consultant for the University of Washington Athletic Department, working with various coaches, athletes and teams. He is also a surgical coach, working with the neurosurgeons engaged in the Swedish Neuroscience Institute’s Cerebrovascular and Complex Spine Fellowship. David works with individuals ...
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October 19, 2020 • 60 mins
Dori Scherer is an artist, writer, grad student, as well as a spiritual guide-of-sorts, living in the foothills of Pasadena, CA. They are getting an MFA in studio at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dori founded a contemporary art gallery in 2016 in Seattle called Specialist. They have had several group and solo exhibitions and have curated shows as well. Dori has also taught art to children and adults alike. They offer ...
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October 12, 2020 • 60 mins
Mark Owen is widely regarded as one of the most successful conservation activists and wildlife field researchers ever to work in Africa. During a career that spanned more than two decades, Mark Owens and Delia, his wife, almost single-handedly saved the 33,000 square mile Central Kalahari Game Reserve/National Park. After fleeing from his 3rd assassination attempt by poachers, he developed a 750-acre private wildlife reserve in ID...
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October 5, 2020 • 60 mins
Laura is a woman who I have worked with for years setting up educational programs. I did not know her real story. Throughout her life life, she was diagnosed with 9 herniated discs, stenosis in the lumbar and cervical spine, and a cyst within the spinal cord. While I had been told many times that I could not recover without surgery, I’d be in a wheelchair by the time I was 40, or dead from even a simple fall due to the fragility ...
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September 28, 2020 • 60 mins
Jasmine Yohai is an Expressive Arts Practitioner and has been facilitating groups since 2014. She received her M.A. in Psychology in 2015 where she bridged her love for dance and the creative process with therapy, group process and community building. For the past three years, in response to California's housing crisis, she has dedicated herself to housing the homeless in Oakland where she is originally from. She continually teache...
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September 15, 2020 • 60 mins
Angela Heilbrunn, RN began her career in orthopedics and complex spine surgery in the trauma unit of the 1000 bed Montreal General Hospital. She has known and practiced with Dr. David Hanscom for many years, is most grateful for his mentoring and learning opportunities while integrating Structured Rehabilitation as part of patient care. Using Back in Control as the road map out of chronic pain, she helps her patients to become pain...
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September 8, 2020 • 60 mins
Rita is patient who suffered from chronic pain for over 50 years. She met me in 2014 and after working with me through the DOC process and another pain specialist, she broke out of chronic pain. At age 83, she feels like she is in charge and continues to pursue new challenges with a lot enjoyment. She is true inspiration.
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August 31, 2020 • 61 mins
Tom Sullivan is a successful entrepreneur with over 40 years’ experience in business, construction and real estate. He established his own brokerage at age 25. After several accidents, he developed chronic pain and a severe opioid addiction. Twenty years and 27 surgeries later he emerged out of the Abyss of pain. He has a compelling story.
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August 25, 2020 • 59 mins
Dr. Hanscom is an orthopedic complex spinal deformity surgeon who was based in Seattle, WA. He quit his surgical practice in 2018 of over 32 years to focus on teaching people how to break the grip of chronic mental and physical pain. His mission is to re-introduce true healing into medicine. He feels that doctors should be given the time to listen and understand their patients. Difficult life situations surrounding their medical pr...
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