40 Burst results for "Headaches"
Mutually CoDopendent
A highlight from Jen's Birthday
"Hey guys, welcome to Mutually Codependent with Adam and Jen. I'm Jen. And I'm Adam. I hope everybody is doing spectacular today. Today on Mutually Codependent we're gonna talk about what we thought the 40 would look like. We are not 40 yet but we're almost there. I turn 39 this coming Sunday which will be in the past once you've heard this episode. But yeah. We're close enough to realize that 40 was very different than what we thought it was gonna be. Yes. And we thought it would be worth a podcast to kind of talk about it and our expectations. Throughout the ages? Yeah, yeah. So if you don't know now you know that we have a strain of the show. I may end up with like a little rhyme, a little haiku or something. I hate haikus. I don't I still don't understand. I couldn't tell you the number. But anyway, Strain of the Show. 575, right? 535? 575. I think it's 575. Yeah. 5. Strain of the Show is something that we use. It's a flour that we are smoking that is available through Texas Canna Health. CentexCBD .net. This week it is a pre -roll from Happy Shaman, I think? No, this is from Hymn Living. This is a marshmallow OG. It's labeled as a hybrid. It is definitely something that we've learned that we can smoke anytime for any reason and it's kind of a marshmallow -y, oaky, sweet flavor. Yeah and some people are way better at pulling those notes out than I am but even Landon when he tried it he was like this yeah there's like a so like caramel and I'm like marshmallow he's like yeah and I'm kind of jealous. It's very sweet. I like it. This is one of my favorite strains. If you have a headache and you need it to go away but you don't want to fall asleep or take a nap or be too energized this is a pretty solid hybrid. You can smoke this anywhere and do anything like it's maybe not anywhere. Yeah and it's it's 18 .2 % THCA so it's enough to get you where you need to go but it's not like overwhelming like this is something you can just hang out and smoke for a bit and I think that's people forget that that's a thing. Yeah. The activity of smoking isn't just for the intoxication it's it's a time to sit back and just breathe literally that's what you do. Just breathe for a minute. Take a break. Just take a few minutes to breathe. Almost like smells like a cigar to me. Okay. Like when it's burning there's almost a cigar -y or maybe not a cigar but like I guess what's a Swiss or sweet? That's a cigar. I was gonna say like you're like a flavored cigar. Yeah. I was thinking like Swiss or sweet. Like a vanilla or or like. Yeah. Yeah that would make sense. Vanilla. Russian cream. Yeah see that's that's probably whatever it is that all those things have in common. The first thing I ever smoked was a clove strawberry clove cigarette when I was 14 with my cousins Amy and Brian. I the first time I smoked was a clove cigarette. Yeah. Yeah Kim. Yeah I can see that. Yeah we were we were laying down on the driveway cuz cuz both parents were gone there were no cars there and it was I think I don't know it was we were just hanging out she's like I'm gonna go smoke and I was like what? No I actually knew that she had smoked could but she would only do it like in her car like I don't remember her being. That makes sense. Or around I don't remember her doing it around the rinse if you will. That's something I I would I liked clove cigarettes I liked the way they tasted they were delicious I think that's ones that are flavored.
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Fresh update on "headaches" discussed on Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
"Radio 1000 FM 97 7 your station information sponsored by Muckleshoot casino happy Friday thanks for joining us I'm Kim Shepard bill O 'Neill at the editors desk and here's a look at the headlines a suspect has been arrested in the murder 1996 of rapper Tupac Shakur Las Vegas police saying that Duane Kefi Davis has been charged with murder before today no one had ever been arrested in the 27 years since that murder one of Donald Trump's co -defendants in the Georgia election interference case is taking a plea deal and will testify bail bondsman Scott was charged in connection to the alleged breach of voting machine equipment in coffee County he's the first defendant in the case to plead guilty to charges and will serve five years on probation Diane Feinstein the oldest sitting US senator has passed away at her home in Washington DC she was a force of nature who never backed away from a fight for what was just and right according to the official notice from her office and her passing no will doubt leave a hole on Capitol Hill that will be hard to fill ABC's Andy Field is joining us on the northwest news line and Feinstein was the mayor of San Francisco before spending 31 years in the Senate so she has definitely legacy left an on indelible the state of California she became mayor in a pretty tragic way Harvey Milk was was she assassinated was I think head of the city council at the time she had run from her lost and a few times and she was the one who found Milk's body when he was shot she knew the person who shot him in fact she was his mentor you know it's a really sad story about how she got into politics but then she ran and won and and was mayor for city that for 10 years then she ran for governor a couple of times lost and finally took the over seat senator Wilson either retired or passed away I'm not sure which but she's been in office now for three decades the longest -serving member of the US Senate and as you mentioned had a incredibly long influential career certainly influenced many women the first woman senator from California she was a vocal advocate for gun control for climate for women's rights for national security but most people today know her in declining health and declining mental capacity of course she's now become the poster child for term limits along with other older members of the Senate but none of that really erases some of her extraordinary accomplishments over the years and she was one of those politicians who wasn't afraid to ruffle feathers on both sides sometimes of the aisle working with Republicans over the objections of her Democratic colleagues. Absolutely I mean she she said this is what's right look she stood up where many in Congress would not when it came to light that US had been torturing some of these terrorism suspects without due process this outraged her and she led this confidential report that was actually held for many years because of the sensitivity and the that fact the US officials had done many things wrong in their quest to find terrorists so and such yeah she absolutely ruffled a whole lot of feathers but she also paved the way for women in Congress there is probably not a woman in Congress today on either the Republican or the Democratic Party who doesn't say that she had a tremendous influence on their own political careers. So what happens now with her Senate seat? Well they'll appoint a temporary senator and of course the governor of California is a Democrat so it will be a Democrat. There is some question as to whether Republicans can block another appointment to the Judiciary Committee which she was on which would create headaches for Democrats in terms of getting people passed out of that committee in terms of judges and such but there doesn't seem indication to be an that's going to happen at least at the moment. There seems to be much more camaraderie or at least the ability to get along between Republicans and Senators in the Senate than there is in the House as we're seeing with this possible government shutdown this week. Look this is a woman who had a tremendous influence and career in the US Senate and she's going to be remembered and fondly remembered by many. ABC's Andy Field on the Northwest News Line. Northwest News Time 620 and your stock charts .com money updates. The stocks finished mostly lower to close out the week. The Dow off around 150 points. and The S P down around 10. The Nasdaq though able to post a slim gain around 20 points to finish higher for third the straight day. Shares of Carnival Corp fell today even though the cruise operator reported its first profit in four years. company says The it saw elevated demand and record revenues but also issued a downbeat outlook. Meanwhile on the plus side of things shares of Nike saw some gains today after the athletic apparel maker reported better than expected earnings. And that's your money now. Money news at 20 and 50 past every hour and coming up we'll have more on the arrest in the murder case 27 years in the making. Stay with the team that brings the most trusted forecast from COMO4 and the National Weather Service.
Bitcoin Audible
A highlight from Read_768 - Living Through the Fall of Rome
"Today, historians focus on the symptoms of Rome's fall, the consequences, the moral decay, the economic decline, the fall in public safety, the multiplying plagues from dysfunctional public services, the hollowed out military that ultimately invited barbarian invasions. But we know these well, in fact we're living through many of them. What's a lot more interesting is the why, because that's how you stop it. The best in Bitcoin made audible. I am Guy Swan and this is Bitcoin Audible. What is up guys, welcome back to Bitcoin Audible. I am Guy Swan, the guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anybody else you know. And we've got a great read today. Are we living through the fall of Rome? We have Peter Saint -Ange making it back to the show today, which we had an interview with him, which I will have in the show notes. In fact, let me mark that down so I don't forget it right now. Article interview, blah, blah, blah. And yeah, so that was a really fun episode actually. I really, really had a great time with Peter and I've read a couple of his articles on the show, but he just has an incredible kind of a catalog of videos and explanations and breakdowns. He has like weekly things. One of my favorite things to just actually stop and watch on Twitter. Always has really great bite sized analysis of kind of the stuff that's been going on and just spot on with Austrian theory and the way to think about things, I think. So highly recommended. And then there's this everybody think about the Roman Empire meme going around, which is hilarious, but it's a perfect analogy. And I think there's very good reason why it's a popular meme right now is because for all intents and purposes, it's accurate. And I think Saint -Ange makes a really great case here. So we're just going to go ahead and jump right into it. Just a heads up. Don't forget to subscribe to stay tuned. We have a another really fun guys take coming probably in the next day or two and an interview finally that we're actually having to redo. But it was so good that I cannot, I can't lose it. I can't lose it. We lost the audio or the video of like a huge section. I lost his thing. So it was just like me weirdly sitting there and making a comment every like five minutes while he explained a bunch of things. So and we lost a big enough section that we're just gonna have to redo the whole thing. But trust me, you're not going to want to miss this one. This one is Bitcoin hyper decentralization. Why I think there is an incredible opportunity and why this person is potentially finding a way in to capitalize on this opportunity to actually figure out how to produce and how to spread this as quickly as possible. Make mining Bitcoin more decentralized than it has ever been. Trust me, you don't miss this one. Stay tuned. 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Use my link right there in the show notes to do it. Don't forget your 9 % discount on your cold card. With that, let's turn this over to Peter Saint -Ange in his article and it's titled, Are We Living the Fall of Rome? By Peter Saint -Ange The parallels are ominous. History says they can be reversed.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh "Headaches" from WTOP 24 Hour News
"Morning. I'm Kyle Cooper. Mike Jokaitis is our producer. The top stories were following for you P. today two on big W. T. developing O. stories on Capitol Hill this morning. The house is trying to move forward on a bill that seeks to avert a government shutdown. But first Congress is remembering California United States Senator Dianne Feinstein who has died at the age of 90 W. T. O. P. S. Mitchell Miller today on the hill. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Senator Feinstein's legacy will be felt long after her death. Senator Dianne Dianne Feinstein was one of the most amazing people who ever graced the Senate whoever graced the country. Feinstein was elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving as the mayor of San Francisco. She served in the longer Senate than any other woman in history. The Senate's top Republican Mitch McConnell has praise for the Democratic lawmaker. Dianne was a trailblazer and her beloved home state of California and our entire nation are better for her dogged advocacy and diligent service. While Feinstein's had health deteriorated she still managed to cast a vote yesterday on the Senate's short -term spending bill that seeks to avert a government shutdown. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy today plans to bring up a GOP stopgap measure. The Republican bill may not pass since it's opposed by GOP hardliners and right now there's little hope of avoiding a government shutdown tomorrow night. Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTOP News. Well now to the effects of what a shutdown could mean for lots of folks. Of course buying a home is stressful enough and a government shutdown could create some additional headaches. government -backed For FHA and VA loans the issue there could be. The lag time so I would say how long things could take. And Frankie DeFrancesco senior vice president of mortgage lending for Origin Point in Chevy Chase the other issue some may encounter. Federal employees who might be in the middle of a mortgage application who may be furloughed during that time and not get paid that could cause a big slowdown. Our advice is to plan with a lender now if you think you might be furloughed and you'll probably realize they in the cellar. They are understanding. I mean you can't control what's beyond your control. Mike Murillo WTOP news. Well since there seems to be little chance of averting that shutdown federal news networks Jason Miller tells us federal agencies have spent the week preparing for possible furloughs and those contingency plans have been updated all during this week over the last couple weeks and last time I looked I think 35 agencies updated their contingency plans as of September 1st meaning starting from September 1st through today and that's where you'll know how many of those employees are going to be furloughed how many will have to work without pay. Miller tells us that most federal workers so far have not received those furlough notices. CBS news special report the auto workers strike expands foreign GM have refused to make meaningful progress the at table that's why at noon Eastern Time today we will expand our strike to these two companies. United Auto Workers president Sean Fain says Stellantis is spared from these additional job actions because of progress at the bargaining table today's action affecting 7 ,000 workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and GM a assembly factory near Lansing Michigan the two plants make some smaller SUVs. We're still talking with three all companies and I'm still very hopeful that we can reach a deal that reflects the incredible sacrifices contributions and our members have made over the last decade but I also know that what we went at the bargaining table depends on the power we built on the job it's time to use that power. The automakers last known wage offers were around 20 % over a four -year deal CBS News special report I'm Steve Kafen. 1135 Baltimore Oriole fans have several things to celebrate today. The Orioles win the AL for the first time since 2014. Fireworks all over the place. Orioles celebrating right in front of second base. That was the call on WBAL radio between Fans innings had cheered the message on the scoreboard. It said the O's were staying at Camden Yards for another 30 years after the lease agreement was reached between the team the state the Maryland idiom authority and Governor Wes Moore. He'll have more details in the news conference later New York football Fans are hoping for a pop star sighting this weekend. Demand for demand for tickets to Sunday's Jets Chiefs game at MetLife Stadium is soaring after Taylor Swift made a surprise appearance in Travis Kelsey's box last Sunday apparently Confirming a budding romance between the two you stadium and StubHub say the Jets have sold more than double of tickets in a single day than in any other this season. The New York Post says average prices have jumped more than % 46 to $627 but
The Crypto Overnighter
A highlight from 681:Shutdown, SEC Woes, Bitboys Scandal & Binances Regulatory Ballet
"Good evening and welcome to The Crypto Overnight -er. I'm Nick Ademus and I will be your host as we take a look at the latest cryptocurrency news and analysis. So sit back, relax and let's get started. And remember, none of this is financial advice. And it's 10 p .m. Pacific on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. Welcome back to The Crypto Overnight -er where we have no sponsors, no hidden agendas and no BS. But we do have the news, so let's talk about that. But before we get started, I'm going to apologize in advance. Autumn is my absolute favorite season and the weather is just turning where I live. So while I'm recording this, I have the windows open to listen to the rain outside. If the sounds of the rain leak into the podcast, sorry not sorry. It's my favorite weather. Tonight we delve into the high -stakes game of regulatory chess. From a looming U .S. government shutdown that puts crypto legislation on ice, to Binance's game of international regulatory hopscotch, it's clear that the battle lines are being redrawn. And let's not forget the personal dramas that sometimes spill over into the crypto world. Tighten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy ride. One thing that's causing ripples across the crypto landscape? The looming U .S. government shutdown. The clock is ticking, and the shutdown could have far -reaching implications for the industry. First off, the shutdown is a result of a congressional budget impasse. This deadlock could freeze an array of federal services, including those that directly impact the crypto industry. We're talking about delayed crypto bills, folks. Bills focused on crypto regulation, market structure, and stablecoins could all be put on hold. The Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, and the Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act are all in jeopardy. Now let's talk about the SEC. Chair Gensler warned that the agency will operate with a skeletal staff during the shutdown. This is bad news for companies waiting for decisions on bitcoin spot ETF applications. It's also a headache for companies like Binance that are in the middle of corp disputes with the regulator. More about Binance later. But it's not all doom and gloom. Anne Kelly is a former SEC official. She mentioned that the SEC has some budgetary flexibility. In past shutdowns, the SEC has stayed open for extended periods, so there is a glimmer of hope. But what about the courts? Federal courtrooms are likely to continue operating for a few weeks until they, too, run out of cash. So legal battles like the one between the SEC and Binance could remain in motion for now. Let's not forget Congress. According to Sheila Warren, CEO of Crypto Council for Innovation, a shutdown would mean, quote, forward progress on bills will be stalled. The focus of lawmakers could shift, and crypto might not be at the top of the priority list post shutdown. Which would be a shame, because crypto has been making strides with bills moving forward in the house. A shutdown could bring all that momentum to a grinding halt. This is a freeze on innovation and regulatory clarity that the crypto industry desperately needs. The SEC's role in this is particularly concerning. With a skeletal staff, the SEC's ability to make timely decisions on crucial matters like crypto ETFs is severely compromised. This could lead to delays that ripple through the crypto markets, affecting investor sentiment and possibly leading to market volatility. It's a situation that highlights the crypto industry's vulnerability to bureaucratic inefficiencies. As for the federal courts, while they may continue to operate in the short term, any extended shutdown could further slow down legal proceedings involving crypto companies. This is problematic for an industry seeking legal clarity and could result in a backlog of cases that take even longer to resolve. A government shutdown could act as a significant roadblock for the crypto industry, stalling legislative progress, affecting SEC operations, and slowing down legal proceedings. The looming shutdown is a ticking time bomb for crypto. But remember, we've weathered storms before, and we'll weather this one too. While the US plays a risky game with its shutdown clock, Binance is playing its own strategic game overseas. Ready for this? Let's dive in. And hey, if you're finding these insights valuable, don't forget to subscribe and turn on notifications.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Fresh update on "headaches" discussed on WTOP 24 Hour News
"A home is stressful enough and a government shutdown could create some headaches for government backed FHA and VA loans the issue there could be the lag time so would I say how long things could take and Frankie DeFrancesco senior vice president of mortgage lending for origin point in Chevy Chase Maryland says the other issue some may encounter federal employees who might be in the middle of a mortgage location who may be furloughed during that time and not get paid that could cause a big advice slowdown is the plan with a lender now if you think you might be furloughed and you'll probably realize they in the cellar they are understanding I mean you can't control what's beyond your control Mike Morillo WTOP News sports at 25 and 55 powered by Maximus moving people and forward innovation here's Dave Preston Orioles reach the 100 win mark and take the American League East by shutting on Boston to
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
A highlight from Advanced Nutrition Strategies for Inflammation and Insulin Resistance
