Raj N. Sureja, MD If you’ve ever strained your neck or back, you’re very familiar with muscle guarding, although you may not even be aware of the term. After experiencing the pain of a neck or back strain, you may
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD You have the right to express your feelings, to ask for what you want, and to say no. Assertive communication means doing so respectfully, so that others will actually hear you, and without having to justify
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD Will robots or Artificial Intelligence (AI) completely replace therapists one day? I think so, although probably not in our lifetimes. For now, mental health care includes AI in small ways, such as telehealth, self-help computer applications,
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a structured psychotherapy designed to cure post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). CPT cures PTSD at a rate of about 70%, which means at the end of treatment, 70% of patients report their
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD. We've known for a long time that activity in the thought and emotion centers of the brain can dramatically affect how much pain we experience from injuries, disease, or normal aging. In fact, clinical psychologists treat
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In our society, living in a larger body can come with unfair discrimination and stigma. That stigma can be internalized as poor self-esteem, because we are frequently told, or think ourselves, that our weight is totally our fault, or a
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Jeffrey R. Carlson, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAOS In this series of articles, we have covered spinal anatomy, the classifications and types of adult spinal deformities, the symptomology of ASDs and how they are diagnosed in a clinical setting. In Part
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Jenny L. F. Andrus, MD “Psychogenic pain” is pain that doesn’t have a directly attributable physical cause, like a broken bone or a cut on a finger. There is no distinguishable reason for the pain to exist, but it
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD Have you ever been driving down the highway and suddenly thought, “I don’t remember the last few miles! How did I stay on the road!?” More than likely, you were thinking something like, “what am I
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Andrew L. Martin, PsyD Disliking going to the doctor is pretty common. About one third of all adults have avoided doctor visits that they knew were necessary.1 About 25% of older adults report avoiding medical visits2. So why don’t we
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