Winning Life Through Pain®

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Victoria Richards teaches doctors from around the globe in new technology perfected in clinical trials with the most resistant cases of long term pain and chronic conditions unaffected by all other medical treatments and technology and thought impossible to help. Sought after by physicians, sports coaches and pain management specialists for results that catapult their business to new levels of success. Insurance providers, physicians and employers take advantage of new programs that reduce the cost of healthcare, improve the quality of treatment care and enhance well-being, health and productivity. The Physician’s Institute, teaches five doctor certification programs with technology unmatched the world over. The new treatment protocols empower physicians from every specialty to deliver the results their patients demand. The drug-free treatments take the doctor out of liability and into profitability. The results keep the patients healthy and loyal. Vital Frequency Research Center conducts privately funded clinical trials allowing patients the opportunity to experience first hand the amazing drug free results that eradicate long-term pain and reverse chronic conditions, while saving patients, insurance providers and employers from unnecessary monumental costs. Essential Aire manufacturing is the largest natural catalytic air sterilizer company in the world. Delivering superior air quality with medicinal formulas to restore your health. This equipment functions as a cancellation mechanism for harmful electromagnetic frequencies that create a disturbance in the brain from satellite signals, cell phones, electronics and computers. Learn More:  Victoria Richards 

Author Delores Warner is my husband's Aunt. Her husband 'Vern' was diagnosed with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. So it brings me great honor to have Delores on the show today to share her story. For 18 months after being diagnosed with ALS, Vern's body rapidly deteriorated. The former U.S. Army serviceman, successful construction company owner and active outdoorsman eventually required round-the-clock care. Confined to a bed in a room of the Auburn house that he built, Vern had lost the ability to feed and clean himself. Vern's suffering came to an end on June 23, 2010. He was 76. His wife, Delores Warner, recently self-published a book, "Don't Buy Too Many Green Bananas: Living with ALS." The personal story chronicles his struggle with the disease — and his family's emotional experience as caregivers. The book includes advice to make life easier for home caregivers. One silver lining in the caregiving journey was the assistance from the Veterans Administration Hospital at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Vern had served in the U.S. Army in Germany during the Korean War, making him eligible for treatment and a disability check. U.S. military veterans are more likely to develop the debilitating disease than those with no military service, according to the ALS Association. In 2008, the Department of Veterans Affairs declared ALS as a service-connected disease. As a result, military veterans who are diagnosed with ALS are eligible for health care and disability benefits.    

Teresa's childhood is something that holds mostly harsh memories and is in very short supply of happy ones. He father died when she was 3 and Teresa felt her step-father never really liked her. She was abused and had no control over the grip of a complete madman, who was hellbent on destroying her life. She felt the only way out would be to check out of life completely. So she ran from memories of life living under  his rules, buried so deep she never remembered or faced it all until she was forced to. Teresa found herself spending many years within mental health care; in fact she is still under their care umbrella. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel and her aim is to reassure that through her personal experience in her book titled: "There's A Fine Line".   Learn More:  Teresa Joyce

Dr. Charles Parker is a Neuroscience Consultant, Child & Adult Psychiatrist, as well as the author of numerous articles and books and his newest book is titled:  "New ADHD Medication Rules - Brain Science & Common Sense".Medical treatment for ADHD fails much too often - not because of the drugs themselves, but how they are given. "New ADHD Medication Rules - Brain Science & Common Sense" show that patients can react very differently to ADHD prescriptions, resulting in missed diagnoses, imbalanced treatment and over or under medication. In the only book of its kind, Dr. Charles Parker clearly explains how this happens and how improved communication with professionals can dramatically improve treatment using available methods assembled from clinical experience and laboratory research.In the straightforward language that simplifies the mind/body complexity of ADHD medical management, "New ADHD Medication Rules" offers clinical data and explanations for why treatments can fail. Using irrefutable research about brain and body responses to ADHD meds, Dr. Parker outlines New Rules -- practical treatment protocols -- to customize treatment to the patient for more predictable outcomes.This book was written for patients, parents of children with ADHD and professionals, this book compels us to pay attention to the drugs for paying attention.Learn More: Dr. Charles Parker 

