by Seth Oberst | Feb 13, 2018 | Uncategorized
I was going to start this article with some stats that would show you just how bad chronic pain and the opioid epidemic has gotten. Stats like one hundred million Americans and 1.5 billion in the world at-large suffer from chronic pain. Or in 2016, 11.5 million people...
by Seth Oberst | Jan 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
I think it’s time to change the way rehabilitation is delivered. People who are chronically stressed and in pain aren’t suffering from a diagnosis of “not enough aspirin” or “not enough flexibility”. They are fundamentally...
by Seth Oberst | Dec 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
Most of what we learn in school is completely irrelevant and many times actually gets in the way of true growth. The deepest learning comes from trial and error…and I’ve made many, many errors.I turned 30 over the weekend so I thought I’d share a few lessons I’ve...
by Seth Oberst | Nov 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
I have been working with a particular middle-aged woman for some time now. We’ll call her Brenda. She has been suffering from poor digestive health, multiple sclerosis, and unrelenting back pain for more than 7 years now. Always on edge, she feels categorically...
by Seth Oberst | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
I remember my first experience working with someone with trauma. She was a middle-aged woman with back pain who was quite rigid and despite us just meeting had mentioned a few negative-sounding comments about her husband. I didn’t think much of it as a new...
by Seth Oberst | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Compulsive thinking is a terrible human affliction. Rumination is the tendency towards repetitive thought, typically negative. Not only is this a great way to be more depressed (and is predictive of a new onset of depression), it’s also a great way to lock yourself up...