"Hello, and welcome to the Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition Podcast, the show designed to give you science -based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, doctor of natural medicine and creator of DrJockers .com, and I'm the host of this podcast. I'm here to tell you that your body was created to heal itself, and on this show, we focus on strategies you can apply today to heal and function at your best. Thanks for spending time with me, and let's go into the show. If you're struggling with stiff or aching joints, and you're tired of letting the cis -comfort steal the joy and freedom from your life, then I have a natural solution you're going to love. It's called Joint Support by Pure Health Research, and this stuff is amazing. It contains seven of Mother Nature's best superfoods for supporting comfortable, healthy, and flexible joints. It even promotes healthy cartilage growth, too. All it takes is one small capsule of joint support every day to start feeling the positive effects on your health. As a listener of our show, you can try Joint Support risk -free today and get a free 30 -day supply of Omega -3 when you take advantage of this special offer. It can promote healthy joint lubrication, making it easier to move in comfort. You're also getting two free e -books, so you can learn more about joint health. Just head over to getjointhelp .com forward slash jockers. That's G -E -T -J -O -I -N -T -H -E -L -P dot com forward slash J -O -C -K -E -R -S getjointhelp .com forward slash jockers to order Joint Support and claim your free bottle of Omega -3 while supplies last. Again, that's getjointhelp .com forward slash jockers. Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode, I'm being interviewed by Dr. Beverly Yates for her upcoming Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Summit. We talk all about the best advanced nutrition strategies to reduce inflammation and improve insulin sensitivity. There's a lot of things you can do if you are looking to lose weight, if you're looking to improve your blood sugar sensitivity. We know insulin resistance is at the root of all chronic inflammatory conditions, but there's a lot we can do from a nutrition perspective. We go through that in this interview. I talk a lot about intermittent fasting and how that helps improve mitochondrial function, helps improve blood sugar stability and turn on fat burning. We talk about how to improve your stomach acid, bile flow, pancreatic enzymes, so you can reduce the amount of endotoxins that are released from your gut and into your bloodstream that drive up inflammatory activity in your body. So this is a really powerful presentation showing you exactly what you need to do to stabilize your blood sugar, to burn fat for fuel and reduce inflammation. If you know anybody that's dealing with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, perhaps they're overweight looking to lose weight or they're obese, please share this episode with them. And you can also check out the Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Summit that Dr. Yates is putting on. Just go to the show notes for this episode on DrJockers .com and there will be a link there where you can register for free for the Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Summit and listen to all the great interviews with top experts when it comes to blood sugar stability and type 2 diabetes. And if you have not left us a five -star review for this podcast, please do that now. When you leave us a review, it helps us reach more people and impact more lives with this message. It's really easy to do. Just go to Apple iTunes or wherever you listen to the podcast, scroll to the bottom, usually the review areas at the bottom and leave us a five -star review, leave a comment in there. That means so much to us and helps us reach more people. So thank you for doing that. Thank you for being a part of our community and let's go into the show. Hey everyone, welcome to the Reversing Type 2 Diabetes Summit. I'm your host, Dr. Beverly Yates, MD. It's my distinct privilege and honor to interview a wonderful colleague of mine, Dr. David Jockers. He's been a leader in many aspects of health and continues to help people have clarity about their health. One of the things that's so interesting as we do all the episodes here for the summit is I'm trying very consciously to give people different points of view and different aspects of what it takes for blood sugar success to be well. So with Dr. David Jockers, we're going to introduce him in just a moment here. He's a doctor of natural medicine and runs one of the most popular natural health websites online in drjockers .com and has gotten over a million views for monthly visitors and his work is really popular. It's been seen on shows like The Dr. Oz Show and Hallmark Home and Family. He's the author of the best -selling book, The Keto -Metabolic Breakthrough and also The Fasting Transformation. He's a world -renowned expert in the area of ketosis, fasting, brain health, inflammation and functional nutrition. He also hosts his popular Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition podcast. Be sure to look up his work, check out what that he's offering. Dr. Jockers, welcome to our summit. Thanks so much, Dr. Beverly. Great to be on with you. Yeah. You know, I've really been excited for our talk because I think that there are so many ways in which people can eat and nourish themselves and some things are certainly more helpful or successful when it comes to blood sugar control and glycemic regulations than others. So with that in mind, let's dig in right away here. So please, if you would share with us your perspective here, what is inflammation and how does it develop? Yeah. Inflammation is just a natural process of healing. In fact, it's actually designed to help protect our body from some sort of chronic systemic infection and so, well, not chronic infection, but some sort of systemic acute infection from killing us quickly. And so I think we look at the history of mankind. More people have died from infections that got into our bloodstreams, bloodstreams spread throughout our body, went into major vital organs and killed us is what used to kill most of our ancestors. And so our body has created this inflammatory process to help protect against that. So the infection that gets in doesn't get into our lungs and cause pneumonia or our nervous system and cause meningitis. And so in order to do that, we created this inflammatory process to keep basically infection under control. And it's also part of the healing process. We break down damaged tissue and we try to remove that in order to build new healthy tissue. So for example, if we sprain our ankle, we're going to break down that tissue and try to rebuild new healthy tissue in that area. So inflammation itself is life saving. The issue is that it should be turned off when the appropriate area is healed. And so in our society, we have certain vectors that are turning up inflammation. For example, one is called leaky gut, right? So when somebody has leaky gut, there's damage, micro damage to the intestinal lining. And every time that person's eating food, particularly food that causes more gut irritation, they are further tearing that gut lining and they're not really allowing their body to heal properly. And therefore, they're spewing out bacteria and endotoxins into their bloodstream through that lining, through that hole. And that's driving up inflammation in the body because the body thinks that it's under attack from some sort of systemic infection or some sort of basically infectious process that could be life threatening. And so we've got to do what we can to get inflammation under control in our society. And so I think about it like a fire in a fireplace. You know, if the fire is on in the fireplace, it's great. It warms the house. You know, it creates a great environment, an ambiance. However, when we dump gasoline on the fire, right now it spreads on the walls and starts to burn our home. And obviously that's when it's a major issue. And so in our society, we have lifestyle habits that are dumping gasoline on the fire and causing us to burn up our home. And we just don't really understand it. We don't realize that's actually what we're doing to our body. And then we later, you know, after doing this for years and years and years, we get diagnosed with the chronic disease. But this is many years of chronic inflammation, damaging cells, tissues and organ systems of our body leading to, you know, that disease diagnosis. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you for laying that out so clearly. You know, it's so interesting in clinical work, sometimes it comes up. People are like, this just happened to me overnight, thinking that their body has attacked them or betrayed them and that their diagnosis has come on all of a sudden when in reality, nope, this was years in the making. So thank you so much for pointing that out for us. So anyone listening to this, if you have an inflammatory problem, please know. It took time for it to develop and it will take some time for it to heal. The good news is, if healing is possible, that it's likely to be a lot faster compared to the silent onset process. It's like too bad. It would be great if our body, as we get more and more inflamed, gave us a sound or a noise or maybe we turned polka dotted or something so we can know that something's going on here, you know? Yeah, for sure. And many times people do have chronic symptoms that are giving them a warning sign. And we just ignore it in our society, right? It's kind of like a check engine light goes on in our car. Typically we know, okay, I need to bring this in and get it looked at. But in our society, if we have headaches, chronic headaches, if we have chronic gut pain, if we have chronic joint pain, if we have skin rashes, acne, eczema, if we are gaining weight and we try some lifestyle strategies and we're just not losing weight, if we're gaining weight and we can go on and on, in our society, oftentimes the first thing we do is we go right to some sort of medication or we try to just ignore it. It's like we just let the check engine light stay on or we take some duct tape and just kind of stick it over it and pretend that everything's okay with the car. And that's really what we're doing. We're not actually getting to the root cause. Exactly. So that brings me to my very next question for you, which is this. What are some of the root causes of inflammation and how can this be measured quantitatively with lab testing? So when we look at root causes of chronic inflammation, one, and this is what you're really addressing in this summit, is a diet and lifestyle that is not right, right? So high blood sugar and insulin resistance, primarily driven by the food that we're consuming and lack of exercise, right? Lack of movement, food that we're consuming, obviously stress plays a role. So high stress, poor sleep hygiene and poor sleep quality. Sleep quality is super important. We've got to make sure we're sleeping really well when we are sleeping, but also proper hygiene when it comes to sleep. That plays a big role with our sleep quality. For example, shift workers, they might sleep eight or nine hours, but because they're sleeping at the wrong hours that are not right with, you know, humans, natural circadian rhythm or we're supposed to be sleeping at night, they tend to have higher levels of blood sugar and insulin resistance compared to people that are sleeping the same amount of hours and working kind of a normal shift and then sleeping overnight. So those are major factors. And then beyond that, we have things like chronic infections. So we know that when we have different infections, whether it's a candida overgrowth in our gut, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, H. pylori infections in our stomach, parasite infections, Lyme disease, things like that, that all drives up inflammatory processes in our body. Chronic overload of toxicity. All of us are exposed to chemicals in our air, water and food. So all of us have levels of toxicity coming into our system. But if our drainage and detoxification pathways are working properly, we should be eliminating a good amount of those and keeping our toxic bucket under control. And so we all have kind of like a toxic threshold. And so if we keep things under that threshold by keeping, you know, by limiting our exposure to toxins and then by allowing our body to detox and drain effectively, then, you know, that doesn't drive inflammation. However, if we're consuming lots of toxins from the food, we eat the air, we breathe the things we're putting on our skin, the water we're drinking, and then we're not doing things to help improve our lymphatic system, our liver, our gut, our kidneys. Right. We're not we're not peeing. You know, we should be urinating. Right. We should be peeing out toxins. We should be breathing them out. So respiration, perspiration, that's sweating, urination and defecation. Right. So we should be peeing, pooping, breathing. And sweating out these toxins. If we're not doing that, then our toxic load goes up, goes over that threshold, drives inflammation in the body. So toxicity is a big factor. You know, I mentioned stress. There can also be things like post -traumatic stress disorders. Right. So where somebody's had major trauma and their body never really recovered from that trauma and they're kind of reliving that trauma. Maybe somebody that was a war veteran or perhaps they were sexually abused or something along those lines. Right. They may relive those traumas on a regular basis, driving up inflammation in the body. So all of these things need to be addressed and and considered. Somebody might be living in a mold toxic house, right, breathing in mold and mycotoxins on a daily basis. They're trying to live a healthy lifestyle, but they're constantly overloading their their system with toxins. And so we've got to be able to look at all of those factors and make sure that we're addressing those to keep inflammation under control. Now, when we're measuring inflammation on labs, there's some easy labs that we can look at. You know, you can get done on blood work. For example, one of the most common is high sensitivity C reactive protein. CRP is a protein that our body, our immune system produces in response to inflammation. And, you know, so long as you don't get a false negative, like if you work out really intensely right before you get your blood test done, your CRP will be through the roof. That's actually a healthy level of inflammation, because after we exercise, we have inflammation to help our body heal and recover. So normally you want to not work out roughly 48 hours before getting the test done, ideally at least 24 hours. So you get the right measurement and your HSCRP should ideally be under one and really as close to zero as possible. And so typically it's not flag tie unless it's up over two or three, somewhere in that range. But anything over one is a sign that there's underlying inflammation there. And that's something that we definitely want to look at and address. So that's a big factor. You know, I know in this in this summit, I'm sure you've got people talking about things like hemoglobin A1C. We know hemoglobin A1C, that's a sign of the glycation process or basically when a sugar molecule binds to a major protein, like in this case, when it binds to hemoglobin, major protein that helps bring oxygen to the cells in the body and denatures the hemoglobin. And so it causes a sticky protein process. So we should have ideally like the optimal range really is is really under under 5 .2 on the hemoglobin, 5 .2 percent under. And so typically in our society, nothing is flagged until it's up over six, up over six percent. I like to keep mine under five, right? Between four point five and five. Some are in that range to make sure that my hemoglobin, my red blood cells have great capacity to bring oxygen to the cells so I can create the cellular energy I need to really thrive. So hemoglobin A1C is a really good marker. There's another one actually that you can test, too. It's it's it's called a novel marker for systemic inflammation. It's called GlycA, right? And so it's also a marker of glycosylation and again, a sugar molecule binding to proteins. In this case, GlycA looks at proteins particularly involved in the immune system. And so when that's elevated, I like to see it between one hundred and three hundred. Some are in that range, more closer to one hundred when it's up over three hundred. We know that's a sign of systemic inflammation. In fact, there are some individuals that will have normal HSCRP, but we'll see the GlycA elevated. And so that's a really good it's a novel marker. They've just been doing a number of studies on that, really starting just in the last five years. Very interesting marker. We know, for example, statin drugs will have a cholesterol lowering medications can have a mild anti -inflammatory effect that may bring CRP down, but they don't bring GlycA down. Whereas a lot of lifestyle strategies that you're talking about on the summit will help bring both of those markers down. And so that's a that's a really important thing to be looking at. Another key marker is LDH, lactate dehydrogenase, which is part of our natural energy, you know, our glycolysis and Krebs cycle. It's kind of a Krebs cycle glycolysis intermediary enzyme. And so when that's elevated, it's a sign that there's inflammation, particularly heart tissue related as well as liver. Right. Could be related to liver. And speaking of liver, liver enzymes are another really good marker. So when we're seeing liver enzymes like ALT, AST, GGT, when these when these are elevated up over roughly up over 25, that's a sign that there's inflammation affecting the liver cells. And then based on the ratios, for example, if ALT is real high, AST is kind of in the normal range, roughly 10 to 25 in that normal range. We know that inflammation is really affecting the liver when AST is high and ALT is more in the normal range or a lot lower than AST. We start thinking about that inflammation affecting muscle tissues or affecting the heart in particular. So that's a key marker for that. When GGT is real high up over 25 again and the AST and ALT are lower than the GGT, then we start thinking about biliary tree, gallbladder, bile ducts, that region. So it kind of helps us understand more of where that inflammation may be located. So these are just some of the markers. You know, if you get a good a good look, you know, you can also look at just a lipid panel, like where you're looking at your LDL, which is considered the bad cholesterol, your triglycerides, your HDL levels. We like to see the triglyceride to HDL ratio. If there was one thing I was going to look at on a lipid panel, I think all the markers can have some importance. We can get some good clinical data from all those markers. But if there was one marker I think is most important to look at, it would be the triglyceride to HDL ratio. So how many triglycerides, which are basically free fatty acids that our body can use as an energy source that are circulating in the bloodstream versus the high density lipoproteins, which are a carrier molecule that helps bring fats, lipids, all different types of molecules back to the liver from the cells. And so when we're looking at that ratio, we ideally should be under two. So under two parts triglyceride to HDL, roughly close to one. And that kind of close, as close to one as possible, one part triglyceride, one part HDL, like to see that triglyceride level certainly under a hundred. OK, and we look at that. That is a key marker for insulin resistance and inflammation. If your triglyceride to HDL ratio is up over two, if your HDL is under 50, you know, triglycerides are up over a hundred. You know, definitely a sign of insulin resistance and inflammation taking place in the body as long as the test is done fasting. Right. We always want to make sure with the lipid panel definitely can be affected if we eat a meal right before we we get that lab done. But that's a really key marker to look at and helps us understand how well our body's responding to getting nutrients into the cells. So when triglycerides are real high, we're not good at burning fat for fuel. We've got all these extra fats out in the cell or outside in the bloodstream. And those fats can become denatured and cause more reactive oxygen species and drive up oxidative stress and inflammation in the system. So all very important markers to be looking at. A lot of these tests are not expensive, but glyca is a little bit more pricey. But most of the other ones you can easily get from your physician. Just go in, ask for the high sensitivity, high sensitivity to your reactive protein, lipid panel, liver enzymes. Right. They'll run all of those. And then one other marker that we should look at as well as vitamin D levels are 25 hydroxy vitamin D. A lot of research out showing that levels on certainly under 30 nanograms per milliliter, where you're you're the lab will actually flag you as deficient, you know, linked with all cause mortality. So if you have levels under 30, you're all cause mortality, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, neurodegenerative condition. We talk about any sort of chronic disease and then dying of anything goes up. Right. So it's really easy actually to bump that up. Ideally, we do it by getting in the sun. However, most of us just not getting enough sunshine. We may not be living in an area where the sun's going to impact us in a significant way to get the vitamin D if we're up. Let's say we live in Canada, we live in Maine, we live in these northern climates. It's going to be harder to get enough vitamin D from the sun. But if we are in a you know, even if we are in that location, like in the summer months, trying to get as much sun on as much of your body as possible. Obviously, you don't want to burn. But outside of that, trying to get the sunshine is key. Sun offers a lot more benefits than just a vitamin D supplement. However, taking a vitamin D supplement as well can be really helpful. I usually recommend about a thousand international units per twenty five pounds of body weight taken with meals you do at one or two doses, depending on how much of that you need. And that will definitely get your vitamin D levels up. You want to test every three to six months or so and kind of look at where you're at. Ideally, I like to see it up over 60 nanograms per milliliter, usually not concerned about overdosing. The research shows that as long as you keep it really under about 150 nanograms per milliliter, you won't deal with any sort of, you know, toxicity, vitamin D toxicity. It's really hard to get it up over 150, although it can be done if you're taking like 50 ,000 units every single day. So if you're taking roughly five, 10, 15 ,000 units every day, you're probably going to optimize your vitamin D and do really well. And so those would be some of the key labs I would definitely recommend. 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"80 degrees I'm 7news meteorologist Brian Van Der Graaf in the First Alert Weather Center. We have 59 degrees in Leesburg down in Waldorf 59 as well 59 outside the WTOP studios in Friendship Heights. 640 on WTOP money news at 10 and 40 brought to you by PenFed. Great rates for everyone. Tesla is being accused in a new lawsuit of mistreating some black workers. The federal suit filed by The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the Tesla subjected black workers at its California Assembly plan to racial harassment and a hostile work environment. The lawsuit also accuses Tesla of retaliating against black employees who reported harassment or opposed it. Wall The Street Journal reports the claims are similar to those spelled out in a lawsuit filed last year by California Rights Civil Agency. Tesla has said it strongly opposes all forms of discrimination and harassment. In the past, the company has disciplined and fired workers who used racial slurs part in other misconduct. The D .C. housing market has not come to a screeching halt, but LP business reporter Jeff Klaybaugh says it's expected to remain slow in the months ahead. High mortgage rates have sidelined many buyers, but the biggest headwind still remains lack of homes for sale. Listing service Bright M .L .S. survey D .C. area real estate agents, 65 percent expect low or very low seller activity in the next three months. 30 percent say the same for buyers in the market. The number of homes for sale in the D .C. area last week was down 16 percent last year. Now if a government shutdown happens this weekend, it will leave some borrowers with new headaches as they try to close on a new home. Let's start with feds. If you're furloughed and don't get paid, lenders might have the things they need to close because we and you don't have you know your job is getting ready to be impacted by the government shutdown. If one occurs, you would reach want out to to your lender ASAP. The other issue is government backed loans such as FHA and VA loans could be slowed and reverse mortgages stopped. But bottom line she says judging by other shutdowns. We've weathered this storm before and I really do expect that we'll weather it beautifully again. Mike Murillo, WTOP News. Coming up on WTOP, we talk live with Margaret Brennan of Face the Nation to get her take on whether a government shutdown will happen and the political implications. 643. a As public servant you may have wondered how government can use generative AI safely and suitably. We can help you explore the possibilities and design secure trustworthy the generative AI solutions that prioritize the people you serve. Visit Deloitte .com slash US slash
