Stop Chasing Pain

In this episode, we chat with returning guest Celest Pereira. Celest is a trained dancer and martial artist with a BS in Physiotherapy, and over 10 years yoga practice. Celest completed her Yoga Teacher Training in India in 2009 and has been teaching full-time since then. Celest's greatest passion is to teach Vinyasa Flow Yoga but these days she teaches anatomy and biomechanics. (Editors note: Celest found yoga early in her life, she received her Yoga Teacher Training Certificate after University.) Highlights of this podcast include: Dance and healing Dance and athletes Yoga and meditation "Too Flexible To Feel Good" Hypermobility Active and passive range EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndromes) Effects of language Stability Reflexive engagement vs Conscious engagement Air hunger breathing Rituals To learn more about Celest please visit @celestpereiraphysio on Instagram and at celestpereira.com.

In this episode, we chat with returning guest Matt Maruca. Founder & CEO of Ra Optics. Matt is also the creator of the Light Diet. This diet directly addresses the root of the modern, chronic disease epidemic and mitochondrial dysfunction. Matt's mission is to remind the world that sunlight is good. This podcast episode was super fun to record. Highlights of this podcast include: Yeah, you're just going to have to listen to this one! To learn more about Matt, please visit @thelightdiet on Instagram and at rapotics.com.

In this episode, we chat with Jonathan Kipnis, Ph.D. - BJC Investigator. Jonathan Kipnis is a neuroscientist, immunologist, and professor of pathology and immunology at the Washington University School of Medicine. His lab studies interactions between the immune system and nervous system. He is best known for his lab's discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels in humans and mice, which has impacted research on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis, neuropsychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, and neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and Rett syndrome. Kipnis is credited with the 2014 discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels, a recently discovered network of conventional lymphatic vessels located parallel to the dural sinuses and meningeal arteries of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). As a part of the lymphatic system, meningeal lymphatics are responsible for draining immune cells, small molecules, and excess fluid from the CNS and into the deep cervical lymph nodes. While it was initially believed that both the brain and meninges were devoid of lymphatic vasculature, the landmark Nature paper by Jonathan Kipnis and his postdoctoral fellow Antoine Louveau was published in 2015. By 2016, this paper was cited nearly 200 times. His discovery of meningeal lymphatic vessels was included in Scientific American's "Top 10 Science Stories of 2015", Science Magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year", Huffington Post's "Eight Fascinating Things We Learned About the Mind in 2015" and the National Institutes of Health's director Francis Collins year-end review. Other research has included the 2015 discovery that the immune system directly affects social behavior and that IFN-gamma is necessary for social development. This expands upon his work as a graduate student when he discovered that mice lacking T-cells had cognitive impairments. (Biography reference - Wikipedia) Highlights of this podcast include: Menigineal immunity and functions Functions of the glymphatics and meningeal lymphatics Neuroimmune system Meningeal lymphatics draining the CNS Immune system affects on the brain Pia, arachnoid, and dura mater Difference between the Lymphatic system and the Glymphatic system Aging and glymphatics Brain tumors Sleep and glymphatic draining Alzheimers Immuno-therapies and combination therapies And So Much More! To learn more about Jonathan Kipnis PhD., please visit kipnislab.wustl.edu This episode is brought to you by Therasage. Use code: STOPCHASINGPAIN at checkout.

In this episode, we chat with Gary M. Heri, DMD. An internationally recognized expert in orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders. He is the director of the Center for Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, which performs research and teaches this advanced field of dentistry focusing on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of complex chronic orofacial pain disorders. Gary Heir has recently been appointed to the Robert and Susan Carmel Chair in Algesiology at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Over the past decade, Heir played a significant role alongside a committee of national orofacial pain program directors and the American Academy of Orofacial Pain to get orofacial pain recognized as the 12th specialty in dentistry by the American Dental Association in March 2020. He is also the signatory on the application to the National Commission on Recognition of Dental Specialties and Certifying Boards for recognition of the American Board of Orofacial Pain as the official certifying board for the specialty. Currently, Heir directs the center at the dental school, one of only 12 postgraduate orofacial pain programs in the country accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA). He stressed the need for more accredited programs, citing the millions of patients who require treatment but have difficulty finding specialists. In addition to his work at Rutgers, Heir is a highly sought-after lecturer, having delivered nearly 300 presentations on orofacial pain and related subjects in the region, in the country and throughout the world. He has served on the boards of many professional organizations, including as the president of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain and the American Board of Orofacial Pain and as a member of CODA and the Council on Dental Education and Licensure. He was appointed by three of New Jersey's governors for three consecutive terms as a member of New Jersey Governor's Lyme Disease Commission. Heir has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, chapters and abstracts on orofacial pain and TMJ disorders. He also serves as the section editor for Orofacial Pain Neuroscience of The Journal of the American Dental Association. (Bio credit, Rutgers.edu) Highlights of this podcast include: Orofacial Pain Musculoskeletal pain Neuropathic pain Neuralgia and palsy Nerve damage and neuropathy Trigeminal neuralgia Migraines Categories of Pain Fear and Pain - psychogenic Placebo and nocebo effects Pain Management / Control Emotional component of pain Diagnosis And So Much More! To learn more about Dr. Heir, please visit rutgershealth.org. This episode is brought to you by Therasage. Use code: STOPCHASINGPAIN at checkout.