Episode 43 – Dr. Greg Lehman – What is Pain? Is Good Posture Over-rated? Is Myofascial Release Just a Fad?
In this episode, David is Joined by Dr. Greg Lehman. Greg is a physiotherapist, chiropractor and strength and conditioning specialist treating musculoskeletal disorders within a biopsychosocial model. Prior to his clinical career, Greg was fortunate enough to receive a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council MSc graduate scholarship that permitted him to be one of only two yearly students to train with Professor Stuart McGill in his Occupational Biomechanics Laboratory subsequently publishing more than 20 peer reviewed papers in the manual therapy and exercise biomechanics field. Greg was an assistant professor at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College teaching a graduate level course in Spine Biomechanics and Instrumentation as well conducting more than 20 research experiments while supervising more than 50 students. Greg has lectured on a number of topics on reconciling treatment biomechanics with pain science, running injuries, golf biomechanics, occupational low back injuries and therapeutic neuroscience. In this episode, David and Greg discuss: Q1. What is pain? What is the difference between pain a nocioception?. How do we process it? Why is it multi-dimensional? What factors influence our perception of pain? Q2. What are the common misconceptions around pain and its sources? Why is pain poorly related to damage? Q3. How do we go about determining the source of our pain and implementing a recovery strategy? Q4. How much of an impact does our posture have on pain? Q5. What does the research say about myofascial release and performance? For full show notes and links see: www.hpascience.com/episode43