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"Hello and welcome to the Headache Doctor podcast where it's our mission to educate and empower everyone with headaches and migraines so that you can break free from a life of fear of your next headache or migraine and dependence on medication. Well guess what, in this podcast we're going to do something that I'm sure has never been a podcast topic before. We're going to talk about on a podcast where I talk about the neck all the time and we source these headache and migraine symptoms back to the neck and we know the neck is important to think about and consider when developing a plan of care and treating these symptoms. What we're going to talk about today is why stretching the neck isn't helpful. That sounds like a crazy statement to come from me, a physical therapist who looks at the body and tries to restore movement and function and especially when it comes to the neck. We are neck experts here at Novera Headache Center but stretching the neck might not actually be helpful. What I'm talking about when I say stretching the neck is those exercises that you've probably seen if not are already doing where you pull on your head to the side to the right and maybe you hold that for 30 seconds and you pull the other way then you turn your head so you're looking down towards your armpit and you pull your head down. That would be a traditional neck stretch but what's crazy, this is crazy, we at Novera do not recommend that and that stretch or stretching the neck in general actually in large part is not helpful. That doesn't mean that it's never helpful in any situation or that no one ever feels better doing those stretches. There are scenarios where if someone says that that stretch really seems to help, that's okay. There's not a ton of harm done in those so if you've been doing those and you feel like there's someone helpful, that's okay. But what we're going to do on this podcast is we're going to bust through a barrier here and provide some insights into why stretching the neck isn't helpful. What we're going to do is going to reveal, we're going to talk about the mechanics of the neck, why the upper part of the neck is crucial. There's actually five things, five rules for exercise to address headaches and migraines that I came up with, okay. So the first is exercise needs to be specific so we'll exercises need to restore proper function and that can be looking at either the shoulder or the neck and we're going to talk about how exercises need to address shoulder tension, all right. The shoulder is closely related to the neck. If you listen to my last podcast, you'll know all about that. You're an expert on that now. We're going to touch on that a little bit. Exercise should address stability, okay. Stability of the shoulders, stability of the neck and then exercise should be sustainable, all right. You should be able to do these things for a long time. If the dentist told you to brush your teeth and floss, you wouldn't say well for how long, it was just assumed you will continue that for the rest of your life as long as you want teeth, right. If you don't want your teeth, you don't have to brush your teeth but in our scenario, if you don't want headaches, you're probably going to have to do something actively to avoid this problem that will lead to headache or migraine symptoms, all right. So why stretching the neck isn't helpful. Let's jump into these five rules for exercise and if you're new to this podcast, I want to welcome you to this podcast and let you know that we get down to both. We want to provide you, I want to provide you with the source of what's happening and real practical information that you can take home and do something with. There's a lot of things that we talk about here. This is going to be one of those podcasts where I think it's going to be very helpful and applicable for you trying to do self -care, understanding what your neck needs and even looking for providers because this can be a tool or a framework and knowing okay they they prescribe these exercises, maybe they're not working and here might be why because they don't the mark. If you go to a physical therapist and you say I have headaches or migraines or I have a neck problem, they very well might give you those stretches I described. You're pulling on the head to the side or your head's rotated and they're trying to stretch your neck, all right. We're going to talk about why that's not super helpful. The other things they might do is they might overload your neck. We'll talk about that a little bit. They might challenge the systems here, the shoulders, the neck more than they should be challenged, okay. So there's compensations, there's patterns that our body gets into and they're not necessarily the most efficient. So the way we move, the way we hold ourselves is likely there's a level of compensation there and so if we add load to that it can actually increase the issue and so we're going to break down these five rules. The first rule, exercises need to be specific. So when we're talking about headaches or migraines, when we say specific, if we're going to apply a stretch to the neck, the stretch itself needs to be specific to the problem site in the neck. So the neck is made up of all these different vertebrae, okay. The upper vertebrae mechanically are shaped differently than the mid and the lower vertebrae, all right. So from C3 down, each of those different bones in the neck, they interact with each other and allow us to do about a combined like well each does about five degrees of rotation with a combination of flexion, side bending, that sort of thing. So the mid portion of the neck total is going to equal about 45 degrees of rotation. The upper part of the neck, just C1 and C2, those first two bones, make up for the other 45 degrees. Now when we're thinking about the problem, what is the problem? Why is this person's neck irritated and why is it referring pain to their head? Well we know that anywhere from C0, so basically the base of the skull, down to C3, anywhere in that area, so basically if you're listening to this, or if you're watching, you'll see me pushing on the upper part of my neck. So it's that fleshy part just below the base of the skull. We talk about it a lot. That's going to be the sensitive area. That's what I'm talking about. That area can refer pain into the head. If we start getting into the lower segment, so C4 or C3 and down, that area doesn't necessarily refer into the head, all right. So when we're thinking about how do we restore movement to the upper part of the neck, we need to isolate the upper part of the neck, all right. So if you, and this is the primary reason why that specific exercise of pulling on the side of your head is not recommended at noveira. So when you pull on the side of your head or you rotate and you kind of pull down, what you're doing is you're doing a general stretch. So all of these different neck joints feeling are this pressure, this tension that you put through. Now you've been functioning likely for years with very little motion in the upper part of the neck. And so what has happened over time is the middle portion of your neck has had to pick up the slack. It's had to do more work because almost everyone we see can still turn their head about 70, 80, 90 degrees. It's just not coming from that C1 and C2 segment. So remember C1 and C2 does 45 and then the rest of that 45 or so comes from the middle and lower segments. If the upper part's not rotating, then the middle part and lower part has to pick up the slack. So instead of 45 degrees, they're being asked to do the 70, the 80, all right. So they're being strained and they're being pushed to do more than they want. So if you pull on the side of your head or pull down on your neck, it's not specific enough to target the upper part of the neck. So really all you're doing is stretching the segments in the neck that are already sort of overworked. And oftentimes when you do this stretch, it almost feels a little bit uncomfortable. Now, to be fair, the intent of the stretch is not necessarily to loosen up joints in the neck, but it is to relieve tension that's running through the upper trap and some of these other neck muscles. Now that is technically stretching or lengthening the upper trap muscle. But the reason we don't like it is because you do that essentially at the expense of the neck. And the problems that we see arise that lead ultimately to the head pain that you're experiencing, it goes back to the joints. And the joints are not liking that stretch, even though the muscle might get some benefit. And when the joints don't like it, you might even be in a worse scenario. So while you're doing it, there is a sense where it feels a little bit better in the moment because you're getting that stretch through the upper trap. But ultimately, we recommend that people hold off or we just don't recommend that stretch in general because it's not specific enough to the upper part of the neck. A while back, I made a video talking about how you shouldn't sleep on your stomach. And the same principle is in that. So when you sleep on your stomach, your head's rotated. When your head is rotated, it will default to demanding more from the middle part of the neck. It's not as if rotating your head to the side and laying like that for eight hours is helpful to stretch out the upper neck. It's not the way it works. It just stresses out the mid portion of the neck, which is already irritated and kind of overworked. The upper part of the neck isn't moving. And so when you ask it to move and you just set it in that position, it's likely just going to be irritated. And again, it's because of the specificity, the specific stretch needs to be to the upper part of the neck. Now, how do you do that? Well, the Sam device, which there's a portion of this podcast where it pauses and then I talk about the same device, the same device does that. That's why I created it. We also have things like the towel stretch. Um, the towel stretch was created by a physical therapist and you basically use a towel to apply a specific stretch to the upper part of your neck. When you work with people, uh, virtually that's part of the program. And then also, uh, in, oh man, I can't, I can't remember if it's in our masterclass. I think it may be. Um, but there's a, the towel stretch for the upper cervical spine is more specific. So that is one that we like to provide people. All right. So that's principle. Number one is being specific or rule. Number one, rule number two is exercises need to restore proper function. So we talked about how the neck and the shoulders are not functioning properly. You can still reach up overhead. You can still turn your head left and right. Look up and down. You can still do all these things, but it doesn't mean that it's efficient. It doesn't mean the muscles are being recruited the right way. The joints are all working as they should. And so those compensations are a problem. And so we need to restore proper function. So when we think about the neck, that really just means we're restoring the rotation that's lost through C1 and C2. When we think about the shoulders, talked a lot about this in my last podcast last week, but essentially it's restoring the resting position. And when you reach up overhead and reach behind you and you're, and you're doing these activities that are in front of you throughout the day, how are your shoulders? Um, how are the muscles being recruited so that it's an efficient, stable shoulder? It's not transferring tension up into the neck. So we big muscles doing the big jobs, little muscles doing the little jobs and the shoulder conditioned to do that properly. And part of that is just retraining the brain and how to, how to work, how to recruit these different muscle groups. Um, but in order to retrain that we actually have to physically interact with the tissue to some extent in order to, um, free it up so that it can function the way it should. All right. So rule number three is, uh, the exercises need to address shoulder tension. So when we think about if, when someone comes to us and, uh, during their initial evolves, we're starting our process. We will likely focus on the neck. When we're here in person, we'll do some stuff to the shoulder. When we're talking about things to do at home, a lot of what we talk about is actually more shoulder focused. We don't provide a ton as far as the neck is concerned. So you think there'd be like a dozen neck exercises that we'd have people do, but really there's not a lot of what we focus on as far as what someone can change or do on their own is more shoulder focused. And so shoulder tension is an important factor when we're trying to reduce stress on the neck. So the formula is this it's pretty simple. We restore function to the neck and we do that, um, primarily through hands -on manual techniques. It's, and if you're remote or virtual, uh, that's the Sam device that will help restore function to the upper part of the neck. Okay. And then part two of that is we want to reduce, uh, tension through the shoulders. The shoulders are anchored on the neck. There's probably a dozen or so muscles that originate either in the spine or in the shoulder and then attach or anchor on the neck. And so the they're, they're helping hold your head up, but that's not necessarily their primary role, but when the tension increases, they're just tethered and constantly pulling to some extent on the neck. And so your neck is, is feeling this irritation partially because of shoulder tension. And when we think about the things that are lower risk for someone to do at home, meaning like when I say low risk, it's what, what can you do on your own? That's going to feel good and not put you at risk of like irritating the neck and then causing a headache or migraine. Well, in those categories, it's generally going to be shoulder stuff. Okay. So things like pec stretches, like laying on a foam roller with your arms out to the side, things like rows or different exercises to actually, um, can counteract that tension by getting movement back through your shoulders. That can even be things like talking about posture, sleep position, finding ways to give your shoulders a break so that they don't constantly, uh, translate tension into the neck.
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A highlight from Institutions Are Getting Ready for the Next Bull Market | Weekly Top Five
"Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world. What's going on, guys? It is Saturday, September 9th, and that means it's time for the weekly recap. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying The Breakdown, please go subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review, or if you want to dive deeper into the conversation, come join us on the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit .ly slash breakdown pod. Hello friends, back with round two of the dialogue news analysis show that I've been experimenting with with Scott Melker on Fridays. Still doesn't really have a name. So for you guys, it is just the weekly recap, but on this show, we're digging deeper into a bunch of things that we've covered this week on The Breakdown, as well as some things that we haven't. We talk about Visa's stablecoin settlement program, the FASB changing the accounting rule, a slew of discussions around Genesis and DCG, including Genesis suing DCG, a little bit more ETF talk because it's 2023. So what else are we going to talk about? And then the recent CFTC decisions against a set of DeFi protocols. As always, this content is a little bit more opinionated and analysis versus just what happened. And I think that if I have to sum it up, what all of these stories sort of look like to me or where their common through line is, is entering this phase of final cleanup and preparation and transition from everything that was to everything that will be. You're seeing half of the stories that come out about new TradFi integrations and institutional programs and infrastructure being built, and then half the programs that are about legal battles and cleanup from what happened before. To the extent that there is a shift in feeling among those legal battles, more and more of others and availing themselves of the legal system to actually get better policy made. And so I think net net the trend is towards positivity and the next thing versus being dragged down by the last thing. That said, there is still a lot of cleanup left from last year. So let's dive in and see what you guys think. So it was pretty challenging this week to get down to a top five in my very humble opinion, so much so that I kind of like listed a few honorable mentions here. I am not even in the top five apparently as a jam or JP Morgan moves into deposit tokens for settlements. Stake was hacked by North Korea once again. How can we stop North Korea from hacking us? We have apparently the U .S. authority is an FBI looking into DCG and the IMF saying not to ban crypto. And those aren't even in our top five stories. Pretty crazy week, I would say. But what is is visa taps, Lana and USDC stablecoin to boost cross border payments. Do you want to dig into this for me? It seems that they already were piloting this for quite a while. They've been doing it on Ethereum, but that they've now moved on mostly to Solana because it's faster and cheaper. I mean, I think there's a couple of things that are interesting about this. One is, you know, I think the overarching is Visa just absolutely plowing ahead with the integration of crypto rails as part of its normal course of business. I think what's meaningful about moves like this is that you're sort of moving out of the realm of, oh, it's a cute pilot project for the sake of headlines into this is just another option to settle transactions, which is the core business that we're doing. And I think putting kind of a fine point on that is the fact that this wasn't like I don't believe at least that Visa sat down with the Solana Foundation and cooked up something big. This is just Visa tapping into existing public infrastructure, making a decision to do it, which is exactly what you'd want to see in the normal course of sort of crypto adoption is, again, not sort of headline driven partnerships, quote, unquote, but just integrations of infrastructure. And I think that's that's what we saw here. Yeah, I agree. And Kai Sheffield, who's the head of the Visa side of this, did a great thread on it and said exactly what you just did. You basically said, listen, this is how this thread you guys should take it. This is how Visa works, right? When we settle a transaction, it's between the merchant and the bank. And this is just a better way to do it that we're piloting for anyone who wants to use USDC. They're effectively saying what we've known all this time is that there is a better way to do this, a faster way that eliminates intermediaries and settles even quicker. I mean, it seems like such a layup, but like you said, this didn't require them going to the Solana Foundation or calling a CEO. They just said there's an existing technology here that can make our business better and are adopting it. I think there's just absolutely huge. And yet again, one of those things that's not making noise in this bear market or this crypto winter, whatever we call it, that will be in a year. One of those narratives that we look back on and go, holy crap, Solana is working with Visa and this is how Visa is settling their transactions as we see Solana go up by a few hundred percent. I really think these are going to be meaningful stories in a year when the bull market picks up. I think one of the things that is going to be sort of fascinating to see is Solana has had a real trial by fire, which it was always going to, you know, anytime you have an alt layer one that rises to be sort of the darling of a bull cycle, it has to then go through a bear cycle and see if, you know, was it just venture capitalists taking advantage of a new narrative to make a bunch of money or does it have actual staying power. And Solana had it extra hard because of its association with SAM and FTX and Alameda. And so the fact that you still have people building on it that range from, you know, small projects all the way to sort of Visa, I think is testament to the fact that it's sort of gone through and is working its way through that trial by fire. Yeah, in fact, I mean, from a market perspective, you would think that because of the relationship with SPF and FTX that it was almost beaten down more, obviously, than it should have been and should be one of those that actually has further to rise, right? I mean, the reversion to the mean for Solana when you see the things Ethereum doing and that Matic and Polygon, these partnerships should be tremendous to see. There's still a ton of building happening on Solana. For what it's worth, that's been my assessment of a lot of, you know, we got down to, what was it, you know, 17, 18 ,000 in Bitcoin, you know, sort of the lows post FTX, and we decoupled from the larger macro to the downside. And I think a lot of what we've been doing since then is to some extent finding where the bottom was supposed to be for this cycle, you know, to the extent that there is such a thing. You know, it's always been kind of interesting to see people kind of, you know, why are we at 26 or 30 or whatever it's, you know, my feeling has been that it wasn't necessarily some sort of, you know, big move. It was just that reversion to the mean of, you know, this thing isn't totally dying. And we're back to sort of where the bottom might have been had it not been for catastrophic fraud all over the place. A hundred percent, even if you just look at sort of the four year cycle, we had what would have been the bottom on the chart when, you know, people view that metric in different ways, but where weekly RSI was oversold and all this bottomed around 20. And then all of a sudden we got this sort of FTX black swan, but retraced that across the entire market in just two months. So I really do think that right now, 25K is just sort of fair value. Right. It's where price was before and after Graysdale, before and after BlackRock and before and after sort of FTX. So I agree with that. I think that that means this is just that part of the cycle. Yeah. There's something to be said for people like not being real stressed out about where the price is too, just as a psychological indicator of that. Like, you know, yeah, it would be nicer if it was 30, but at 30, we're getting kind of excited. At 26, we're just sort of hands up shrug. I guess this is kind of where we are for a while. Absolutely. So I think the next story, and I think that this one is one of the biggest stories of the year, actually, is FASB's crypto accounting shakeup could learn more corporate investment. Michael Saylor and others argue for anyone who wasn't paying attention. You've probably watched the show. You've probably heard the nuance of this, but effectively we had Michael Saylor and MicroStrategy buying Bitcoin, sparking the last bull market. I think it's fair to say it was like August 2020, and that led to the massive run up Tesla buying, Square buying. And we saw that Michael Saylor sat down with, I believe it was 2000 CFOs of companies. We were all so excited that February of 2021, he was going to teach them all how to put Bitcoin on the balance sheet. Crickets, right? It absolutely didn't happen. And it turned out that was a result of the way that they had to account for their Bitcoin on their balance sheet, which was effectively to peg it to the lowest point it was during that quarter and then take the loss. And even if it was higher, you couldn't take the game. Well, those rules are now changing in 2025. So I don't think that this is a massive catalyst at the moment, but this opens up just huge potential in the future. Yeah, I mean, it's funny. I love the quotes around this one because the people who are on the FASB were basically like, it's very rare that we get to do something that's incredibly obvious, time saving and right. And but this is that, you know, and that's why it had a unanimous vote. It just the way that it was accounted for didn't make sense before. And to your point, Scott, you know, I don't think this is going to be a theme to any time you start to kind of look at institutions getting involved in some way, there's a temptation to view every story as it should be a bigger deal than it is. But really, it's all about the slow accumulation of normalization. And this is just another part of that. You know, no one is going to make the decision to put Bitcoin or either anything on their balance sheet because they know how to account for it, but they might have come close and not because they didn't know how to account for it or the way that they would have accounted for it didn't make any sense to them. So it's kind of a barrier clearing process that I think is part and parcel of where we are in the cycle as well. That's right. Now, if they want to, they can. And before, if they wanted to, they couldn't unless they were out of their mind and wanted to piss off their board and shareholders. Right. I mean, Michael Saylor obviously here saying fair value accounting is coming to Bitcoin. This upgrade to FASB accounting rules eliminates a major impediment to corporate adoption of Bitcoin as a treasury asset. Like I said, guys, this is a 2025 thing, but this is going to give those CFOs and risk managers a long time to actually consider this. And then James Lavish, I just want to point out, he did an incredible thread on this. If you're looking to have it explained to you, I think in more layman's terms, this is the thread you want to go to. Now, listen, we I think we all are clear on that one. This next story, we had to effectively like rope in five different things because this is everything grayscale at the moment and it's a monster headache, in my opinion. But the first one that I went, I think, went completely unnoticed as part of the Genesis story is they're shuttering their crypto trading desk for the U .S. market. This is their OTC trading desk. I'm going to be honest with you, Nathaniel, I didn't know that they still had a trading desk. Yeah, I think that's why they went unnoticed, because people would have assumed that it was just gone already. Right. But I really thought that in their bankruptcy they had capitulated and that their business had basically wound down. But apparently they were still a major player. And this is important because this is how huge entities largely buy and sell Bitcoin. Right. They're not going on Coinbase and placing a bunch of bits. Michael Saylor might be, honestly, but most of them do this through institutional OTC deaths. And this could leave a gaping hole. I mean, Max Boonen, who I love, said, so Genesis trading stops trading. Why? And no one on crypto Twitter is commenting on it. But at the same time, we see the news. Coinbase begins offering crypto loans to large U .S. institutional investors. That's the other side of Genesis's business. But clearly, Coinbase is coming into is stepping in to try to fill this Genesis vacuum. Yeah, I mean, it is a big loss to have sort of a prime brokerage esque service that, you know, the most notable one totally decommissioned. But at the same time, you know, you have to think that any institution worth its salt, any investor worth its salt, saw the writing on the wall, you know, basically probably as soon as withdrawals started being halted in November and started making other plans. So even if there was still business going through there, you have to think that some of that was starting to shift. It does leave a vacuum, but, you know, nature abhors a vacuum and so do crypto markets. And especially with so many institutions now lurking around the edges of the space, building infrastructure for it, you have to think that that's that gap is going to be filled by more than just crypto native companies like Coinbase real, real soon.
