The common cause & cure for chronic pain, dizziness & symptoms: interview with Dr. David Schechter

In this interview with leading mindbody physician Dr. David Schechter, MD, we discuss his nearly 30 (!) years of experience working with medically unexplained chronic symptoms like chronic neck, back, TMJ, pelvic and other pain, dizziness, digestive issues and other symptoms. We talk about what diagnosis and treatment of these conditions SHOULD look like (compare that to what you had done for your diagnosis and treatment!), when neck and TMJ pain related to dizziness are actually also mindbody disorders, why vestibular migraine and other symptom-based diagnoses are not particularly helpful, and how journaling can be so helpful in treating these conditions.

You can learn more about Dr. Schechter and his long and impactful career in mindbody medicine on his website, https://schechtermd.com, where you can also find more information about his practice, schedule an appointment if you are in the greater Los Angeles area, and learn more about mindbody conditions, his books and more.

To learn more about me, please visit my website at https://thesteadycoach.com. You can also take my course entirely for free by signing up at https://thesteadycoach.com/free-course

Dr. Schechter's new workbook, the Mindbody Workbook Vol 2.:
https://www.amazon.com/MindBody-Workb...

Dr. Schechter's book, Think Away Your Pain: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Away-You...

My workbook, which also includes 30 days of journaling prompts: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Chroni...

00:00:00 Intro & about Dr. Schechter
00:03:27 How Dr. Schechter got involved in the mindbody world
00:05:50 Neural circuit disease includes dizziness and many other symptoms
00:09:37 Dizziness is common in his practice; people are often not aware it can be helped by mindbody methods
00:11:20 Vestibular migraine and other symptom-based dizziness diagnoses are “diagnosis fads” that just describe symptoms & often don’t help patients
00:16:35 Vicious cycles vs virtuous cycles
00:19:10 What a consultation with Dr. Schechter for chronic symptoms looks like (compare this to what YOU got)
00:27:42 Surprisingly, we get the best results from people who’ve seen many doctors and were not helped by other treatment methods
00:29:16 We are not saying your dizziness is in your head!
00:32:36 “Cervicogenic dizziness,” neck and TMJ issues are often also neural circuit symptoms - the root cause is stress and tension
00:34:15 How you can tell when neck or jaw issues are neural circuit problems
00:36:50 Imaging and other results are poorly correlated with symptoms; symptoms are often blamed on findings that don’t explain them
00:42:24 Approximately 70% or more of people over 30 have abnormal neck MRI results without symptoms
00:45:50 Cervicogenic or neck-associated dizziness often responds to neural circuit approaches & these approaches are benign
00:51:53 it’s ok to be skeptical & how Dr. Schechter works with skepticism
00:54:55 The hierarchy of treatment (when it’s appropriate to use acupuncture, massage, physical therapy, medication)
01:00:27 The benefits of expressive writing (journaling) and what you’re trying to accomplish
01:06:37 The three beneficial effects of journaling
01:09:24 Dr. Schechter’s optimism about the growth of neural circuit approaches for dizziness! DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.