Know Your Pain Patterns to Fix Your Pain. Award Winning Author Rick Olderman explains. Crooked Spine Show

When you have pain, like others, have you had to wait weeks to see a doctor, and then are told to take medications and possible surgeries with no relief. Instead do you want to fix the source of your pain? Rick Olderman is an expert in understanding the pain patterns causing chronic pain; and will help you actually FIX it. He explains all of this and more in his new book, “Pain Patterns”, which was just  awarded the 2025 National Indie Excellence Award in Alternative Medicine! Let’s go through it. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/e2QhYTRnFjk Subscribe, Listen to this episode by searching  to your favorite podcast app, “Crooked Spine Show” Watch past episodes on our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL59D-oy3Ai9fIzpOo6Gx4pCat6gsr0j8D   Here are my questions for this award winning author and Physical Therapist: -For my new podcast members, tell us Rick how you went from physical therapist, business owner, teacher and then author of 9+ books? -Explain how facia is different than muscle or ligaments. Pg 19-21. 1. How does it connect to the nervous system? Emotions? 2. What are the common locations where it can be a problem? -Explain how muscle tension, posture defects, affects our nervous system—then leads to chronic pain? -Rick briefly summarize the causes and fixes of the 3 Pillars of Chronic Pain (chapters 6-8): 1. Extension 2. Flexion 3. Side Bending -Why is thigh muscles and bones mobility important in reducing chronic pain Chapter 9-10)? 1. How do test it, and the fix? -Also what is the importance of one’s butt muscles in fixing the pain patterns (chapter 11)? 1. The test and fix please? -In Chapter 14 you link neck pain and headaches to muscle imbalances in the shoulder blade. Explain please? -Lastly, walk us through a recent case where you used your system to help fix chronic pain? -Anything I missed you wanted to tell us about your book? -Your take away: Who is this book for? Get the book: Pain Patterns: Why You Are in Pain and How to Stop It https://amzn.to/49CUvQh Watch the first interview introducing this book: https://youtu.be/4w3hB74NrSs Connect with Rick Olderman and checkout his other books that cover the spine, shoulder, foot/ankle, knee and hip. https://rickolderman.com/ https://rickolderman.com/holistic-pain-relief-book/ And Rick’s social media: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNyv2iwhBZkXFzZXpjXBAA https://www.facebook.com/FixingYouMethod/