Art Beauty
A highlight from A Whiff of Innovation: Breaking Barriers with Ourside Fragrance
"This is the Art Beauty podcast where we are always reaching for truth in beauty. Remember the brands on the show are not paying to be here so we get to ask the questions you want answered because you deserve to be informed so you can make the best choices for yourself. With that said, I'm Amber and today my fabulous co -host is Tada Burke Williams. She is the founder of Our Side Perfumes and I am so excited to have her on today. This I'm telling you has become the scent that is like, I'm most excited to add to my fragrance wardrobe. Welcome to the show, Kaita. Thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to connect and chat more. I am too. So I got to tell you, we've done a number of podcasts on fragrance and certainly fragrance is something that is so personal and that's hard to describe. It's hard to sell. You have to smell fragrance, but this is a fragrance and I'll tell you for me, it is dusk. You have three incredible fragrances, which we'll be talking all about, but this is one that I have been wearing and people will literally stop me and say, oh my God, what are you wearing? And for me, that's just like one of the highest compliments and I kind of love that. Yes, I love that too and that makes me so happy that you're a dusk fan. That is the second fragrance we formulated and I also like love it. I think it's kind of the it person scent. It like shows that you are all about it without trying too hard and I love it for like a night out, a date night. Dusk is that girl. I mean, I'm wearing it right now just in my house. It's like one of those fragrances that you're like, oh, and it feels luxurious. You know, I'm gonna get into all of the fragrances, but I found that your story is so interesting and forgive me for saying this, I feel like the traditional perfumers, right? One, a lot of them are men, right? A lot of them are working for some of like the big fragrance houses. I would love to know how you got into fragrances. Like what was your journey? Yeah, definitely. I think fragrance can be a little pale and male as I like to say, but for me, my love of fragrance, I think has pretty much always existed. Some of my earliest memories have scent associated with them like smelling a honeysuckle at our house in Ohio or the smell of hot dogs in a parking lot, like all of those kinds of nostalgic scents. Those are part of my memories. And for me, I was that girl who never really fit in. I grew up in this multicultural household. My mom is Jamaican and she's an immigrant. My dad was black from the South, but I grew up in this very small suburb and never really fit in anyone's box. And so I looked for escapes. At first that escape was through figure skating and then through reading and then later through scent. So whether it was going to Bath and Body Works and smelling the cucumber, melon, lotion or burning candles with my mom on the weekend, for me scent was this thing where I could close my eyes, breathe deep and just for a little bit transported somewhere else. So that was kind of the earliest inklings of my love for scents. But to your point, it's been a journey. I never thought that I could do anything with it. So I followed kind of a straight and narrow path and I went to college and I worked for two big corporations before finally being at business school where I had a conversation with my sister that sparked the idea for what would become our side. Okay, wait a minute. So you went to business school, were you thinking that you were gonna be in sort of cosmetics, fragrance? What were you thinking? Girl, what were you thinking? I know, right? I was not thinking that. I did not think I would do anything with entrepreneurship. And I am somebody who's existed kind of outside the beauty community. I don't wear a ton of makeup. I like it. I'm just bad at applying it. Girl, you don't need it. You look radiant and beautiful. Thank you. And for me, I've always loved scent, but I've kind of loved men's fragrances. I liked buying oils from the farmer's market and kind of experimenting with things that weren't really what was offered. So I never really felt like I was represented. And it was a conversation with my sister, Kasia. She's three years younger than me, so she's kind of on this Gen Z cusp where we realized that she had gone into a Credo beauty store and she had made a lot of swaps for conscious beauty products and she had stopped wearing fragrance because she was like traditional fragrance kind of gives me headaches and we have asthma and allergies. She's like, it's just like too much. I don't really feel seen or represented by these bigger brands. I don't feel like their values have really come up to date. And so I think I'm just gonna sit it out and not wear fragrance anymore. And I was like, well, that's so disappointing because we see all of these new creators and new visions in color cosmetics and skincare and haircare. So why doesn't that exist yet in fragrance? And we decided that maybe we should be the people to bring that to life, which was this crazy wild idea. And so it really started as this tiny idea. I got a grant from Harvard to start working on the idea, start learning more since I'm not from the industry and did like all the research, all of the things. And that's kind of how we got our start.
Bitcoin Audible
A highlight from Read_762 - Bitcoin's Security Model Deep Dive
"When discussing consensus mechanisms for different cryptocurrencies, one issue that often causes arguments is a lack of understanding and definition of the security model that they provide for the historical data in the ledger. The best in Bitcoin made audible. I am Guy Swan and this is Bitcoin Audible. What is up guys, welcome back to Bitcoin Audible. I am Guy Swan, the guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anybody else you know. We've got another blast from the past today, but this is another great one from Jamison Lop that is basically forever applicable because it's a deep dive, it's a breakdown of the Bitcoin security model. I think it's interesting just to kind of think about it from the context of 2016 when this was written and then now how much different the hash and mining landscape is. But just to be able to kind of take this model and do the same sort of math and the same sort of, especially, it's funny too, how much, this was in 2016 so this was before the block size war. And there are two things in this that he basically lays out that kind of give you the full outcome of the block size war before the block size war happened. One reason why the block size war happened and then another reason as to why the full nodes, why the user activated soft fork won during the block size war. But obviously it's not really in that context, he just kind of lays out some important structural elements of the security and the power dynamics in Bitcoin. And it's like you take that to their logical conclusion and you have the outcome of the block size war which I thought was just kind of fascinating. You know, I've always contended that the big blockers, the reason that the hard fork side lost wasn't just because they had the wrong path thinking ahead, but because they didn't understand Bitcoin as it was today. And maybe if they did understand those critical elements, those kind of deeper elements of Bitcoin, they could have won the block size war in some form or fashion or at least they could have not lost so miserably. But you can also say they would have chosen a different path and they wouldn't have had the mindset that they did. But anyway, we'll get into that a little bit in the guys take. Let's go ahead and hit the article and we'll thank our sponsors real quick before we do. This show is brought to you by the Fold debit card and app. This is literally the center of all of the things that I do in banking now. All of my fiat goes through Fold and I just get sats back on freaking everything. I use the gift cards whenever they're available, I use the debit card to get 1 % back on everything, and I get spins constantly so I just get free sats. I know for some of you it's not in your jurisdiction, but if it is available to you, you've really got to check out Fold. BitcoinAudible .com slash Fold. You can actually get 100 ,000 free sats right now. And then you can put those sats into your cold card hardware wallet which you can get 9 % off of with code BitcoinAudible. I have recently learned, thanks to UTXO over at Nodeless, a very disheartening news that a lot of you, even the Bitcoin only -ers, still have your Bitcoin on Coinbase or Binance. And I'm not kidding, this like literally worries me. Please, get a cold card, get a solid hardware wallet, get a tap signer. They're really cheap. None of this, so much of this is easy and affordable for securing your life savings. And it certainly doesn't hurt that you get 9 % off with code BitcoinAudible. Get a cold card and withdraw, please. And lastly, you want to accept Bitcoin and Lightning in your online store and you want zero, none of the headache? That is why Nodeless exists.
The Hair Radio Show with Kerry Hines
What Is the HeadBed? Creator Catherine Randabel Explains
"We got so much to talk about. First of all, Catherine, technically I should welcome you back to the Hair Radio Morning Show. You have been with us many times, in the past, and one of the major reasons, I should say, is because of what you have done, and who you are. As the creator of Headbed, you've done just an enormous contribution to the hair and beauty industry, so first of all, let's have you tell everybody, officially, what Headbed is. Well, thank you, Gary. My clients used to come see me with neck pain, shoulder pain, headaches, after having been to a hair salon. It got me thinking about the position of a person's head and neck when they are at the shampoo basin, and research from the medical literature shows, and I was not surprised to find, that there's medical evidence of neck injury, and even, in the worst case scenario, stroke. So I designed the Headbed to have a support placed under the head of the person, and therefore, it takes all the weight off the head, and the neck, therefore, can relax. There's a lot less pressure on the neck, and it delicate blood vessels and nerves, when the head is properly supported at the basin. The neck can take up to 40 pounds of pressure on the vertebrae, if the head is reclined backwards and not supported at the shampoo basin. So this is what really motivated me, nearly, yeah, seven years ago now, to design and research and make a Headbed. Well, I'm just blown away, because first of all, for our listeners out there, you know, the folks who are in and around the hair and beauty industry, this may be the very first time they're really ever hearing of a syndrome such as this. Can you talk to us a little bit about this, and how it's, you know, this has kind of come to light? I mean, you really have been sharing this for quite a bit of time, so kind of bring everybody up to speed on what this beauty parlor syndrome, stroke syndrome, is all about. Yes, well, it was actually published by a New York doctor, a neurologist, who started looking at a pattern of injury and strokes that happened particularly to women, middle -aged women in particular, as they'd come back from hair salon. So whether the same day or a few days later, they develop symptoms of slurred speech or pain down the arm or headaches, and then eventually ended up with strokes. And these would be ladies in their 40s and 50s. So he published an article in a very prestigious medical journal to say, look, there is a very definite problem there. So beauty parlor stroke syndrome, as it's called, or salon sync radiculopathy, which is a very fancy name to say that pain travels down the nerve branches of the neck from too much pressure on the neck. And that all happens because a human head weighs anything between four to five kilos, which is about eight to 10 pounds.
Bitcoin Audible
A highlight from Read_761 - A Sound Bitcoin Financial System [Alex B]
"I believe it's important to go back to what this sovereignty is made of. Bitcoin works because an economic majority is aligning incentives for every constituent of the network. The longer tail of the economic distribution may choose to run a node and validate consensus, but ultimately consensus follows the money. The best in Bitcoin made audible. I am Guy Swan, and this is Bitcoin Audible. Welcome back to Bitcoin Audible. What is up guys, I am Guy Swan, the guy who has read more about Bitcoin than anybody else you know. We have got a piece, we are continuing with our sidechain article series, our thread of articles back and forth about this idea of really breaking down into what Bitcoin's evolutionary path looks like when we're talking about a billion users. We've already covered basically five or six episodes on this topic because I covered the first article drivechains from BitMEX and then the piece by AJ Towns which I've got linked to all of these because Alex B mentions them in this article and links to them so I'll have links to the actual reads if you haven't covered them yet. I mean it doesn't really change anything about this piece, but it's really, really great context. This is going to make a whole lot more sense if you listen to those episodes. So there's 757, 758, and I think 760 if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, and 759 is actually Blockstream's piece about interoperable sidechains and liquid and lightning and all of these things. So I think it's very, very relevant and I just wanted to kind of cover it both as part of a break from the series, but also it was just really relevant to what we are talking about. So this is essentially a follow -up to Fiat Jaff's article on drivechains' future in Bitcoin. And he lays out a really good argument that I touched on, same sort of concept that I touched on in, I think it was in the guy's take of James O 'Byrne's episode, so it was 758. But Alex B does a really good job in this piece, basically kind of fleshing that out a little bit more. So we will do a recap in the guy's take. This show is brought to you by CoinKite, the makers of the cold card, the block clock, the block clock mini, the block clock micro, the open dime, the sats card, the tap signer. Just so many amazing Bitcoin security and hardware products. You have got to check them out if you haven't. 9 % off the cold card with the code BitcoinAudible, special just for you guys. Details will be right there in the show notes. This show is also brought to you by Fold, the makers of the Fold debit card. I just don't know what else to say other than having my entire Fiat banking life give me sats back in every possible way, whether it's gift cards with 2%, 3 % back, 7 % back sometimes, normal grocery expenditures and bills that all give me 1 % back. I just can't imagine ever going back to old shitty Fiat where I just pay all these bills and get nothing. If you aren't doing this and you want 100 ,000 sats for free, go to my link, BitcoinAudible .com slash Fold. It's right there in the show notes. And lastly, if you want to accept Bitcoin in your online store or for your project or for your e -commerce, anything, and you want it to be as simple as possible, you want Bitcoin on chain, you want lightning, and you just want it to work, Nodeless .io. Nodeless is a no KYC service that does all of the heavy lifting and just forwards all payments directly to you. Check out my referral link at BitcoinAudible .com slash Nodeless and you can make your own referral link for the other people that you know who want to receive Bitcoin and don't want all the headache. Send them to Nodeless. All right, with that, let's jump into today's read. And it's titled A Sound Bitcoin Financial System, written by Alex B.
