Have you ever been on the receiving end of the "Do Better" lecture? This lecture usually sounds like: Exercise more, sleep better, eat healthier. If you have, have you left that doctor appointment feeling inspired and hopeful...or Frustrated and angry? Likely the latter, right? Have you thought:If I could, I would!Or something along the lines of:What a crock of Sh*t; I've tried that before and it didn't help. Or even:They didn't even listen to me. If they did, they would know that I can't or don't know how to do any of those things?If that's you, I see you, friend. And this Podcast is for you. With love, of course.

Your Pain is a combination of contributions from your Body, MInd, and Stories. In this episode, I talk about how pain is processed in your body, which is an important part of your understand and path to your pain free life. ================Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain.Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Want a real, actionable plan to manage your flare ups? Check out the flare up toolkit here: ★https://www.painreliefpath.com/flare-up-tool-kit/

Have you been hearing different terms floating out in the interwebs describing pain, and you're just getting more confused? Well, in this episode we talk about the three main types of pain, as well as the different names that you may hear each type of pain referred to. You'll also learn what each type of pain means, as well as the roles that your body, mind and stories play into each type of pain. If you found this episode helpful, press the SHARE button to share with your friends/family. I find that this can help the people around you who love and care about you understand more about your chronic pain condition, and why your pain may not always correlate with a visible injury.===================================Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain.Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Want a real, actionable plan to manage your flare ups? Check out the flare up toolkit here: ★https://www.painreliefpath.com/flare-up-tool-kit/

Being honest with yourself is one of the best things you can do along your Path. It'll help you gain a real understanding of where you start, your progress, and the true amount of time an energy you have to devote to your journey. If you're feeling like you don't have enough time, energy, or the effort to start or keep going, this is the episode for you! I'll also provide 3 different exercises to help you take control of your time, energy and effort and feel ready to get your journey started.====================================Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain.Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Want a real, actionable plan to manage your flare ups? Check out the flare up toolkit here: ★https://www.painreliefpath.com/flare-up-tool-kit/

Do you have big goals and dreams to help you live the life you want to live? Do you also have a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach when you try to think about STARTING the changes you want to see in your life?OOOR do you see yourself thinking about starting these things and then your brain goes: Nu-huh. Not today...If your'e in one of those camps, lets talk about your avoidance issue. As always, the first step to addressing this is to actually understand what you're avoiding, and the actions you're taking when you're actively avoiding a task, a thing, or a person. Then: here's the magic sauce: What FEELINGS are you experiencing when you notice your avoidance behaviors? We dive into these things in this episode, and I give you the three most common emotions and actions that may cue you into your avoidance patterns, all so that you can take that first step: Know when you're avoiding. If this episode gives you that funny feeling in the pit of your stomach and your brain is saying turn away! Turn it off! Then my friend, you're in the right place. As always, I'm here to help, --Dr. Pan Zhang, Your Chronic Pain Coach.

New Year, New you!...Right?Have you ever been one to make resolutions, or set goals for the year just to break them or give up on them three weeks into the year? If this is you, and you're looking to make drastic changes to your life and your happiness this year, this episode is for you. I dive into what may be really causing you to break promises to yourself, how to address these thoughts and feelings and set yourself up for success this coming year. Are you ready for real, positive change that lasts? If so, take a listen!I'm excited for you this year, friend!! Dr. Pan Zhang, Your Chronic Pain Coach.

Are you ready for an information packed hour? If so, buckle up and get ready to learn the real story about the Vagus nerve and Polyvagal theory, How biofeedback and changing your brain waves can help your chronic pain, and new research on how microdosing can effect your chronic pain! Dr. Irene Luc and I talk about ALL the things, and have a little fun along the way. If you want to learn more about Dr. Irene, check her out at:IG: @yourburnoutdocWebsite: https://mind-door.com==============================Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain. Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Want a real, actionable plan to manage your flare ups? Check out the flare up toolkit here: ★https://www.painreliefpath.com/flare-up-tool-kit/

This message is for all of you out there doing ALL the thingsYou’re eating rightYou’re JournalingYou’re exercising to your paceYou’re seeing a therapist/sBut you’re still in pain. If you’re one of those people: I have one question for you:Do you believe?Do you believe in yourself?Do you believe in your goals?Do you believe in the path?Or are there stories that are playing in your head that are keeping you down?Are you feeling like every time you take a step forward, you take two steps back?Are you constantly feeling frustrated aren’t where you think you should be?Are you feeling like even though you are doing all the things, you feel like you should be doing more?If you’re one of those people, I invite you to just pause and take a breath. Think back to 1 year ago, and remember your day to day life then. What were you frustrated with? What couldn’t you do? What do you wish you could do?Take a look at where you are now. How have those things improved? How do you feel since that has all changed?Next step: Make a list of your frustrations, the things you can’t do, the things you are unhappy with about your life. After you’ve done this, put it aside. Keep doing you, and come back and three months and see how your life has changed. ======================Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain. Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Want to get started, but you're not sure how? Check out my FREE, 5 step guide to start your pain free path:★painreliefpath.com/5steps/

