The Updated Way to Understand Pain with Jen DeLorenzo, PT

Today’s episode is a really important one. It covers a topic that affects someone you know or perhaps even you and it’s definitely something we are trying to avoid, which is chronic pain. Here are some statistics:

50 million Americans live with chronic pain
Between $500 and 630 BILLION is lost annually due to chronic pain in America
Patients experience persistent pain after routine surgery up to 50% of the time.
18% of women suffer from migraine attacks.
Back pain is the leading reason for sick leave and early retirement in Europe.
Back pain represents 27% of all types of pain.
34.6% of pain patients in Canada think of suicide.
In N America pain accounts for 78% of all ER visits.

Meet Jen DeLorenzo a Licensed Physical Therapist, Certified Functional Manual Therapist, Therapeutic Pain Specialist, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She is based in Alexandria Virginia and aligned with Jenn's in-person practice. Topics discussed

A new way of working with Physical Therapy
Pain as an experience, there’s so much more to pain than our biology
How the environment that we are in can influence pain
The 4 main pillars of health for the nervous system and pain
Chronic pain information that most physicians don’t understand
What nudging with pain means

Links of interest:https://drgominak.com/https://evidenceinmotion.com/people/adriaan-louw/https://evidenceinmotion.com/https://noijam.com/about-noi/https://www.instagram.com/theexercisedesignlab/https://youtu.be/gwd-wLdIHjs https://medalerthelp.org/chronic-pain-statistics/ jen@delorenzopt.com 703-859-3415https://www.linkedin.com/in/jendelorenzopt/