Food Addiction, the Problem and the Solution
From Fuzz Brain to Divorce Rage: Theresa Wright Talks Food Addiction Withdrawal Symptoms
"A moment about withdrawal from our foods. I know that when I got abstinent, and I did the drive -through, I did the donuts, I did all of that, and at 57 years old, I weighed 203 pounds. I'm now 70 pounds, yeah. It took me a while to get in here. But I recovered from alcoholism and got sober and then began using food and sugar in a big way. So at 57 years old, I even said the denial was that I still did not think I was that bad to get into a recovery program. Now I know I need to, and the powerlessness is not helplessness. But I did have to withdraw from my foods. I had to withdraw from the volume addiction. I had to withdraw from the sugar, sometimes flour with people. Talk about the withdrawal, the irritability, and the brain fog when people, before they start eating the way you tell them they need to eat, what they can expect. Well, you know, I've done a lot of careful study of my clients, and I'm actually applying to do a research project with Drexel University on the fact that withdrawal exists as a physical response to taking all the drug foods out of your food then. In the beginning, in the first three or four days, people have headaches and diarrhea alternating with constipation, and they have strong cravings, and they're hungry all the time. And along about the end of the first week, people have anxiety and irritability and mood swings, and they feel like they can't live their life this way. And then along about two weeks, I hear from my clients that my whole body aches. Do you think I have fibromyalgia? No, I don't think you have fibromyalgia. I think you're in withdrawal. And they're tired, and they're nauseated, and the food cravings are awful. And later on, they have fuzz brain. They just feel like their brain is foggy, and that's because the body is replacing the brain cells and fixing the brain cells and reconnecting them. And so they can't think quite clearly for a while, and then suddenly, their mind is clear as a bell, and they know what they need to do, and they're off. And then they have the fuzz brain again, and it comes back. And then they know what they need to do, and they move. And then they become furious. I have had people threaten to divorce their spouses on the 19th day of abstinence. There is this rage that comes out of nowhere and beats you up and makes you feel like you can't stand yourself, and you can't stand anyone else. After that, the fatigue, like I'm walking up a hill, need to eat my peanut butter is what my clients say. I'm so tired, and my brain is fuzzy, and I just tell them to go to bed, take a nap, drink extra fluid, wash this stuff out of your body. Somehow food addicts don't drink enough water. You need half your body weight in ounces of water. You've got to wash that stuff out of your body, because if you don't, the kidneys send it to the liver where it's recycled into fat cells. So you have to focus on drinking enough water in that first month. And then people get chest congestion and coughing. They think it's COVID, and it could be at this point in life, but sometimes it's the body replacing lung tissue, and the extra lung stuff is coming up, and they have fatigue.
Overthrowing Education
A highlight from Encore of Episode 2: Jon Cassie: Game-Based Learning
"Hey, it's Batsheva. I've pulled this episode out of the archive vault for you, in case you hadn't heard it before. But if you have already heard it, well, you might want to listen again because this time you'll know all the answers to the 5 -Minute Game Show. And also because there's always something to learn from my wonderful guests. With the exception of adding this intro, I'm bringing you the original episode in its original form, which is also kind of a time capsule. So enjoy. The Arting Institute presents Overthrowing Education with your host, Batsheva Frankel. Today's episode is sponsored by Edu Game -o -rama! My students are so bored. I've tried to pepper my lectures with jokes, funny PowerPoints, and once I even tap danced throughout my class. The students just complained of headaches. I'm not the best tap dancer, as it turns out. What can I do to engage my students more? You need to change your bored students into board game students. What do you mean? Why sounding deep male voice? I mean, it's time to get with the 21st century. It's time for Edu Game -o -rama! Ed? The Guru -Lama? Uh, no. Edu Game -o -rama! It's the quick acting wand that you wave over your lessons and turn them into critical thinking games and student -centered gamified learning activities, guaranteed to engage even the most disaffected student. Is that all it takes? Just a wave of the Edu Game -o -rama wand? Well, that and a lot of creativity and work on your part. I'll do it. I'm saying goodbye to frontal teaching and hello to giving my students a deeper understanding and more engaging experiences. Edu Game -o -rama! Order your wand today! Side effects of Edu Game -o -rama may include complete student engagement and deeper learning. Thank you for joining us here at the Arte Institute for Overthrowing Education, a humorous and helpful podcast for positive change. I'm your host, Batsheva Frankel. In today's episode, Game Changers, I interview games and gamification expert John Cassie. In our conversation, we reveal lots of tips and tools to inspire educators to integrate this engaging pedagogical approach. If you are a student who loves games or just wants a more hands -on and fun way to learn, pass this episode on to your teachers. At the end of my talk with John, I subject him to our five -minute game show, of course. And then, for our segment, In the Trenches, with real teachers and students telling their stories, we have a really special treat. Educator and professional storyteller, Mikayla Bly, tells her hilarious award -winning tale about her gamified curriculum. Give a listen. You won't be sorry. But before we get into all that good stuff, I want to answer a question I've heard quite a bit since starting this podcast. What exactly is the Arte Institute? Because we always start the show with the Arte Institute presents Overthrowing Education. So let me tell you. About seven years ago, I started teaching at this amazing school called Arte Preparatory Academy in Los Angeles. I immediately connected in an educationally philosophical way with the head of Arte Prep, Jim Hahn. We constantly geeked out over the best and most engaging practices, ideas and approaches. And we worked with the faculty to keep making the school better and better. But Jim and I have another broader goal, which is to help all educators, students and parents understand what great education could and should be. And thus, the Arte Institute was founded. To learn more about it and about Arte Preparatory Academy, find links at overthrowingeducation .com. And now here we go. Today on Overthrowing Education, my guest is John Cassie, who I first met after I read his book, Level Up Your Classroom, The Quest to Gamify Your Lessons and Engage Your Students. It was such a great book. So I checked his website, which is, by the way, johncassie .com, and I read his educational philosophy and I immediately knew that we would be friends and that we had to work together. So more on that in a minute. So first, I'm going to tell you about John. He's been a teacher and education leader since 1997 at independent schools in Dallas, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh and in Orange County, the one in California. He is currently director of innovation at TVT Community Day School in Irvine, California. And in his very cool job, he collaborates with teachers and learners to use data to improve instruction and develop curriculum in STEAM, design thinking, digital literacy, maker informed methods and, of course, gamified learning, which is one of the things we're going to talk about today. He's also traveled extensively to speak and consult on curriculum design, program development, game based learning and gamification and education, as well as GLBTQ issues in independent schools. So he's done a lot of really great stuff. John is also the founder of Game Level Learn, which also, by the way, has a great educational podcast. So make sure to give that a listen. And last November, Game Level Learn teamed up with us at the Arte Institute to present the first annual Game Level Learn Con for educators. It was an amazing day of professional development and a lot of fun. So if you want information on Game Level Learn Con 19, check out either gamelevellearn .com or thearteinstitute .org for details. Wow, that was a lot of introduction, but he was well worth it. Hi, John. Hi, Beth. How are you? I'm good. I have so many questions for you and so many things I want to discuss because I love speaking with you about education. Same. And you're so passionate and have so many great experiences. So first, I want to find out how did you get involved in education to begin with? It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do. I've never had any career goals that were not well for about six months. I thought about hotel and travel administration, like doing a business degree, but that's better left for an entirely different podcast. Yeah, things we're glad you didn't do. Yeah, right, right. So I've always wanted to be in education. I thought for the longest time that I'd be in a university setting. But as it became clear that the university setting was really much more about research and less about teaching, that didn't feel quite like the right fit for me as much as being in there, working with teachers, teaching and learning and innovating on teaching and learning practice, which has always been something that's driven me. So I hear that I find the same. And so I'm glad you did take that route led to some great stuff. So let's I want to jump right in and talk about the difference between games and gamification, because I love them both. I use them both. And I think there are many ways to use both in a class, but I think a lot of people don't really understand the difference. So let's talk about that. Yeah, it can be a little tricky when you're getting into this particular method to to fully grasp what's being talked about. Right. A game based learning environment is an environment where you're taking some kind of a game that has been published or designed as a game, which means that it's got a set of rules and there are ways to win. And it's meant to be entertaining and enlightening and a mental challenge and all of that. But it's in the service of playing the game. It's in the service of the game's rule set. There are plenty of games that exist that you could use very productively in a classroom setting, play the game as designed, and you actually could get an executed learning objective out of it. Before you continue, I want you to give a few examples of those. And then after you talk about gamification, I'm going to talk about the third category, which I call deeper learning games, which I'll explain. That's that's my jam. So everybody tell what are some games, like if I'm a history teacher or I'm a science teacher or something, what are some games like out of the box games that might be really cool that you can think of? So just a couple that come to mind. There's a game that was published and I'm talking only in the tabletop space. I'm not talking about video games. There's nothing wrong with video games. They're dynamite. You know what? I'll raise one just to give the example. OK, but I talk more about tabletop because it's a little bit more accessible. Right. I think one example is a game called Codenames. Codenames is a game about vocabulary pattern recognition. So you are giving if you're giving clues, you're looking at a grid of words, five by five. So twenty five words and you've got a little card in front of you that tells you which words of those twenty five. You're responsible for getting your team to guess the team that wins is going to have a clue giver who's able to look at the words and say, OK, well, if I say the word Jupiter three, they're going to pick these three words because they all have some kind of a connection to that word Jupiter. Right. Or, you know, sunshine, too, or whatever. You know, it's like I think sunshine connects to two words. So you're going to tell people that now that's dynamite for vocabulary building, because if you can make analogies and connections between words, not only do you understand the word on its surface level, but you understand it on a more abstract level. Right. So for, you know, all those people doing vocabulary building, anything in your discipline that has vocabulary building within it, you just pull the codenames words and proceed. Right. There's another great game called Machi Koro. That one I haven't heard of. Yeah. Machi Koro is a game about community building. So what you do is you have a little pool of money and you use that pool of money to buy increasingly complex buildings that you use to form a town. And the town, by virtue of what you choose to build, generates revenue based on how other players act and on die rolls that you make and what have. But it's a really nice, easily accessible game to understand how communities are built. That's great. Yeah. A game that I use in my entrepreneurship class called Letters from Whitechapel is a collaborative game where one character plays Jack the Ripper. Right. So it's a it's a high school thing. Right. And everyone else plays police trying to find him. Jack moves around the board using a game mechanic called hidden movement. So the Jack player is writing where he is on a piece of paper behind a screen. The police are investigating across the board, trying to find evidence of where he was. They can make an arrest if they arrest. They declare an arrest action on Space 28. If Jack is in Space 28 when they arrest, the players win. Now, I use that to teach collaboration because the game is so perfect. It's such a pure example of a cooperative, collaborative game that the only way that you can win really is to have effective collaborative team practices. And businesses that have those are more effective than businesses that don't. And learning environments that have those are more effective than ones that don't. And so since collaboration is such a central skill in entrepreneurship and certainly it's certainly important everywhere else. But in entrepreneurship, it's critical. It's a great way right out of the box to teach that skill. So games like those are examples, right? Codenames, great in a middle school setting. Machi Koro, totally playable in upper elementary. Letters from Whitechapel, you want to play it in a high school environment. And, you know, if you go to gamelevellearn .com, I've written about 50 essays looking at the different kinds of game mechanics that exist in games. And giving you the top five, what I think of the top five games in each of those mechanics. So if you wanted to do something that was about collaboration, you could just go to the site, look at the essay on collaboration. Pick one of those games and you'd be good to go. Yeah, I have to say that your website is just full of resources and it's a great thing to check out again. For people that's gamelevellearn .com. That's the games. Yeah, it's game based. That's game based. I want you to talk about gamification, which I also have been using more and more in my classroom. I've done some really cool stuff with my honors English Shakespeare class, history classes. It's great. So tell me about it. Now, gamification is a term used to describe the application of game elements like game mechanics or reward systems or winning or, or, or, where they're not strictly speaking incorporated into a game itself. A classroom gamified uses the procedural tricks that make games fun to play in the service of making learning more engaging, more social, more collaborative or more critically focused, depending on what your objective is. And, you know, in the book and, you know, level up your classroom, I go on at length about different ways to do that. But the idea here is take a game that's fun to play and look at how mechanically the game works. Then strip away the game content, leaving only the game's engine. From there, insert your content into the game's engine and away you go. It's great. And it really does help engage students. And you can use those mechanics to go to deeper places. It isn't about doing the Jeopardy board answer thing. It's about really using the mechanics to move the curriculum forward. That's right. Yeah, it has to be in service of a learning objective, right? This is one of the things that I say and, you know, my co -host on the Game Level Learn podcast, we say all the time, we make two points. One, this is not about the game. It's about the learning objective. The learning objective might be serviced by an environment that is either collaboratively or individually competitive or where the kind of leveling character development concept that you get in some board games and you get in some video games would be useful. Then deploy them because they're going to make the learning better. If they're not going to do that, do something else. And that's I think sometimes folks bogged down there. The second thing we say is, quote, play all the games. Because if you're going to do this effectively, the more games you have yourself played, the more different engines and mechanics you will have encountered. And therefore, you'll be able to say, I see for this learning objective, I really want to bring in a tile building mechanic like in Spring Meadow. OK, I can do that. Or I really need to build sort of these interesting decks of cards for players, player learners, like in the game Dominion. But if you've never played Dominion, you'd never have the idea, which is one of the things that I think sometimes trips people up. They hear game based learning or they hear gamification. They think what we're talking about is a slightly more sophisticated version of Jeopardy or Monopoly or Sorry. Or Chutes and Ladders. Well, you know, if the only poetry you've ever read is a Mother Goose fable, why do you think that you would be able to use it in any kind of meaningful way? No. Read more poetry and you'll be able to do more poetry. You know, if this is something that's of interest to you, but you're not a gamer, go to and go anywhere. There's plenty of game cafes. There are game days and libraries. There are friendly local game stores everywhere, and most of them are full of really keen, friendly people. And if you went up and said, hey, I'm trying to learn some things, anything you can teach me, there's always going to be dozens of people in those places who are like, absolutely. Come on in. Let me teach you this thing. Let me teach you this. Let me teach you this. Right. And, you know, as you learn different kinds of games, you'll know what you want to pick up next or what you want to borrow next or what you want to buy next. And that's how it goes. It's really true. One of the games that's my biggest seller that I created that's called Feed Your Wolves. I was inspired because I saw a lot of the students at my school every morning. I'd come in and they'd be playing these games like Magic the Gathering and games like that that involve interesting cards and die and things that they had to do. And so I was very inspired to create my game sort of based on some it's not like those, but it was definitely inspired by those. And that's the thing. Let yourself be inspired by what you see that your students are interested. What games are they really interested in and let that inspire. I wanted to talk about deeper learning games because that's my as you know, that's my thing. And deeper learning games are games that can be used as assessments. They can be used as part of a project based learning unit. But the idea behind a deeper learning game is that it's really a sophisticated critical thinking type of a game. It's not again, it's not Jeopardy or the whatever version of Candyland. It is, for example, a way to express an idea. So, for instance, in my school, we were doing something about political philosophies. And the students had to create a game that in every way, including the pieces in the way, if it was a board game or whatever the mechanics of the game were, every part of it had to somehow reflect whatever that political philosophy was or the specific topic within that political philosophy that they chose to do. And the playing of that game, when people would come play that game, they could understand what that political philosophy was. Well, you can do that. I've done it on a seventh and eighth grade level. You can do it on a fourth grade level. There's so many ways to adapt that kind of idea once one gets the hang of it. And you can teach your students how to create this kind of deep game where every part of the process is reflecting, like you said, that whatever that big idea is, whatever the learning objectives are, whatever the people who do understanding by design, whatever understanding during is, those are the things that are so meaningful. And then students remember them. I have students come up to me that I had 20 years ago saying, do you remember that game? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Of course I remember that game. They did. So do I. It was great. So those are the things that really kids get so involved in their education. And again, they can be used as a really authentic assessment. It can also be used as a tool for project based learning to actually move your curriculum forward. So great ways to use them. And anybody who wants more details about that can certainly contact me on that one. If you want to come to our Game Level Learn Con 19, then you can certainly learn more about it and we'll have information about that again. So, OK, I know kind of the moment in my teaching early on in my career when I realized how games and gamification could be so effective. Was there a moment or was there something that happened in your career where you were like, oh, my gosh, this is totally the way to go? I mean, I think it's sort of like my sense of wanting to be in this career from the start anyway. It's very much the same from the earliest days of my teaching career. I've always incorporated role playing elements or game elements or different kinds of game mechanics into what I was doing and have continued to do so. You know, ever since, as I become more and more kind of aware of game spaces and what what different games are and what they can do, how they can teach us, et cetera. Yeah, I think it's always been a factor to your point about students coming back and talking to you years after in my very first year of teaching. I played a game with some students called Shape Land, which was about the creation of an industrial class structure and how wealth is distributed in an industrial system unfairly. It concentrates wealth in the hands of people who already had wealth to begin with. And students come back to me, you know, even now, say that was one of the most extraordinary experiences I've ever had playing that game. And, you know, that was more than 20 years ago. So I want to add to the mix of other kinds of games. One of the things I did early on in my career was I used to create these crazy game shows and the students loved them. You know, they all wanted to take turns being the guests and the participants, but they also gave them stuff to do as a studio audience that they had to participate and pay attention. And it was always so much fun. And then the other thing that I did with games is simulations. Sure, sure. They're really moving through space. I mean, there was one where we took over. We didn't take over the school, but we used a lot of the school space in this incredible simulation that was for history class. And it was very moving and really effective. So those are also different kinds of ways that people can use to add games. For sure. Yeah. I did something like that early in early days, a simulation about Salem. And I sort of set up the playing space, which was an external, like a field like Salem town, so that folks knew where they were living in comparison to other people who were accusing or being accused. Wow. Right. Because one scholar, you know, on the Salem hysteria says it really has a lot to do with folks who are part of an in -crowd and in -groups and out -groups. And so that was fascinating.
