
Breaking Free from Chronic Pain with Dr Clayton Dir Physical Therapist
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Have you been told your pain will never get better? That surgery is your only option? That you just need to learn to live with it?
Dr. Clayton Durr, performance physical therapist who has worked with champion athletes across powerlifting, strongman, and CrossFit, joins the Gaslit Truth Podcast to challenge everything you've been told about chronic pain. Sharing eye-opening insights from his practice, Dr. Durr reveals how our own brains can create "anticipatory pain" even after tissues have healed—and how the medical system often fails to address this crucial disconnect.
Through powerful patient stories, Dr. Durr demonstrates how something as simple as validation and proper movement can eliminate pain that multiple doctors dismissed as permanent. He breaks down the problematic profit-driven algorithm most pain patients experience: doctor visit → X-ray → opioids → injections → surgery, noting that 50% of back surgeries show no improvement in outcomes.
The conversation dives deep into dry needling, a game-changing technique often confused with acupuncture, that provides immediate relief by disrupting muscle spasms and giving patients a "thera
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