Rollin' Bones: The Osteopathic Podcast

There's no doubt our sick care system is, well, sick. Join us and find out the reason our system for ensuring health doesn't do that!

Wait... Healthcare in America isn't about Health? It's about sickness? Drs Dante and James explore the foundations of the US medical system and why its currently broken!

As Osteopathic medicine modernizes, the profession continues to wrestle with an internal struggle over how to define itself. Join Drs Dante, James, Daniel Skinner and Stevan Walkowski as we talk about Osteopathic identity.

Have you ever wondered where our healthcare system came from? We're glad you asked! 

The osteopathic physician has always been a pioneer, but now, more than ever we find ourselves leading a renaissance in primary care. Find out what that looks like in our newest episode!

Back for another season, Drs Dante and James look back at their osteopathic roots, and highlight how modern it truly is. This season, we plan to focus on modern osteopathic medicine, and what it can do for you. Join us to learn what DOs do!

Dr James and Dr Dante introduce Dr Didi, an osteopath who is working to improve primary care from the ground up. Learn about how she is using the quadruple aim to change how primary care is run. Oh, and welcome medical students to your healthcare team, they add real clinical value to the doctor's appointment!

Dr. Elizabeth returns to tell the tale of her own yoga journey, and how to start your own!

Drs James and Dante welcome their friend Dr Maria Crompton, DO, and talk about why anyone would run crazy distances. Like 100 km distances. Learn about the dopey run, the pistol and ultramarathons!

Join Drs James and Dante as they discuss how stress can be therapeutic. Wait, what? Stress can't possibly be good, can it? Yes, it can. It's so good, it may even save your life someday from a saber-toothed cat. Just sayin'...

Our first ever crossover event! Join Drs James and Dante as they welcome life coach and fellow podcaster Matthew Leland Cox as they discuss how to repair frayed connections and restore normalcy amidst a pandemic. Matthew has an extensive history with behavioral health and his current Never Give Up behavioral health services organization helps families and children lead successful lives. He also hosts the "Purpose Driven Person Show" podcast highlighting individuals who have achieved success despite the grind of daily life.

Join Drs Dante and James as they continue to chat about the connections that, when missing, contribute to mental illness. It turns out that our childhood can affect mental illness. So can our perceived status, or lack thereof, and a sense of a hopeless future. But although certain people may be genetically more susceptible to depression, the neuroplastic brains in all of us means that some mental illness is reversible. 

Join Drs James and Dante as they reconnect after an unexpected absence. They discuss personal connectivity as it relates to mental illness and how different types of connections can be healing. You won't want to miss this episode! 

Anxiety and donuts are more linked than you might think. In this episode, join Dr. James and Dr. Dante as they discuss what anxiety is, why it won't let you cuddle a tiger cub, and how Pixar's "Inside Out" might be the most medically accurate film of all time.

Humans have some pretty weird eating and moving habits. In the conclusion to special guest Dr. Nathan Hershberger's run on Rollin' Bones, Dr. James and Dr. Dante discuss praying at the altar of dietary religions, how our early B12 supplements lead to cholera, and why the true spirit of dieting involves some inward reflection.

Have you ever put gas in a diesel engine? Odds are, it didn't end well. In this episode, Dr. James and Dr. Dante are joined once again by Dr. Nathan Hershberger to discuss how our options for food are like those at the fuel pump.

A calorie is a calorie, right? WRONG! In this episode, Drs. James and Dante are joined by Dr. Nathan Hershberger to discuss the food we eat's links to obesity, exploding Big Macs, and why your baby needs a gym membership. 

In the conclusion to the two-part special on strain, Dr. James and Dr. Dante expand on the idea of stressors as a necessary healing mechanism. With a focus on how hurting your body is actually good for it, learn how struggling prepares you to save yourself from medical debt, your family from a housefire, and the world from the clutches of Hydra.