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"headaches" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
"One quarter so about 24% never slash rarely become pain-free within two hours of taking medication. Okay most of the people we see are not satisfied with their meds. I would say 99% maybe 100% okay so we're seeing this 35-30% of people that are very unsatisfied. Now I would say that there's a probably a majority percentage of people that don't even want to go the medication route. They know that medication is not their solution so they aren't even taking the meds but they're still dealing with these symptoms. It's reported from headache clinics around the country that 50-70% of their patients overuse medication. All right so the physicians that are prescribing these drugs are saying that over half the time patients are overusing their meds and just a quick snapshot of what the outcomes the expected outcomes when you look at the data for these CGRP drugs which are the latest and greatest on the market about half the people that take them should expect about 50% reduction in their symptoms. All right so if you're on the the latest and greatest CGRP medication it's not as if your your migraines are going away and that's where this whole mantra of we as a healthcare as a setup as a whole as a system the outcome with when someone has the migraine diagnosis the outcomes become very sort of bleak you're going to live with this it might go away in like your late 50s or 60s but it's basically going to be there and we can manage the symptoms meaning frequency and intensity and the next medication is basically just that it's messing with changing something in the pain pathway to reduce what you feel and sometimes that means the migraine will you will skip the migraine meaning it you won't even experience that oftentimes you have reduced symptoms but then there's side effects of the medication which oftentimes people say isn't it always better it's just sort of a weird trade-off but you're still missing out on that day so let's talk about what medications are doing there's there's the more commonly prescribed medications out there like tryptans which are going to sort of mimic serotonin levels or impacts how your body would respond as if they were serotonin and and then you've got things like anti-seizure drugs or antidepressants and then these CGRP drugs but let's let's kind of break down neurologically when it comes to the pain transmission because that's really what these medications are doing let's talk about what's actually happening so when it comes to experiencing head or facial pain most of the time the trigeminal nerve is going to be the nerve that's involved so the trigeminal nerve has these three branches so these three branches are going to pick up sensation from the upper middle and lower part of the face okay so anything from pain to dull pressure is going to be picked up by the trigeminal nerve okay so what what's happening on the pharmaceutical side is they're looking at how pain is transmitted okay so are these things there are these things these chemical messengers called neural peptides that are released from the nerve ending so you have these neurons and they send signals and through these synapses which are basically these connections from neuron to neuron okay so and in between those there are chemical messengers that are sent from one to the other and they communicate what should be happening so when the trigeminal nerve is communicating pain these neural peptides are released so these chemical messengers tell the the brain and maybe the vasculature around the brain and then the brain itself what to do and so one of the things that happens is there's a vasodilation so the blood vessels around the brain will actually expand and increase the volume of blood running through those in the case of a headache or migraine that's associated as like a painful vasodilation so oftentimes that throbbing pounding sensation is connected to that vasodilation response so the expanse of those blood vessels in the brain the other thing that happens is it sort of triggers a inflammatory response that will send the pain signal itself so increase in nociception so nociception is just the perception of pain the nerve endings that are going to be be sensitive to pain or pick up pain signal so it increases nociception okay so when we're looking at medication the the medications are impacting this scenario okay so serotonin is going to bind to a receptor that's also associated with this nerve ending and impacting what is happening in that communication process so serotonin has a vasoconstriction effect and so if we can mimic serotonin we can sort of have the reverse effect of this vasodilation that happens when the trigeminal nerve is is signaling that that response within a migraine and so hey guys if you are listening to this podcast the chances are you have headaches or migraines and you're searching for relief outside of medication well maybe you've tried different products on the market or devices traction units things like that but they haven't really scratched that itch and provided you with the relief you're looking for well what we've done here at novera is taken the principles that we teach and abide by in our in-person care and come up with a product that allows you to apply those same pressures and improving mobility to the upper part of your neck at home you see it's called the sam device simple affordable migraine relief and the device allows you to improve mobility to the upper part of your neck and we are excited to announce that it's click on the sam device page where you can look at videos and learn more about the sam product and purchase it for yourself and start treating your headaches and migraines more naturally without medication again that's novera headache center.com and click on the sam device page to purchase your and so you're artificially telling your body to respond as if you had serotonin running through your system and they find that that is helpful in reducing the nociception so the pain response but also it vasoconstricts ergot's which is another classification medication they they will do it they'll have a similar impact on that pain pathway experience so one of these chemical messengers that we see transmit a signal from the nerve ending one of the chemical messengers these neural peptides is a the cgrp so the cgrp with these new drugs it's basically shutting off the impact of that of that protein or that neural peptide being sent okay so again it's a different way of interacting with the pain signal itself it's different than mimicking serotonin or binding to the serotonin receptor to stimulate that same response but it's impacting that chemical the chemical messenger itself so that it doesn't have the same response as if it were if the normal process of pain okay so it's all happening in the neurological system so in our brain in these nerve endings and specifically in the trigeminal nerve but the thing about medication is these so for example like a tryptan it's it's intended to bind to a specific receptor and the reason we have side effects when we take medications is that so let's say you have pain in your head and so there's a painful response and this this cascade of events happens from the nerve ending and releasing these chemical messengers but that that's not necessarily meaning that when you take the medication that it's just impacting that specific neuron that's having that chemical messenger sent so serotonin as a hormone is going to to be systemically distributed and so there's other impacts of serotonin i mean we naturally have serotonin released and we'll talk about that in a little bit but i'll just mention it now that even exercise will increase production of serotonin so exercise itself is a way to naturally increase your body's ability to kind of manage pain and so we don't have to artificially do that we have we can we have methods within our body that naturally work really well and that's a lot of what we're doing i mean we talk about it on a high level but at a chemical level there's there's the same sort mechanisms that medication has we can unlock in our own body and it's really exciting but if we artificially provide this sort of blockage or changing to the pain pathway and how pain's transmitted it doesn't just impact that specific area and so there are side effects to that and that's why medication is described as putting a band-aid on the problem or it's masking it because it is truly it's it's masking it it's masking the symptoms pain itself is a is a wonderful thing in the sense that it tells us what is wrong with our body people that don't experience pain maybe in the case of like leprosy it's debilitating to not experience pain because you if you step on a rock and you develop a sore instead of limping and taking pressure off that which your body will naturally do as it's painful and letting that area heal you'll just continue to go about your day because you won't feel it and you'll develop a larger and larger sore which could become infected and it i mean it could potentially lead to losing a limb and things like that but the body doesn't heal if we don't experience pain and so if every time we got a sore in our foot if we just medicated to shut off the pain or say we took a steroid injected it into that area so we didn't feel the sore so that we could just keep walking that would have very detrimental effects on our body and on that tissue being able to heal okay so pain is not something that should just be shut off at the first it's like a first line of defense okay and so pain needs to be understood as what is causing the pain what's triggering this response so that we can understand how to help the body so and i know saying pain is a helpful thing is probably like uh like i it's hard to agree with that because um as you the listener probably dealing with debilitating headaches and migraines and so uh but it's helpful to understand that our body is signaling us in a way that we should try to understand what's happening instead of just mask it um migraines are debilitating though and so when it comes to medication um it's uh so when it comes to the the impact that migraines have um there is a global burden of disease study in uh in this update in 2013 but migraine on its own was found to be the sixth highest cause of worldwide years lost due to disability um headache disorders collectively so that's a whole gamut of different diagnoses we're the third highest according to the world health organization okay so um it impacts people's lives and so medication has its uh use i mean i'm sure a lot of people listening to this either you're currently taking medication or you have in the past that's been helpful okay so i don't want to discount that all right it's just helpful to understand and put in context because i don't want this underlying problem to continue thinking okay the medication works so i don't need to do anything else all right so when we look at the history of the migraine therapies in about the 1930s um the ergotamines and beta blockers were prescribed so that's like a blood pressure impacting that vasodilation constriction component in 1990s it was um the tryptans again sort of uh serotonin levels um mimicking serotonin 2010 is when the anti-cgrp meds so anti that that chemical messenger so it's just sort of like um shutting that off and then botox was also approved in 2010.
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"headaches" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
"Hello and welcome to the Headache Doctor podcast where it's our mission to educate and empower everyone with headaches and migraines who can break free from a life of fear of your next headache or migraine and dependence on medication. In this podcast what we do is we lay out a three-step framework for solving the underlying problem for headaches and migraines and providing you with solutions. Those three steps are first identify the tissue or the actual source of pain. The second step is to identify if there are barriers developmentally that would keep you from finding the relief you're looking for. And then the third component the third step is to understand systemically what might be changing the way you experience pain. Within those three steps within this framework we feel very confident in treating and helping just about any type of head or facial pain. In today's specific podcast we're going to talk about the role of medication and medication overuse headaches. We don't talk about medication much on this podcast. I am not a neurologist I'm a physical therapist and so I naturally don't even have the tools meaning the prescription to provide people with medication which in my world is not a bad thing. Medication dominates the market when it comes to treatment for headache and migraine symptoms and so when people are searching for relief generally they're the next medication because they don't feel you don't feel like medication is your solution. And so if you are tired of receiving medication you don't feel like anyone's provided you with the answers to the source of the problem you are in the right place. But in today's podcast we're going to talk about the role of medication and how it can be potentially provide us with some insights into your into your situation but also some of the dangers behind medication use especially long-term medication use. All right so first off we want to lay out sort of a framework for this podcast. We're going to answer some of the questions here like how should medication be used? Does medication ever solve the problem? And what to watch out for with medication and specifically avoiding medication overuse headaches. So this podcast specifically this podcast episode is for you if you have chronic daily headaches. So if you're someone that has a daily headache that means it's just at a 5 out of 10, 6 out of 10, 7 out of 10 whatever your pain level is it's just there daily. Maybe it started out as an intermittent headache it would come and go but now you're to the point that it is it's a daily problem. All right so this podcast is going to be for you especially if you have daily headaches and a history of taking prescription medication two to three days per week. All right so if you're frequently taking your prescription meds and you have daily headaches this is a podcast that is going to be helpful to you. Now anyone with headaches or migraines listening to this is going to get benefit because the way that our brain works especially with chronic pain is if there's a problem that's sending a pain signal and we're experiencing this head or facial pain frequently and we don't address the underlying problem or we don't change the scenario and especially if we're just the solution the only solution is medication there is a chance and we're taking the risk of getting to that stage of daily headaches which is one of the things we want to avoid. I mean ultimately we just want to whatever stage we want to treat the underlying problem but things like central sensitization and the brain becoming more hypersensitive to that pain signal turning in and then turning into a daily symptom that's something we want to avoid. So there's a study Migraine in America's Symptoms and Treatment Study and one of the things that is interesting that came out of this study is 35% of US adults with migraine consider their usual acute treatment to be poor or very poor. Okay so acute treatment meaning those abortive medications that you take as needed like the triptans. 35% of people with the migraine diagnosis using those say poor very poor.
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A highlight from Headaches and Medication Overuse
"Hello and welcome to the Headache Doctor podcast where it's our mission to educate and empower everyone with headaches and migraines who can break free from a life of fear of your next headache or migraine and dependence on medication. In this podcast what we do is we lay out a three -step framework for solving the underlying problem for headaches and migraines and providing you with solutions. Those three steps are first identify the tissue or the actual source of pain. The second step is to identify if there are barriers developmentally that would keep you from finding the relief you're looking for. And then the third component the third step is to understand systemically what might be changing the way you experience pain. Within those three steps within this framework we feel very confident in treating and helping just about any type of head or facial pain. In today's specific podcast we're going to talk about the role of medication and medication overuse headaches. We don't talk about medication much on this podcast. I am not a neurologist I'm a physical therapist and so I naturally don't even have the tools meaning the prescription to provide people with medication which in my world is not a bad thing. Medication dominates the market when it comes to treatment for headache and migraine symptoms and so when people are searching for relief generally they're the next medication because they don't feel you don't feel like medication is your solution. And so if you are tired of receiving medication you don't feel like anyone's provided you with the answers to the source of the problem you are in the right place. But in today's podcast we're going to talk about the role of medication and how it can be potentially provide us with some insights into your into your situation but also some of the dangers behind medication use especially long -term medication use. All right so first off we want to lay out sort of a framework for this podcast. We're going to answer some of the questions here like how should medication be used? Does medication ever solve the problem? And what to watch out for with medication and specifically avoiding medication overuse headaches. So this podcast specifically this podcast episode is for you if you have chronic daily headaches. So if you're someone that has a daily headache that means it's just at a 5 out of 10, 6 out of 10, 7 out of 10 whatever your pain level is it's just there daily. Maybe it started out as an intermittent headache it would come and go but now you're to the point that it is it's a daily problem. All right so this podcast is going to be for you especially if you have daily headaches and a history of taking prescription medication two to three days per week. All right so if you're frequently taking your prescription meds and you have daily headaches this is a podcast that is going to be helpful to you. Now anyone with headaches or migraines listening to this is going to get benefit because the way that our brain works especially with chronic pain is if there's a problem that's sending a pain signal and we're experiencing this head or facial pain frequently and we don't address the underlying problem or we don't change the scenario and especially if we're just the solution the only solution is medication there is a chance and we're taking the risk of getting to that stage of daily headaches which is one of the things we want to avoid. I mean ultimately we just want to whatever stage we want to treat the underlying problem but things like central sensitization and the brain becoming more hypersensitive to that pain signal turning in and then turning into a daily symptom that's something we want to avoid. So there's a study Migraine in America's Symptoms and Treatment Study and one of the things that is interesting that came out of this study is 35 % of US adults with migraine consider their usual acute treatment to be poor or very poor. Okay so acute treatment meaning those abortive medications that you take as needed like the triptans. 35 % of people with the migraine diagnosis using those say poor very poor.
The Plant Movement Podcast
Innovator Marc Elliott on the Journey That Inspired His GoMaterials Platform
"Man, your story is inspiring and it's inspiring to me in a big way because it screams innovation. It screams that you saw a problem within the industry and you took it amongst yourself to make that problem your problem and make a change in a difference for everyone, allowing them to use a platform that is just amazing, dude. Like I love innovation. Innovation in this industry is something that is, you don't see too often, you know, most people do the same thing as the guy next door. And that's just what it is. A copycat industry is what I call it. And you, my friend are a pioneer. And that's why I know this interview is going to be something special. I can't get you guys listening. Hold on tight because that's what it's going to be. Uh, Mark, talk to me, tell me what you were doing when this idea came to you and how go materials came about. Talk to me and tell us. Yeah. I mean, I've been, uh, I've been in the landscape industry, the green industry since, uh, since I was 12, got a job doing landscaping so I can, uh, buy some movie tickets and go to the movies with my friends. My father never gave me anything and like been bright as an entrepreneur since I was a kid, had to buy everything myself and figure it out. So at 16, started a landscape business with my brother. I'm after working in landscaping for 14 years. You know, as we were doing it, I was probably about seven, eight years into it. And we were, we're getting into a lot of big projects, big city projects, huge commercial projects where in Canada, number one, brokers don't exist. I was having to work with seven, eight, nine different nurseries to find my products, try and figure out how to get them there logistically send my guys picking up material and just found it a complete headache and saw an opportunity to solve this issue for landscape contractors. You know, saw that a lot of nurseries too, we're working with pen and paper, email communication, text messages, phone. So just wanted to bring about a way to streamline all this. And this was kind of at the boom of marketplaces when Airbnb came out and all this stuff. And I was like, this would be a really cool idea to create a marketplace about this and bring all these vendors together under one source, organized logistics, you know? And that's where our mission comes about of making plant sourcing as easy as one, two, three, that's, that's what we do here at Go materials. And that's what we strive to do for, for contractors reached out to Mike, who is a friend since, uh, since high school or the high school and Shireen also, I think she helped organize this podcast, my two co -founders explain to them that I saw this opportunity and kind of kicked off the business there in early 2017 with a pilot year and then 2018 really got things moving, sourcing materials all throughout Ontario and Quebec for contractors.