In this episode, we talk about the GOOD, the BAD, and the Ugly of Inflammation, and REAL, ways to manage it in your own life! Now gimmicks, quick fixes that never really fix anything, but real tools, tips, and tricks to help you understand and feel empowered to manage inflammation. Jenni is a holistic nutrition and wellness coach and hormone expert, and she's a WEALTH of amazing knowledge! It's always a blast hanging out with her and basking in her knowledge. If you want to find out more about what Jenni does, check out these links here:https://www.jennisills.com/freebiesTo Check out her cycle syncing guide that she's giving away for FREE,  Click here -->https://www.jennisills.com/eatingforhappyhormones Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain. Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share★Struggling with flare ups? Check out my NEW flare up tool-kit to make flare ups less scary, and more manageable so you can go on living your life!★https://www.painreliefpath.com/flare-up-tool-kit/

Are you someone who finds it hard to stick with new routines to help you with your chronic pain? You find yourself diving deep into a new diet, exercise program, or supplement routine, only to find reasons that this doesn't work for you after a few weeks? When this happens over and over again, you may feel like you're met with failure with all the activities that you may try, and this story builds in your head:  "Nothing can help me. I'm going to be in pain forever." If this is you, LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE. For the questions I ask in the episode: Use this as a guide for self exploration and self understanding. Don't judge yourself, but whatever answers bubble up to the surface, let yourself embrace them for what they are and for you to be able to see and feel the stories that you've been consciously and unconsciously telling yourself. Here they are:What was the last thing you tried to help with your pain?How long did you stick with the program? What were your biggest limitations or Barriers to sticking with the program? Are these limitations or barriers that you have control over? If you do, did you change your limitations or barriers? Why and why not?Why??Why??Did it work? If it did: what did you like about it? — and are you still doing it? If it did not work?WHY didn’t it work? If you “just didn’t like it”what didn’t you like about it?Why? Why? What feelings and thoughts came up when you did the program?If the opportunity came along that guaranteed that you could achieve your result, but you had to commit fully to it, for an undetermined amount of time, would you do it?Why? Why not? Why?Why?------------------------------------------------------------------------------Welcome to Pain Relief Path! I am Dr. Pan Zhang, Physical Therapist turned Chronic Pain Coach. In this channel, I talk about all things chronic pain, and most importantly, how to get you on the path to your pain free life. I coach my clients through education, exploration, and empowerment to help them live the life they want and deserve. I'm also privileged to have guests from all different disciplines to talk about different aspects of life that contribute to chronic pain. Want to know more about what I do and who I am?★ Check out my website! ★painreliefpath.com★Follow me at:★Instagram: www.instagram.com/pain_relief_pathFacebook: www.facebook.com/painreliefpathPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1999003/share

I have the privilege of interviewing Stefanie Overstreet, a Nurse, Nutritional Therapy practitioner, and Holistic Postpartum support. We talk about what is NORMAL in your postpartum season, common things that postpartum mothers struggle with, and 3 most important things to help for postpartum mothers. Links from the episode: Check out Stefanie's Services Page: https://p.bttr.to/3R0HYeKWebsite: www.stefanieoverstreet.comInstagram: @stefanieoverstreet

Having a support system is one of the best things that you can do along your pain journey. However, not all support systems are created equally, and not all support systems serve you in the way you need. In this video, we go over ways to make sure that your support system is both what you want and need to help you achieve your goals, make you feel the way you want to feel, and get you to the life you want to live. ==================================================Are you ready to stop having chronic pain dictate how you think, feel, and act?As a Chronic Pain Coach, I help my clients get their lives back, so that their pain no longer is in charge. My clients learn how their bodies, minds, and stories effect their pain, and I provide safe ways to explore these aspects and simple, but effective and powerful tools to empower them to make real change. If you're ready to take the first step to getting freedom from your pain, follow me on:Instagram: Pain_relief_pathYouTube: @drpanzhangPodcast: https://painreliefpath.buzzsprout.com

Committing to something is easyStaying committed is hard, especially when you miss a day, or 2 or three, or life derails your plans. In this episode, I go over a staying committed Hack--one that will help you feel like you don't fall off the wagon, and that will keep you making forward progress. -------------------------Are you ready to stop having chronic pain dictate how you think, feel, and act? As a Chronic Pain Coach, I help my clients get their lives back, so that their pain no longer is in charge. My clients learn how their bodies, minds, and stories effect their pain, and I provide safe ways to explore these aspects and simple, but effective and powerful tools to empower them to make real change. If you're ready to take the first step to getting freedom from your pain, follow me on:Instagram: Pain_relief_pathYouTube: @drpanzhangPodcast: https://painreliefpath.buzzsprout.com