In the first part of this two-episode series, Dr. James and Dr. Dante present a surprising thesis: stress and strain are necessary for good health. Drawing on evidence ranging from plant biology to the chronic diseases created by modern lifestyles, listen as our hosts explain how we must struggle to heal.

In this episode, Dr. Dante is joined by special guest Dr. Elizabeth Balyakina, who holds a certification in teaching yoga as well as her practice as an osteopathic physician. Dr. Balyakina describes the links between yoga and osteopathy and how she instructs patients to heal themselves through movement. Whether you are a yoga master or a downward-facing dog, you will learn something new on this episode of Rollin' Bones!

In this special episode, Drs. James and Dante are joined by performance medicine specialist Dr. Yein Lee to discuss how modern lifestyles - like long hours hunched at a computer or playing the cello - leave us feeling like sitting warrior. This new phenomenon, upper cross syndrome, tighten the muscles across the neck, chest, and back, resulting in many painful conditions. Listen to learn how our new postures prepare the body for battle but leave it without the sweet release of fighting a sabertooth tiger. 

In this episode, Dr. James is joined by special guest Dr. Saj Surve from the Texas College of Ostepathic Medicine. Dr. Saj provides insight into the training of a modern-day osteopath, and what you can do if you would like to study this innovative form of medical treatment!

Dr. Still, the founder of osteopathic medicine, believed that the body was capable of healing itself. In this episode, Drs. James and Dante explore this philosophy and the modern evidence we have to support it.

In this episode, Drs. James and Dante revisit the birthplace of osteopathy: the American frontier. Once again we learn about Andrew Taylor Still and how his history of being an outsider led him to develop this uniquely American method of practicing medicine. From being labeled a heretic – which forced him to heal others in the dead of night – to working with the feared Shawnee Nation, listen to the story of this lesser- known mode of treatment and how it started with the belief that our bodies were made with the tools to heal themselves.

Start rollin' again with season 2! In this episode, Dr. James and Dr. Dante revisit the principles of osteopathic medicine and work out how this mode of care fits within the greater context of wellness. Listen in as they wrestle with the question: what exactly does an osteopath DO?

On the last episode for the season Dr. James and Dr. Dante go back to the basics.  One of the fundamental axioms of osteopathy is that the body is designed with a mechanism for self-healing. What does that mean? Perhaps more importantly--is the statement true and, if so, how can we make practical use of this mechanism.  On today's episode we talk about sleep: how it works, why it matters, and why it is at the heart of all our body's rest and recovery systems. 

No matter who you are, you've probably been told to drink more water by a physician, a health and fitness coach, or a friend or family member. Hydration is crucial to wellness, but did you know it exists in a very special form in the food we eat? This gel-like water is also found in another place - your body! Join Dr. James and Dr. Dante as they discuss H3O2, how water functions in the body, and the book Quench by Dr. Dana Cohen and Gina Bria!

Join Dr. James and special guest Dr. Mindy Hansen as they go back (ha!) to the back, and explore lower crossed syndrome.

The human body is almost 70% water. Ever wonder how we manage all that fluid? What happens when it becomes stagnant? What role does it play in your health and what can you do to keep the river (lymph) than runs through you flowing. Tune in to hear Dr. James and Dr. Dante take on these topics as well as the water cycle, Texas summers, and how the meaning of life is to take on The Rock

Join Dr James and Dr Dante as they talk patellofemoral and IT band syndrome, why you should be an ambi-turner, the little homonculus that lives inside your brain, and it’s role in guiding the osteopath’s hand to help you heal.

Have you ever wondered how your ankle works? Strangely, it's kind of like a suspension bridge. In this episode, Dr. James and Dr. Dante discuss evolution, engineering, and Dr. Dante's battle with Achilles. (The tendon, that is.)

In this episode, Dr. James Aston and Dr. Dante Paredes discuss causes of back pain and how it is treated by doctors of osteopathy.

In their inaugural episode, Dr. James Aston and Dr. Dante Paredes explore the history and methods of Osteopathic Medicine.