Viki Kind is a clinical bioethicist, medical educator and hospice volunteer. Her award winning book "The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making: Making Choices For Those Who Can't" guides families and professionals through the difficult process of making decisions for those who have lost capacity. She has lectured across the United States teaching healthcare professionals to have integrity, compassion and to improve end-of-life care through better communication. Patients, families and healthcare professionals rely on Viki's practical approach to dealing with challenging healthcare dilemmas.Viki provides bioethics consultation and support for many hospitals in the Los Angeles area. She holds a master's degree in bioethics from the Medical College of Wisconsin and a bachelor's degree in in speech communication from California State University at Northridge. She has specialized training in mediation and cultural negotiation from Pepperdine University and UCLA. Viki is an honorary board member of the Well Spouse Association. She has also been a caregiver for many years for four members of her family.Viki has developed an adaptable system for making choices that comes as much from her heart as from her extensive experience as a bioethicist. Readers will learn the framework and tools to create a good, ethical decision. These tools will help give voice to those who can't speak for themselves.Learn More: Viki Kind  and check out:  Go Wish 

Individuals with EDS have a defect in their connective tissue, the tissue that provides support to many body parts such as the skin, muscles and ligaments. The fragile skin and unstable joints found in EDS are the result of faulty collagen. Collagen is a protein, which acts as a "glue" in the body, adding strength and elasticity to connective tissue. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a heterogeneous group of heritable connective tissue disorders, characterized by articular (joint) hypermobility, skin extensibility and tissue fragility. There are six major types of EDS. The different types of EDS are classified according to their manifestations of signs and symptoms. Each type of EDS is a distinct disorder that "runs true" in a family. This means that an individual with vascular Type EDS will not have a child with Classical Type EDS.   Learn More:  Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation   OR  Invisible Project Also, Drug Sensitivity Testing  and their number is: 800-837-8362

Barby has been diagnosed with RSD for some 10 years and has become her own best advocate. She is also an advocate for all of us with chronic pain and our families. She works with Power of Pain Foundation, she's a mentor for RSDHope, a member of RSDSA, and serves on the Arizona Alliance for Chronic Care. Barby has, like most of us, gone through numerous treatment  methods over the years, and now doing Ketamine IV-Infusion therapy. That has allowed her to regain her life because the severe burning pain and other autonomic symptoms are gone. Barby has also written "ReMission Possible: Yours, If You Choose To Accept It" ; "The Pain Code: A Pain Patient's Instruction Book To Commumicating With Healthcare Professionals" ; and "The Pain Code: Walking Through The Minefield Of The Health System".   Learn More:  Barby Ingle Ron Wear Port-Able Clothing

American RSDHope was started in 1995 by Bob Orsini, Lynne Orsini and Keith Orsini as a place of support, information, and education to the millions of CRPS patients across the United States and beyond,  to their loved ones, friends, caretakers,  medical professionals, and to educate the general public about the disease as well.Keith was diagnosed with RSD in 1993 some 8 years after a car accident broke his back. He learned that RSD had been his 'undiagnosed' pain since 1974!!After Keith was diagnosed he turned to his doctor for information on RSD, just to find the doctor knew little more then the name of the condition. When Keith turned elsewhere for information he found a HUGE hole where information should have been.Keith's health issues range from Degenerative Disc Disease, Failed Back Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, to Full Body CRPS. Even with all that Keith doesn't stop getting out and walking for exercise, being able to volunteer with a local animal adoption facilities, volunteering to help children, keeping up with his website www.RSDHope.org , and doing whatever he can to make a difference and educating others about RSD/CRPS.Keith encourages others to: "Take control of this disease, arm yourself, and most of all remember, you are not alone anymore and you can make a difference, pain or no pain, just pace yourself. A lot can be accomplished with 20 minutes here and 20 minutes there. Just because we are disabled doesn't mean we have to let ourselves disappear."Learn More:  Keith Orsini 

