Healing Chronic Back Pain: The active ingredients
What do you get when two seasoned, passionate, evidence-based physical therapists sit down for a gloves-off conversation about the ways traditional healthcare has got chronic back pain wrong and what you can do to get it right? You get health insights you can start applying today. Don’t miss it.
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What to expect:
Over 80% of people experience life-impacting back pain at some point in their lives, while the USA alone spends upwards of $49 billion a year trying to get rid of it. What’s causing all this back pain? Join physical therapy experts Charlie Merrill and Zak Gabor as they dive into it all. No holds barred.
Things you’ll learn:
- Why chronic back pain may not be what you think it is
- The slippery slope and the painful cost of MRIs and imaging
- Tools for healing back pain without drugs or surgery
Watch the recording right here:
What to expect:
Over 80% of people experience life-impacting back pain at some point in their lives, while the USA alone spends upwards of $49 billion a year trying to get rid of it. What’s causing all this back pain? Join physical therapy experts Charlie Merrill and Zak Gabor as they dive into it all. No holds barred.
Things you’ll learn:
- Why chronic back pain may not be what you think it is
- The slippery slope and the painful cost of MRIs and imaging
- Tools for healing back pain without drugs or surgery
About your hosts
About your host
Zachary Gabor
Zak is a Boston-based Physical Therapist and Educator. Beyond clinical practice, Zak Co-Founded The Level Up Initiative in 2018, an education company focused on teaching students and new clinicians key skills such as critical thinking and communication in order to combat sub-standard and often harmful healthcare. In 2020, Level Up merged with Clinical Athlete, forming CALU, a more comprehensive education platform focusing on critical thinking, communication, and exercise - with a mission of wiping out harmful healthcare through empowering clinicians with the key skills to provide transformative healthcare experiences.
Charlie Merrill
Charlie is a physiotherapist, educator, content creator, consultant for emerging health technology companies, footwear designer, inventor, and athlete. Charlie is working to change the paradigm around how people understand and address pain and other physical symptoms. He co-developed the Beyond Pain Education course with Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD. You can learn more about Charlie’s work at www.Mperformance.com, or find him on social @charliemerrill and adventuring with his family at home or abroad.
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