Discerning Hearts - Catholic Podcasts
A highlight from IDL79 Part 3 Chapter 35 Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales Discerning Hearts Podcast
"Hi, this is Chris McGregor of Discerning Hearts. Can you please help support this vital ministry? Discerning Hearts is a 100 % listeners -supported Catholic apostolate. Now through the end of August, please prayerfully consider making a sacrificial gift to help us raise $30 ,000 to fund truly life -changing Catholic programming and prayer. The financial contributions of listeners like you enables us to continue this important ministry. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Your donations are fully tax -deductible. As an independent, non -for -profit lay organization that is not affiliated financially with any diocese, our apostolate is fully listener -supported. Again, between now and the end of August, please visit discerninghearts .com to make your donation. Thank you and God bless you from all of us at Discerning Hearts. Part 3, Chapter 35 of the Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales. This is a Discerning Hearts recording read by Corey Webb. Chapter 35, We Must Be Faithful in Things Great and Small. The bridegroom of the canticle says that the bride has ravished his heart with one of her eyes, one lock of her hair. In all the human body no part is nobler either in mechanism or activity than the eye, none more important than the hair. And so the divine bridegroom makes us to know that he accepts not only the great works of out people, but every poor and lowly offering too, and that they who would serve him acceptably must give heed not only to lofty and important matters, but to things mean and little, since by both alike we may win his heart and love. Be ready then, my child, to bear great afflictions for your lord, even to martyrdom itself. Resolve to give up to him all that you hold most precious, if he should require it of you. Father, mother, husband, wife, or child, the light of your eyes, your very life, for all such offerings your heart should be ready. But so long as God's providence does not send you these great and heavy afflictions, so long as he does not ask your eyes, at least give him your hair. I mean, take patiently the petty annoyances, the trifling discomforts, the unimportant losses which come upon all of us daily, for by means of these little matters, lovingly and freely accepted, you will give him your whole heart and win his. I mean the acts of daily forbearance, the headache or toothache or heavy cold, the tiresome peculiarities of husband or wife, the broken glass, the loss of a ring, a handkerchief, a glove, the sneer of a neighbor, the effort of going to bed early in order to rise early for prayer or communion, the little shyness some people feel in openly performing religious duties, and be sure that all of these sufferings, small as they are, if accepted lovingly, are most pleasing to God's goodness, which has promised a whole ocean of happiness to his children in return for one cup of cold water. And moreover, inasmuch as these occasions are forever arising, they give us a fertile field for gathering in spiritual riches, if only we will use them rightly. When I read in the life of Saint Catherine of Siena, of her ecstasies and visions, her wise sayings and teaching, I do not doubt but that she ravished her bridegroom's heart with this eye of contemplation, but I must own that I behold her with no less delight in her father's kitchen, kindling the fire, turning the spit, baking the bread, cooking the dinner, and doing all the most menial offices in a loving spirit, which looked through all things straight to God. Nor do I prize the lowly meditation she was wont to make, while so humbly employed, less than the ecstasies with which she was favored at other times, probably as a reward for this very humility and lowliness. Her meditations would take the shape of imagining that all she prepared for her father was prepared for our Lord, as by Martha, her mother, was a symbol to her of Our Lady, her brothers of the apostles, and thus she mentally ministered to all the heavenly courts, fulfilling her humble ministrations, with an exceeding sweetness, because she saw God's will in each. Let this example, my daughter, teach you how important it is to dedicate all we do, however trifling to His service, and to this end I earnestly counsel you to imitate that virtuous woman, whom King Solomon lauds, who lay her hands to all that is good and noble, and yet at the same time to the spindle and the staff. Do you seek the higher things such as prayer and meditation, the sacraments leading souls to God and kindling good thoughts in them, in a word by all manner of good works according to your vocation, but meanwhile do not neglect your spindle and the staff? I mean, cultivate those lowly virtues which spring like flowers round the foot of the cross, such as ministering to the poor and sick, family cares and the duties arising therefrom, and practical diligence and activity, and amid all these things cultivate such spiritual thought as Saint Catherine intermingled with her work. Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily, and our Lord Himself has told us that, He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much. If you do all in God's name, all you do will be well done, whether you eat, drink or sleep, whether you amuse yourself or turn the spit, so long as you do all wisely you will gain greatly as in God's sight, doing all because He would have you do it. Discerning Hearts provides content dedicated to those on the spiritual journey. To continue production of these podcasts, prayers and more, go to discerninghearts .com and click the donate link found there, or inside the free Discerning Hearts app to make your donation. Thanks, and God bless.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from Matt gave you twice from this mic. Rich researched 5th Ave and found out that a lot of women have a headache. Matt and Rich will be on a new calendar for car accessories. Matt was in the studio but his brain was left behind. He was saying that it was on the way but it never made it. One guy wanted to order Lasagna with a side of Kung Pao and call it Fusion Cuisine. Episode #418 August 19th. 2023
"That's episode 399. That episode is in my ears until today. But let me just tell you one more thing and that is, uh, I want to just give shout out Cape Coral. Cape Coral has been hit by the hurricane so bad. So let me give you five restaurants, just quick, um, you know, uh, restaurants that you can visit and they call them best hole in the wall restaurants. Okay. So Cape Coral, go Ford's garage. That's always not to be disappointed. Um, then, uh, go to, uh, let me just scroll down here. Vino's Picasso. That's another one you want to try it out. The third one is, uh, the Boathouse Tiki Bar and Grill, Buba Roadhouse and Saloon and Papa Joe. Papa. Papa Joe. Yeah. That's the Italian. So, you know, just, uh, give them, give them try as well because they've been, they've been in worse situation than us and everybody needs, you know, somebody sit in there and in their chair. Do you think if you went to one of those with the Italian, you could get like a lasagna with, and then in a side of Kung Pao, try it. I mean, I'll tell you what, that's fusion to me. Let me tell you it's bringing two worlds together with two of my favorite foods. Let me tell you something. One time I made a joke similar to what he just said. And since that time, I'm not going to do any jokes in restaurants anymore. It was, I was maybe like, uh, I was a DJ and a lot of times after the shows, I took friends, uh, you know, in the city in middle of the night and we went, uh, to, to restaurant, you know, for drinks and for food, we went to, uh, the city and everything was closed except one hotel restaurant, which was like one o 'clock in the morning we opened. And, uh, we had this very popular movie when there was a, um, challenged person and they took him for dinner. And the only thing he always ordered in the restaurant was a bread roll. And in Europe, you know, you don't get bread and butter for free. You have to pay for it. And the restaurants, they don't have bread and butter. They, you know, they don't normally serve it. So, um, you know, we went to the restaurant in the movie. He always went to restaurant and bread roll, bread roll, you know, it was just a joke. So we went to this hotel one o 'clock in the morning and I said, Hey, listen, if I get my bread roll, I pay for everybody's drink and everybody's food. So everybody's ordering. And he came to me and I said, bread roll. And the guy, he knew there was a joke. He knew that joke was from that movie because everybody was watching it. It was very popular movie. He got me just a small plate. I got a bread roll and butter. And when he brought it in as a last meal, everybody was laughing so hard. And that caused me so much, most expensive bread roll I ever ate. Couldn't have happened to a better guy. So I don't go to restaurant anymore to make jokes because I tell you what, if it's the right businessman and you have the right mind and somebody comes to you and willing to joke with you, then you make him pay because you make it happen. And somebody will ask me, Hey, make me a kum pao and make me this. I will make it because you know what? I can make money on it. I'll sell it. Yeah, there you go. So, you know, I would not try it again. No more jokes for me in restaurants because then kum pao can be very expensive. With the pasta in the same plate.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from Matt gave you twice from this mic. Rich researched 5th Ave and found out that a lot of women have a headache. Matt and Rich will be on a new calendar for car accessories. Matt was in the studio but his brain was left behind. He was saying that it was on the way but it never made it. One guy wanted to order Lasagna with a side of Kung Pao and call it Fusion Cuisine. Episode #418 August 19th. 2023
"And divine is, and so divine that it is Saturday here in Diva in Naples, August 19, episode 418. From this Mike Ridge. And from this Mike Matt, and wait a second, we forgot to do this yesterday, let's double up on it. So the first Mike was from yesterday, and this Mike is going to be from today. So just hold on. From this Mike Ridge? And from this Mike Matt. So this Mike was for today. Just explain because people may not know. So go ahead. We start off every show like that. We got so excited with our ratings on Amazon and Spotify that we got so excited about it in the show prep that you just forgot. Sometimes you forget things. You don't want to admit it. I also noticed, hey, did you take your aspirin today? Yes, I did. Because I don't want my ass cold. Speaking of that, I was on the Fifth Avenue today, and I tell you what, there's a lot of women that they have a headache. Oh yeah? I can't see that. You probably use that as an excuse when you're walking down the street. I was doing research. Yeah, research. And you're just like, oh, don't worry about me, I'm just looking to see if you take aspirin or not. Because you're looking from behind. This doesn't make sense to anybody who didn't hear the show yesterday. Yeah, so they need to listen because you probably want to know why you're doing the research on the upper portion of women. Tomorrow is upper. If you start getting questions about, hey, what are you looking at and what are you doing, you can just tell them, it's research, I'm just seeing how much beer you drink. Anyway, listen to yesterday's show and you'll catch the drift. Yeah, that's exactly right, because if you see a funny looking man with a clipboard and making lines when they see women, like a yes, no, you know what I'm saying? That's me. Today I was with a clipboard on Fifth Avenue checking out how many, percentage wise, how many American women has a headache. Because you can look at the body of the American woman, there's a particular part that will tell you how much headache that woman has. So if you want to know more about this, it's on the beginning of the show, you know, yesterday, which is episode 417. Right, the beginning of the show that didn't have from this mic. Yeah, this mic. Exactly. So if you get confused, so this way, if you listen to both podcasts, you'll get the whole picture. We can guarantee your life will improve. It will definitely improve. Because, you know, just to know, there's a country, you know, and we're telling the man, every man, the human being, you know, man should know, there's a country in the world that there are fully developed women because they're drinking that liquid. And the same women have no headaches. So somebody's... You gotta listen, it's explained. Yeah, if somebody's interested to know where that is, go back to episode 417 and I'm sure a lot of people will probably move there. Yeah, why not? Because headache, it can be... Well, you can't go wrong with that liquid. No, exactly. And, I mean, it's hydrating liquid too. So just go 417, you're gonna get a better picture. It depends on if you drink a lot of that particular liquid, you might not be hydrated. That's dehydrated. Okay. Alright, let's just go for it. Yeah, let's leave it at that. I mean, they need to go back 417 and... Yeah, do your homework. I did. You know what I'm saying? It changed my life. I know. Yeah, because the ancestors, they created this and those rules are going hundreds and hundreds of years. Yeah, centuries. Well, let me just jump into our officials because, you know, that's the things that we need to do. Well, that's what you think we need to do. Oh, we need to do that. I mean, first of all, we need to be thankful for Julie and Bruce, Patchouli, the Patchouli music and TeraKitarra. Bruce and Julie put the notes on the paper and then made the music for us. The beginning song, that's them. And if you like their tones, just come over, we'll gladly sell you one of their CD. And if you want to just wait for live performance, they're gonna be here sometime September, October, and staying until March. Every year, one of the best musicians are on there. They travel the whole world, they had a couple, you know, songs which were number one and the best. What do you call it? When they are on the charts. Charts, yeah. In the radio charts. Billboard charts. So do your research. Julie and Bruce, Patchouli. Now, Beach SOS, as our official sponsor next week, maybe somebody else, they'll be wrapping it up this week, BeachSOS .com is the company that is our company. Just checking to make sure it's still not changed. If you're sitting on the beach and you don't want to lose the parking space because there are not many of them. Or you're just being lazy. That's another option. We don't want to say it, but you know. So I did. Okay, you just did because a lot of people, they're lazy. That's why they're on the beach and we are not on the beach. So just go to the website, BeachSOS .com, pick whatever you find there and you like. That means there could be bottle of wine, beers, you know, what do you call it, seltzers, ice cream, sandwiches, desserts, coffee, cappuccinos, hot teas, cold teas, drinks for kids, sandwiches for kids. Whatever you need. We have 250 items. Just punch it in. We bring it to you in probably 30 minutes in stylish. Really stylish, sexy fire truck. We're just still looking for the right fireman with you to make a show when he brings it in. Somebody built in. We have, our body is built for different. We have the built in airbags. So we hardly can fit in it. We are not going to be on the calendar of the fireman. We may be on the accessories for the cars, you know, safety accessories for the cars. Right. So once you, what do you call it, dad's body, what do you call it, dad's butt or something like that. I don't know. We are in this category. If somebody is looking for dad's butt, that's us here. I was going to ask you here, you said sandwiches twice in that whole, you know, dissertation you gave about things. You said ice cream and sandwich and then a few things down the road you said sandwich again. So we talked about ice cream sandwiches the other day. Was that an ice cream sandwich you were telling them they could get or was it ice cream and a sandwich and then some other kind of sandwich down the road? I am so happy you're paying attention because yesterday you fell asleep over here. So I'm so happy you're here. Everything is here. Your brain entered this space, but I'm not going to tell them. They have to go and beach us and come and find out themselves. And one other thing I want to ask, it's back to school. I'm going to start charging you $5 for questions. It's the kids have gone back to school and they're there and then, and then now you're acting like a teacher. You keep telling everybody to do their homework. You can start giving people writing assignments and things now. I mean, you, you said you're doing all this. We've started research, do your homework. What are you a teacher now? Well, let me just remind you the person who said, do your homework was you. That's right. Okay. Go ahead. I didn't mean to get ready of the essentials. I was premature. I said, everything is here, even the brain, but the brain is still not here. So we have to wait.
Divine Naples Podcast
A highlight from Rich talks to God for a good reason. Matt now knows what a perfect woman looks like and what she drinks to get large up front and why she NEVER HAS A HEADACHE. Divine Naples updates you on whats HOT, whats COLD, Whats NEW, whats Spicy. We know what TIM ATEN doesnt know. YOURe WELCOME Episode #417 August 18th. 2023
"And divine is, and it was, the whole day! It's August 18, episode 417, Friday. Yeah, it's Friday. You just woke up? Well, I was waiting for you to finish. It's Friday the 18th, but it's actually a small Saturday. Oh, wow, wow, wow, yeah, yeah, mama. Yeah, I got a reminder. Yeah, a small Saturday, I forgot. That's our Friday that we explain it, and we've told the story about your father. But I kind of use it for this. We use a small Saturday to slide into the weekend. So we'll be doing a show for tomorrow, Saturday. Oh, we're going to be doing tomorrow's show. Yeah, we like it. Tomorrow? Yeah, tomorrow. Yeah, but today's small Saturday, we're sliding into the weekend. That's what I use it for. Is that OK with it? Yeah, and do you want to explain quickly? Well, it's just the small Saturday is just, you know, something that your father created. Yeah, and we're following the instructions. Right. Because he's proven to be very smart. Yeah, he's smart, but on this particular day, he became lazy. No. Yeah, because it was afternoon. Afternoon, he just refused to work anymore using the excuse that he didn't want anybody to get hurt. Actually, it is pretty brilliant. Yeah, isn't it? So anyway, again, I just want to put a disclaimer out there. May I do this? Can I add a disclaimer? Yeah, don't go and tell your boss that Matt and Rich told you that it's a small Saturday and I've decided that I'm not going to work anymore today because I don't want to hurt myself. And you can reason with that. The statistics. Well, yeah, statistics and also, you know, production. You don't want to ruin production. Yeah. Of whatever's going on. You don't want to slow down anything. No, you don't want to call... You don't want to just tell me I'm helping out the bottom line. And also, the power is mostly more expensive on Friday afternoon. Yeah. So you're saving money. Okay. Yeah. Well, there you have it. Yeah. Small Saturday. You're welcome. Yeah. Well, you know what? Before we start, I think we should put a prayer there. What's that? But just a quick prayer is just, you know, because I feel like we need to speak to the... God, Richie speaking, I just want to apologize if there's any inappropriate words during this podcast. And we say things that you don't like. You know what I'm thinking because you already know what I'm talking about. He knows. I mean, who else would know? It's Richie. So just so you know, I apologize in advance. And I'm not that person. I'm just so influenced by this guy here next to me that I just want to make sure you understand. It's not intentional or anything like that, but I'm going to try to keep it clean.
THE EMBC NETWORK
"headaches" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
"Hello and welcome to the Headache Doctor podcast. I'm Dr. Taves joined by my co-host, Dr. Storzbok. Glad to have you here and today we're going to talk about caffeine and its impact on headaches and migraines and we're going to get into kind of some cool stuff of how our digestive system processes caffeine and why that is something that as a headache or migraine sufferer it might be helpful information for you and then we'll talk about if caffeine is something you should consume or not consume or maybe you just keep doing what you're doing and this is something that a lot of people I believe have questions about it's not necessarily that they're asking us but if we understand you know a common Google search I would imagine it's you know does caffeine cause headaches does caffeine help with headaches how does caffeine interact with headaches or migraines and so that's what we're gonna talk about today. Let's start off with just kind of what we see in the clinic as far as like patients and maybe anecdotally what we've seen maybe helps or hurts that type of thing. Yeah so this is a fairly common question and definitely you know I think I looked up at least 80% of people in the world consumed caffeine so it's just kind of a common daily thing a lot of people do and people with headaches always kind of have the question like you know is this hurting me is it helping and what we see in the clinic is you know it varies quite a bit we have some people that seem very dependent on caffeine where they consume to a level that if they miss any type of caffeine they really can have almost that withdrawal type headache and then we have some people that hardly ever you know have caffeine and do feel like it's really effective if they're having a bad headache or migraine that if they take some coffee with a medication it could be more effective so we kind of see it across the board. Yeah yeah I can think of a few patients up top my head that when they came to the clinic they were very dependent on caffeine and that could even be like the monster drinks that have high levels of caffeine. Coffee was is probably the more commonly consumed sort of mode of caffeine but I can think of a few patients that that caffeine was kind of keeping them going. Now they still experienced neck tension, headaches, migraines frequently but they were using caffeine to mitigate their symptoms and they would wake up and have one or two cups of coffee and then just kind of consume coffee throughout the day to keep their their migraines at bay and if they missed a cup or if they missed like an afternoon or didn't have access to it it almost always led to worsening of their symptoms and so that that's a little bit unique we don't see that all the time but a lot of the patients that we work with have some sort of interaction with caffeine that they're trying to manage.
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"headaches" Discussed on THE EMBC NETWORK
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"Night, oftentimes you're waking up with temple pain. And that has to do with the temporalis muscle, which is shaped kind of like a fan, like a little Chinese fan that you might use to cool yourself off. So it runs through the cheekbone here and then connects into the mandible the jaw bone itself, but it fans up and around the side of your head. And oftentimes those trigger points are well known because if you push on the side of your head, it's kind of sensitive, all right? So if you have pain in the morning in those areas that's a sign that you might be clenching or grinding your teeth or you have some sort of jaw issue, especially if that's one sided. It indicates that there's a problem that's biasing one side, which again is a very mechanical thing. And that's something that we should look at, both from the jaw and the neck, getting things moving the way they should. Yeah, signs of clenching or grinding your teeth like I just talked about if they look weren't down, you can ask your dentist. They should be able to tell. All right, that doesn't necessarily mean we go down the road of a night guard. Night guards can be helpful, a lot of, a lot of patients have them, I think it's okay if you use it and it really seems to help. That's fine. Keep doing it. I've got a few patients like that and it keeps them functioning. If you use it and it doesn't seem to do much, I would say we need to pursue something that's getting going to get more at the root of what's happening. And then if you use it and it doesn't seem to help at all or it's actually harmful then I would say my recommendation to my patients is typically let's stop using it.
