"Spine Issues, Pain and Lifestyle Medicine" with W. Jeremy Beckworth, MD

Jeremy Beckworth, MD is a physician who has worked at Emory since 2007.  He is a Physical Medicine and Rehab physician but also is boarded in Pain Medicine and Electrodiagnostic Medicine.  He is the co-director of the Emory Spine Center and the associate residency program director for Rehab Medicine. He has developed a keen interest in lifestyle medicine and specifically the impact of lifestyle medicine on pain.  He has led local community health programs like CHIP (Complete Health Improvement Program), monthly plant-based cooking classes and the Nedley Depression & Anxiety Recovery Program (a lifestyle medicine program).In this conversation we discuss spine issues and how lifestyle medicine can impact their consequences, including pain. What is the relation between diet and spine health? Are chronic pain and depression related? Tune in to learn more about these and other questions! This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visithttps://bit.ly/EmoryLM