Thomas Kisner suffered through chronic back pain for over 20 years with no relief in sight. Numerous trips to the doctors, MRI's, and CAT scans never offered a resolution for his problem. Physical therapy did help to some degree but was not worth the time and money for the results achieved.   Thomas been in sales and marketing in the healthcare industry for over 30 years. Several years ago he became fascinated with snippets of some obscure research that showed interesting results in relieving pain through the use of some forms of natural silica. With the existing information in hand Thomas began experimenting with different formulations of natural silica crystals. As a result he experienced significant improvement in his lower back pain that he suffered with the majority of his life.   His own relief led him to recruit other people with pain to try his formulation. The success rates over the next two years were impressive and encouraging with noticeable levels of relief achieved for conditions ranging from arthritis to fibromyalgia to migraines and joint pain. As a result, Thomas has since formed a business around his formulation, which is all natural and non-invasive, and is a potential solution for the growing population of people who are exploring alternative or complementary solutions to their chronic pain issues.   Learn More:  Thomas Kisner  www.smartenergetics.com

Dr. Seddon R. Savage MD,MS,FASAM is Medical Director of the Chronic Pain and Addiction Treatment Center at Silver Hill Hospital in Connecticut and is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology on the adjunct faculty of Dartmouth Medical School. She is the past President of American Pain Society. According to a 2011 report of the Institute of Medicine, chronic pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined—as many as 116 million people costing about $600 billion annually. Opioid therapy has become an increasingly common treatment for persistent pain but there can be unintended consequences. Some patients exposed to long-term use are at risk for addiction. Opioid misuse can result in serious harm including death from overdose. This combination of chronic pain, coupled with opioid misuse and addiction presents a major U.S. health crisis. Dr. Savage has 9 steps everyone can take to better their quailty of life and remain healthy.   Learn More:  Dr. Seddon R. Savage

Cynthia was a glamorous ballerina until she was 21 when a simple injury of tearing a hamstring turned into the most excruciating, burning pain she had ever felt. Her leg turned purple and became swollen and cold and the pain steadily grew worse and worse.Her true nightmare began when her doctor completely ignored her symptoms for 13 years and continued telling her it was 'all in her head' while the disease with no name mercilessly spread throughout her entire body.Needless to say,  her glamorous career of being a ballerina slipped away and some of her family and friends left. Cynthia spent weeks at a time bedridden screaming in pain, crawling on the floor to get anywhere. She was left totally disabled without a diagnosis or treatment because of this mysterious, never-ending pain.Finally she found a Pain Management Specialist who diagnosed her with CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). Though she quickly improved, her condition had progressed too far unchecked for a cure, leaving her in constant physical pain and relying on a wheelchair. But at last she was believed and her pain had a name giving her a new light and a new focus.Learn More: Cynthia Toussaint 

"Healing Painful Sex:  A Woman's Guide to Confronting, Diagnosing, and Treating Sexual Pain", is the only book on the market that provides a comprehensive deep insight into the medical and psychological treatment of women suffering from sexual pain conditions. Both Deborah Coady, MD’s medical expertise and psychotherapist Nancy Fish’s MSW, MPH, personal experience with sexual pain and her extensive professional experience as a psychotherapist provide readers with an all-inclusive understanding of the medical causes of these complex conditions as well as multi-dimensional medical and psychological treatments. The book includes numerous patient vignettes based on women suffering from sexual pain and interviews with healthcare professionals treating women with sexual pain.   Learn More: Healing Painful Sex 

Bader Field began as a homage to Carl's father, Samuel David, the legendary art dealer in Philadelphia, who died suddenly & unexpectedly at the age of 58 while on a buying trip in England. This book started so that Carl's children, not yet born, would know the extraordinary greatness of their grandfather whom they would never otherwise know. But, as the year's passed and the book evolved, its true perspective emerged. After more than 25 years of Carl's personal struggle and torment, Bader Field would reveal the story of how his own American family lived through and fought to survive his brother's shocking death by suicide. In an instant, this one act shattered Carl's young life when he was just 16 and nearly destroyed his family. As a young man and as a brother, Carl battled through his own personal wasteland with one vision, but later, upon becoming a husband and father, he could only imagine the pain his parents had suffered. Carl said: "I needed to reach out to those who are on the brink of killing themselves to show them there is always a better way. There is love, hope and help available. I want them to see how such a violent act not only ends the life of the victim,but also forever scars the lives of their families & friends. My mission is to bring to those who contemplate suicide an awareness about what a horrific tragedy it produces & to offer solace to all who have lost loved ones this way by showing how my family came to terms with my brother's taking his life. This is my way of 'paying it forward'. This book will resonate with teens and young adults who may may not realize the devastation of suicide & the permanent horror it inflicts on the family they leave behind.   Learn More:  Carl E. David