Have you ever noticed that the expectations you have about your pain and response drastically effects how you respond and react to the situation? Have you seen how that changes your pain experience, and even effects your flare ups (or lack therof) after the situation?In this episode, this is what we explore, through a client's experience. I take you through how we worked through this process together, and how you, like her, can shift your mindset to approach situations with different expectations to achieve different results. -------------------------Are you ready to stop having chronic pain dictate how you think, feel, and act? As a Chronic Pain Coach, I help my clients get their lives back, so that their pain no longer is in charge. My clients learn how their bodies, minds, and stories effect their pain, and I provide safe ways to explore these aspects and simple, but effective and powerful tools to empower them to make real change. If you're ready to take the first step to getting freedom from your pain, follow me on:Instagram: Pain_relief_pathYouTube: @drpanzhangAnd make sure to subscribe to this podcast!

What happens when the stress is STILL THERE after you've "managed" it?What good is the stress management if it doesn't make the stress GO AWAY?If you've asked this question, and you've tried meditation, breathing techniques, counting backwards from 100, or anything else to help you manage your stress but you feel like it "hasn't worked", it's likely your expectations are misplaced. Here's the thing with stress management techniques that most people forget: those techniques are not meant to *poof* your stress away. It's not meant to make you feel miraculously stress freeWhat they are meant to do is to help you SLOW your brain down, helps you step back, and take a real objective look at what is truly causing your stress. After you've done a few minutes of meditation or breathing, or whatever techniques suits you: now it's time to step back and take a good look at your problem now that you've dragged your brain out of that anxiety spiral of doom. Take your day one step at a time. Journal about the feeling of imposter syndrome, inadequacy, or fear of not being enough. Take a deeper dive into the REAL cause of your stress. And YES, this is definitely a PROCESS. And NO, stress doesn't just poof away. But the stress management techniques are the first steps in helping you find space to help yourself. Are you willing to try stress management techniques again and want some guidance on the follow up and follow through? Send me a DM, or feel free to email me at pan@painreliefpath.com. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Why Is change so hard?The first thing to know about the path to a pain free life is that it WILL change you, and it WILL require you to change. And this is HARD. I mean, have you tried to create new patterns and habits before...only to be able to get to about day 3 before falling back into old habits?Have you ever wondered why change is so hard?In this Wednesday Walk and Talk, I talk about WHY it's so hard to change, and provide you 3 exercises to do to start create real, long lasting, meaninful change. Also, Opal is 11 months today, so she really gets into it too, and makes that you guys hear her 2 cents as well. 👶Hope this is helpful! What is your change to a pain free life?

"What if it doesn't work?"This is the question that has stopped SO MANY people from living better, fuller, fulfilling lives.Have you had that question flit across your mind when you're presented with a new, maybe even exciting thing, gadget, or technique to help you with your chronic pain? Has this QUESTION stopped you from trying something that a large part of you is screaming at you to try?Have you even stopped to ANSWER that question?If you are stopping to answer it now, is the answer surprising to you?**Sorry about the audio quality, recorded this in my car, and even though the road noise is loud, I felt that the message was so important I still wanted to post this!

So many of us are focusing on the wrong thing. We keep focusing on what we DON'T WANT, vs. What we actually want. For example: we focus on not wanting to be in pain, vs. being able to go on that family walk after dinner with your family. We focus on not having limits with activities, vs. being focusing on being able to enjoy and be present in the moment. It's a subtle, but big difference at the same time.Shifting your focus can drastically change your outcomes, and be able to help guide you on a much happier path.How are you shifting your focus today?

Have you ever been on the giving or the receiving end of advice? Think back to the last time you were on the giving end: how did that feel in the moment? How did it feel when they didn't go with your advice, then came back days, maybe hours later venting about the same situation--how did it feel then?Now think back on the last time you were on the receiving end of advice. How did it feel to get that advice? Did it feel like it resonated; or do you feel like it wasn't quite what you were looking for, but wasn't sure why?I totally get it; and I dive into WHY that's the case, and what the alternative is on this WW&T!

In this episode of WW&T, we talk about Breathwork, why it's important, and I take you through a few breathwork exercises. It's a breath along episode!I hope this episode helps you with your pain, anxiety, frustration and fear. Want more information? Check out this article on the effect of deep slow breathing on pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21939499/Breath by James Nestor: https://a.co/d/0woPMTCI'd love to hear how these breathing techniques felt for you. If you have any questions, please drop me a line at pan@painreliefpath.com, or check out my instagram page at: pain_relief_path