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Welcome to Painopolis, the podcast for people with chronic pain. We bring you stories about people who confronted the worst hell imaginable, surmounted it, and are now ready to tell the rest of us how they did it. You’ve never heard stories like these. Stories straight from the trenches, brought to…

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    • Aug 20, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    A Ballet Master’s Balancing Act to Fight Parkinson’s - Alexander Tressor uses exercise, diet and stress reduction to keep Parkinson’s at bay.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2017 71:22


    Rather than rely just on meds, Alexander Tressor created a health regimen that keeps his Parkinson’s pain at bay—and keeps him fitter than most men half his age.

    How Not to Get Gouged at the Pharmacy: GoodRx - Review: GoodRx reveals which drugstores sell the meds you need at the cheapest price.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2017 20:35


    Sick of overpaying for your prescription meds? GoodRx offers online comparison-shopping and discounts to get you the best pill deals in town.

    How To Become a Guinea Pig: Using ClinicalTrials.gov - Review: ClinicalTrials.gov can help you find experimental treatments for chronic pain.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2017 34:59


    ClinicalTrials.gov can help you find pain-fighting treatments so new that your doctor may not even know about them.

    A Ketamine Coma Was Her Last Resort: RSD/CRPS - Tormented by RSD/CRPS, she bet her life on a do-or-die trip to Mexico and a 5-day coma.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2017 104:30


    Her medical career halted by chronic pain, Shannon Stocker gambled on a powerful anesthetic, a five-day coma, and a do-or-die medical-tourism journey to Mexico.

    Does Your Doctor Work for You or Big Pharma? Dollars for Docs - Review: Dollars for Docs reveals if your MD has taken payments and perks from Big Pharma.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 19:32


    Has your doctor accepted payments and perks from drug and medical-device makers? Dollars for Docs can give you the answer.

    Uncle Sam Is His Dealer: Medical Marijuana - This chronic-pain patient talked the feds into giving him free marijuana for decades.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2017 100:00


    Meet the Florida stockbroker with chronic pain who talked the U.S. government into supplying him with free, legal medical marijuana for the last 34 years.

    Can a Plant-Based Diet Beat Ulcerative Colitis? - By eating low on the food chain, she hoped to tame her ulcerative colitis. But did it work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2017 96:10


    By switching from the pharmacy to the produce section, 32-year-old Gabrielle Fennimore hoped to tame her worsening ulcerative colitis. But did it work?

    This Health Coach Won’t Take No For an Answer: MyFitnessPal - Review: Struggling to reach your diet and exercise goals? MyFitnessPal can help.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2017 20:29


    Fallen short of your diet and exercise goals and feel lousy because of it? Meet MyFitnessPal, an online personal trainer that’ll keep you on track.

    Pelvic Pain Demands a Rewrite - At an innovative pelvic-pain clinic, a journalist learns how to ratchet down his pain.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2017 78:50


    Our intrepid journalist travels to an innovative pelvic-pain clinic. It’s a big gamble, because if the clinic’s approach fails to work, he’s got no plan B.

    Our Anus Horribilis: Pelvic Pain - Slammed by horrific rectal and genital pain, journalist David Sharp scrambles for answers and relief.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2017 51:08


    Painopolis editor David Sharp outs himself as a chronic-pain sufferer and recalls the unforgettable day his ass spontaneously imploded.

    It’s Like Google on Steroids: PubMed - Review: Still using the big kahuna of search engines to answer crucial medical questions? That’s because you haven’t tried PubMed.gov.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2017 21:50


    Still using the big kahuna of search engines to answer crucial medical questions? That’s because you haven’t tried PubMed.gov.

    JFK: A Profile in Chronic Back Pain - The biggest secret of John F. Kennedy’s presidency wasn’t his sex life. It was his crippling chronic pain and his covert ways of treating it.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2017 74:00


    The biggest secret of John F. Kennedy’s presidency wasn’t his sex life. It was his crippling chronic pain and his covert ways of treating it.

    Painopolis Podcast Coming Soon! - We’ll bring you stories about people who confronted chronic pain, surmounted it, and are now ready to tell the rest of us how they did it. Prepare to be riveted.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2017 2:24


    We’ll bring you stories about people who confronted chronic pain, surmounted it, and are now ready to tell the rest of us how they did it. Prepare to be riveted.

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