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"So as you open the problem arises when one side is not moving as efficiently as the other. Okay? It's a floating bone. So there's a lot that's going to impact the bone's movement. A lot of these muscles that interact with the jaw are oriented more so towards closing the jaw. So we have muscles like the masseter and the temporalis, some of the more irritated muscles that actually can impact the resting position of the jaw itself to a greater extent are these little tiny muscles near the joint itself. That are known as the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles, all right? So just think dinosaur. Pterodactyl, pterygoid, okay? Pterygoid muscles. The medial and lateral pterygoid muscles primarily help with this side to side motion. And so what happens oftentimes? I'm going on a little bit of a tangent, but I'm just going to go with it because in my notes, I didn't necessarily want to go this far down this road, but I think it's just sort of natural that we continue and explaining the mechanism of how your jaw opens and closes and how that relates to the anatomy. But when someone has a neck problem, okay? So we're connecting this to the neck and how we talk about the neck and how my physical therapist and we want the neck to move. So why would someone have a job problem if their neck is stiff? So when people come to see us, most of the time, their head is going to have an improper rusting position. All right, so it's not a neutral. It's not as if everything is lined up when they're at rest. They've taught their neck to bias typically the right side. It can be the left.
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"You have any of these things, then this podcast is for you. We have all sorts of types of all different types of headaches and migraines that come through no Vera headache center. A lot of the people that we work with are dealing with some sort of jaw issue. We can connect the jaw problems to things like ear pressure, ear fullness, ringing in the ears. A long history of things that could even be connected to ear infections as a kid. Okay? But especially if you have jaw pain popping, clicking along with your headache or migraine symptoms, those are likely connected. And so we're going to connect some dots for you today. Okay, so first off, COVID caused most of us, if not all of us to have to wear masks, like almost all the time, okay? So we're on the other end of that, it seems like we're on the other end of that. I'm sure there are scenarios where people are still wearing masks, but for the most part, we're past that. Now the reason I'm bringing up COVID and mass is because when you wear a mask, it could impact the actual biomechanics of how your jaw opens and closes, just the sensory input of the mask, having something that kind of restricts the movement of your jaw can impact that. And so wearing a mask seemed to increase the prevalence of jaw paint. And we've seen that firsthand. We've had patients come in that have jaw symptoms, their headaches have increased. And they connect it to wearing a mask. So if you're not wearing a mask, if you haven't continued wearing masks, but you can your jaw pain in your symptoms or your headaches have continued that can happen as well. I mean, we've got a lot of patience that in theory you're just sort of managing a level of stress or tension through your neck or your jaw.
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"Now, the difference between these two is the tension type headache is commonly known as coming from tension in the shoulders related to stress, anxiety, things like that. So because a lot of us are sitting in our desk job and the office our workplace is stressful and our boss is breathing down our neck and we just think, oh, I'm so stressed and I haven't worked out and I'm an exercise and all my tension is carried in my shoulders and I've got this headache that's gonna be referred to most often as a tension type headache. Now those types of headaches are going to typically be on both sides of the head and they're going to start maybe in the shoulders maybe in the back of the head and then just kind of wrap up and around and present almost is the entire head hurting but definitely on both sides. They typically are tension type headache is typically not going to be one sided. Now that's one of the primary differences between the tension type and what's called the cervicogenic headache, the cervical genic headache is typically going to be one sided. So that one sided presentation is kind of a tricky thing though because that can also look like a migraine that can also look like a cluster headache, get trigeminal neuralgia type headache. But the tension type verse cervical genic is the main differentiator is that one sided versus both sides. The cervical genic headache, the reason that these two will also get confused is they both connect to the neck. And so your primary care doctor will likely call it attention type headache because that's the one that's most common or most well known. And if there's some neck soreness, if there's some pain kind of at the base of the skull top part of the neck, the tension type headache or the cervicogenic headache can present with that sensitivity in the upper part of the neck.
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"So when you think of axis, there's actually a thumb like structure that sticks up and the Atlas sits right on top of it, almost like a donut. So the Atlas is primary functioning to turn and rotate on the axis. So you have about 40, 45° of rotation, each direction. So every time you turn your head, you should actually have about 45° of rotation just between the axis and the Atlas. Now that is essential. Most patients I see with headaches and migraines actually have lost the majority of that motion. And so that's something that the x-ray, the CT scan, the MRI will not pick up, but is key to making a proper diagnosis. All right, so there you have it in the most simplistic form, the most overlooked cause of headaches and migraines is a loss of movement and injury that leads to a lot of movement in the upper part of the neck. Now the upper part of the neck is important because anywhere from the base of the school to the third vertebra, the third bone in the neck, anywhere in that zone, if there's pain that's being sent, it can actually it's fair game to be referred to the head of the face. That's what research has shown, and that's what we want to look for is what's going on in that area. All right, so a couple of questions you may have as far as the most overlooked cause is you might be thinking, well, mine, my headaches are my migraines tend to be related to hormone fluctuations. I get a migraine around my menstrual cycle. Now, that's very, very common. I hear it all the time. I had a conversation with a patient this morning about that. And I will get into that more in another podcast. That along with, is this their genetic component, my mom has it, my brother has it, my dad has it. So that can also be answered very easily in another podcast where I talk about triggers, but I don't want you to rule yourself out because one, you don't think you have neck pain because not all my patients do and two because your body responds or your triggers are not necessarily neck related.
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"So the most overlooked cause of headaches and migraines is there something that can produce head neck facial pain, nausea, sensitivity is the lights and sounds, pulsating one sided moderate to severe pain. Is there something that can produce all of those symptoms that is being overlooked? Yes, yes, yes, there is something that's being overlooked. I work with patients every day that have this problem and this is what should bring you hope. So the most overlooked cause of headaches and migrants is actually a neck injury. Now, when I say neck injury, I'm not necessarily meaning that the chiropractor x-rays and that approach is the answer. I'm not necessarily saying that you need to go to a massage therapist and get a few stretches to your neck. There's some nuances to it, but yes, a neck injury can be overlooked in the underlying cause that can actually generate all of these symptoms you experience with a migraine. And when I say migraine, I'm also including various types of headaches, so tension type headaches, what's called a cervicogenic headache. And so there's several dozen different types of diagnoses, but what's happening is that this neck injury, which I'll go into in depth in a second is actually sending a pain signal through the brain stem and it's ending up it lands in the brain and the brain perceives it as coming from the head or the face. The reason it does that is because in the brain stem, there's a nucleus that gathers up other sensory nerves and sends a common signal to the brain. And so the brain gets that signal and it doesn't know where to attribute it to. And so it can easily confuse it as coming from behind the eye and the temple, maybe wrapping up and around. So there's a variation of presentations that occur. And when it's severe enough, that's when it can confuse the pain signal as nausea as sensitivities to lights and sounds. So it's pulling in other senses, other sensory nerves, other sensory pathways, and basically just saying, I don't know where to attribute this, so we're going to say, you know, it feels bad enough. It's a strong enough signal, so we're going to pull a bunch of other senses into it. So it's a referred pain. It's over here referral pattern, which is very, that's a common thing within healthcare. Any provider should understand what we referred pain is. All right, so why is it overlooked? When you get an x-ray or an MRI or a CT scan, what's happening is they are taking a still image and they're looking at the bone, they're looking at joint spacing and they're looking at the soft tissue if there's inflammation, things like that. What's not looked at is movement. How your neck is moving, what the specific joints are doing when you rotate when you look up and down. And that lack of understanding of what movement should look like and how important that is is really what's being overlooked. Now, if you go to a primary care doctor and you say you have headaches, they might ask you to turn your head left and right and look up and down. Most of the patients that I see will have normal neck range of motion when you're just looking in general terms.
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"Empower everyone with headaches and migraines to break free from a life of fear and dependence and thrive in everything you do. So without further ado, let's jump into it. All right, so when we look at headaches and migraines, the stats out there are kind of shocking. I think for a lot of people, they don't really express how debilitating their headache or migraine is. And so I want to start off with just a few stats of how headaches and migraines affect the general population. So 3% of people in the general population actually have a chronic headache. Chronic headache pain. 48% of migraine sufferers report one to four episodes per month. And of those 48% that are getting this one to four episodes per month, half of those people are stating that those migraines are severely disabling. So that means bed rest. These are people that wake up with a migraine or a migraine presents in the pain gets so severe where they can not get out of bed. It's the shut off the lights. No noise, do you just have to avoid anything that would trigger or be sensitive and oftentimes that means you just have to attempt to fall asleep in a dark room. Migraine pain reduced health related quality of life more than osteoarthritis or diabetes. So this is something that is extremely debilitating and reduces people's quality of life. More so than osteoarthritis. So think of your grandma or someone that's really dealing with knee pain, knee osteoarthritis, they're kind of limping around, they have a hard time getting up and moving. So migraines actually reduces health related quality of life. More than osteoarthritis. It actually cost the U.S. economy more than $1 billion in lost time at work and productivity. And so it's estimated that the burden on U.S. employers and the economy is over a $1 billion. So this is significant. This is something that should not be ignored. So when we look at headaches and migraines, we understand the burden it has on society, there's a couple of things that we have to approach this and consider. The first question I have and this is certainly gonna bust a few misconceptions, but the first question I have is, you know, are we approaching this from the get go, the correct way? So there's a few things that are misconceptions that I want to go over first. There's three points here to make. The first is the pain sources in your head. The second is the pain is in your head. It's actually presenting as like a psychosomatic thing or something that you're just making up. And the third is that it's a vascular problem. So those are the three sort of ideas that are flowing through the healthcare system. That are actually somewhat misconceptions. They're not completely false, but they generally lead people down a road that is not the actual underlying source of pain. They're just, they're given as responses to someone with headaches and migrants when the provider doesn't necessarily know what's causing it.
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"Of their own home can go through our masterclass, understand where their headaches or migraines may be coming from. Have a sort of self program, self management program. So the structure of three step plan for self management is to exercise regularly and there's a different there's more to that as far as what exercise can look like. It's have a specific neck shoulder stretch sort of strategy, so spending 5, ten minutes, a couple times a day, doing specific stretches. And then we also want to help find a provider if that's needed for in person. And so our health coaching is set up to help people through that process, keep them accountable. And we've actually seen that be really impactful just because our neck is generally angry at us. If we sit, if we have a desk job, all the different types of positions and stresses that we place on our body. And so a lot of what we do virtually is just remove those and add in things that are therapeutic. And that can be we can see really good results with that without having a patient actually come out to see us. And so we're excited about that process as well, but ideally we'd like people to come in person. So yeah, that's us in a nutshell. Well, thank you. And by the way, I was going to ask about that. I mean, for people that are not able to travel to you, is there a solution? And certainly the pandemic was a great opportunity to be creative enough to actually still be able to deliver the services remotely, which means now that you have that ability for people that may be further out maybe out of the country or maybe just stage that they may not be able to travel for whatever reason. And again, probably, I don't think there's many of the specialty that you do out there.
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"And like remarkably better, like almost to the point of their cured of their migraines. And I kept doing that over and over in these patients kept getting better. And so I just got so passionate about it. I said, you know, this is a problem that people with migraines and headaches are not, they're not, they're not being provided with this option, and they're not being educated on that the neck or the jar, the shoulders can even lead to these types of symptoms. And seeing that gap in the market just made me want to step into that in a way that was almost undeniable. People were focused on it. This is all we do. Headaches and migraines were a specialty clinic. Because of that, we've gotten very good at what we do. We don't shy away from any type of headache or migraine. We've basically seen them all. And had a good results with them all. So that's kind of my story in a nutshell, I guess. There's maybe it's a long version, however you want to take it. No, actually, that's perfect, and just to create the context of what it's all about. Because I think the secret is out already. Yeah, there we go. I was all being elusive about things and you know, but the idea here is that we know about physical therapy. I've been to physical therapies I've interviewed physical therapist. And it's usually a great fit for the body, the motion, as you said, athletes usually need that. And I love your background. And by the way, I want to commend you for that. I mean, something that you've loved, you've done, and you experience, and you knew that there was a need for it, and therefore you went for that passion, and you pursued it. And then ultimately through that pursuit, you found a little bit more of an angle that most people may not even connect. And that's really what I was alluding to earlier is that physical therapy headache, they don't really go side by side. They differently, two different things. But there is a link and you have discovered that and you've made that as a specialty and you've been, I guess, advanced into this particular area of expertise. And I haven't heard of a clinic that does that actually as a physical therapy to be honest with you.
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"Hello and welcome to the headache doctor podcast. My name is doctor taves. I'm the founder and owner of novara headache center right here in Colorado Springs where we help people with headaches and migraines live their life free if you're independent and thrive in everything they do. This podcast is intended to educate and empower everyone with headaches and migraines. For this first episode, what I'm going to do is just explain my story. And the reason I'm going to do that is because I think it's important for people to understand the why behind what we do here at novara and then what this podcast is for. See, education is a powerful tool. There's people that go through the medical system, searching for relief, whether that's headaches and migraines or low back pain or really any sort of diagnosis. If you're suffering with pain or an ailment in your searching for an answer, the education is so, so powerful. And so what I want to do is start with my story and explain the why behind what I do and why that's impactful for you and the importance behind it. So without further ado, this is episode one of the headache
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"Or fall because of daylight savings, which can disrupt your internal clock according to Mount Sinai. Family history may also affect your risk of experiencing cluster headaches and migraines according to the Mayo Clinic, as someone in your family is prone to these conditions more likely your experience to them too. Now how to treat different types of headaches to prevent age to prevent or treat ahead it is helpful to try to avoid triggers. Whether that means maintaining a regular meditation practice to manage your stress level or develop in a healthy sleep routine. No more revenge bedtime procrastination or ensure you get enough Z's. Another good way to prevent or ease the different types of headaches, a gentle massage to the next shields or temple. Something you can easily do yourself by rubbing and squeezing the areas with like pressure. The nerves into the neck and shoulders free directly into the same neural responsible for head sensitivity. Now that said, if you primary headache still isn't getting better over the counter medication, such as advil excedrin can very can be very effective when you experience pain and say doctor Cooper. And someone finds that not getting a good response within an hour of the medication or they have to use that medicine more than three or four times a month. However the night we need a more prescribed therapy. He says, and other words consult your doctor to best determine what might be causing your headaches and how to effectively treat them. For frequent or severe headaches, a doctor may prescribe medication such as a type of drug that stops the process code in a headache pain. Which works to prevent headaches as well as reduce their frequency and decoration. According to the Cleveland clinic, your doctor might also recommend biofeedback training which involves connecting your body to electronic consensus that monitor your body functions, muscle tension, heart rate. The goal of this treatment is to help build awareness of how your body responds to stress so that you can learn how to best calm down and control your body to ultimately improve your condition according to the Mayo Clinic. For example, stress can trigger a headache and can also cause increased muscle tension and heart rate. Being aware of those reactions can allow you to prevent a headache from coming on by engaging and relaxation techniques such as deep breathing according to the American migraine foundation. For people who assume that just how life is dealing with headaches, that's not the case, the doctor Cooper. They always to get better when in doubt seeking advice from a doctor or medical profession is always your best bet. And I like to thank you for listening to some of your podcasts. You can comment here at SV 7 6 6 7 5 two a Gmail dot com. You can find me in the eye 9 7 9 5 and so we have something. Say I'm gonna Santiago Twitter Facebook YouTube Pinterest. You can follow me as so in the a 9 7 9 5 Instagram Sonya Santiago Twitter. So you think I'll go Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube. You can also go and listen to my son's sounds. Album on Apple Spotify. Wherever you listen to your music at, please follow us. Please follow sounds. On Instagram, go to my website HTTP dot dot slash podcast dot com. Use promo code Sonya. At WWW. WW Instacart one 56, if you like to buy me a coffee, you can buy me coffee. Please go and get rid of young lady TJ VU LC 8 book is called black girl and orange and police follow her on Instagram. Thank you and have a blessed night.
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"And then when the word got out that i treated headache then i would get patients where they didn't fit that criteria of the circus. Genyk neck pain headaches. So i had to do a lot of research and reading on other types of headaches and things where i can provide a really good differential diagnosis and figure out. What's exactly going on with the patient. As far as what type of headache. They may have so that. I can give the best treatment to that patient. So that's one reason and then just seeing a lot of headache patients. Throughout the years i feel like use this caseload. These patients can fall through the cracks. Where people aren't sure what to do with them like different healthcare they may see a variety of different healthcare providers and not get the care they need simply because maybe a certain healthcare provider wasn't trained in headache so for example. I just had this Girl who find me online. And she said she'd been going to doctors for five years without any relief and she was just exhausted and then finally looked me up. She found me online. Came to me for a few sessions and she started feeling better right away just by the education that i'd given her so i just feel like I guess you could say it's underserved or many people don't know that. Pt can make such a big difference and you must have other stories like that. Don't do any other cases come to mind. You were able to help someone who perhaps thought there. They weren't going to get any relief anytime soon. Yes i have tons of stories but another one that comes to mind in this one is common is. I'll have a patient that comes new saying that they've been diagnosed with migraines and they've been taking my migraine medications and doing interventions for migraine which has not helped. Then i'll do my evaluation in the clinic and it turns out there. Headache was not a migraine and it was actually a different type of headache. Coming from again. I see a ton of server. Pedantic neck pain headaches so again. It was one of these types of headaches. We did physical therapy. And they were already feeling differences in two weeks of therapy. So i do see a lot of that..