The Modern Pain Podcast
1) “We Believe You”: The Moment That Changed Chronic Pain Care
What happens when “fix me” fails—and you still hurt every day? Keith Meldrum shares how validation and willingness replaced a decades-long fight with pain to rebuild a meaningful life. What you’ll le...Show More
2) From Fighting Pain to Living Well: Joletta Belton’s Shift
When pain makes life small, fighting harder isn’t always the answer. Former firefighter Joletta Belton shares how she stopped “going to war” with pain and rebuilt a bigger life around it.  What you...Show More
3) Beyond Kindness: Compassion Skills That Improve Pain Outcomes
Compassion is not just being “nice”—it’s a clinical superpower. Learn how inner compassion can transform both patient care and your resilience as a clinician. What You’ll Learn in This Episode: • Wh...Show More
4) Fighting Pain Made It Worse — Here's What Finally Worked
Fighting pain made things worse. Acceptance gave him his life back. Tom's Facebook Group In this powerful episode, Tom Bowen shares how chasing a cure for chronic pain left him anxious, depressed, ...Show More
5) Brain vs Body? How Emotions Shape Pain – With Dr. Mark Lumley
Most chronic pain care ignores one of the most powerful drivers of symptoms: our emotions. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Mark Lumley, a leading researcher in Emotional Awareness and Expression...Show More
6) Why We Need a Revolution in Pain Care (And How You Can Lead It)
Are you tired of surface-level solutions in pain care? In this episode, Mark Kargela pulls back the curtain on the massive gap in pain programming and why our current clinical education models are fai...Show More
7) Why AI Can’t Replace Human Care in Chronic Pain
As AI continues to evolve and integrate into more areas of healthcare, many clinicians are asking: will we be replaced? In this episode, Mark Kargela and Ben Whybrow have a frank conversation about ho...Show More
8) Escaping the Medical Merry-Go-Round of Chronic Pain
Many patients are doing something about their pain—but they’re still not living the life they want. In this episode of The Modern Pain Podcast, Dr. Mark Kargela breaks down how to help patients zoom...Show More
9) Why Your Inner Critic is Lying to You (And How to Take Action Anyway)
Send us a text Are you battling self-doubt and endless distractions that keep you from creating something that matters? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Modern Pain Podcast, I share how I spe...Show More
10) Whole Person Physical Therapy Is Here | Matt Erb on Mindbody Integration
Send us a text Pain Practice OS Waiting List Matt Erb returns to the show for an insightful and wide-ranging conversation on the future of physical therapy. We cover the limitations of the biopsycho...Show More