#during covid. with everything working fine and all the equipment sorted. they actually asked me to come back in to the office

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FTWD 6x11: The Holding

Wow! Where to begin with this episode? We had some super-stellar parallels going here. I don’t think it was any secret that I wasn’t thrilled with last week’s episode. It was fine, but also kind of meh. I LOVED this week’s episode. So much good stuff!

***As always, spoilers for 6x11 abound below. Don't read until you've watched!***

So, we learn about these “end is the beginning” people. They’re staying in a place called The Holding, which is really an underground parking garage. (Um…cars, anyone? Let’s recall that Daryl and Carol walked through at least one parking garage in Consumed while looking for Beth. They also passed lots of above-ground ones, including one that had a red car with its door open in front of it. Also, the fact that it’s underground could make it a symbolic tomb/grave.)

These people are composting walkers to grow food underground. (People do use blood and bone feed to fertilize gardens. Like compost and waste, it really does help them grow. Of course in our society it’s ANIMAL blood and bone. Using walkers/humans is definitely more sinister and cringy. And they have proven that eating various parts of humans leads to things like Mad Cow’s Disease, so I do think Alicia’s question about food being grown that way being healthy is viable.)

But moving on.

It’s important to note that the showrunner called this group a cult, so are not they meant to be “good people.” Most of those that live there aren’t sinister, but they’ve been brainwashed into thinking their leader is a good man and that what he’s trying to accomplish is good. They’ve drunk the koolaid (or eaten the walker food?).

So, we have the ivy walker.

There really couldn’t be a more clear parallel to the blond girl Daryl saw on the tree in 5x15. Plus all the green ivy around her.

I believe we saw a promo of this walker early on. Like maybe nearer the beginning of S6. Which, thanks to Covid, was more than a year ago. I’d pretty much forgotten it, but we actually do see it in this episode.

The dogma of this group (“the end is the beginning”) is that from death springs new life. This walker is meant to represent that. Life growing out of death. And on its own, it doesn’t seem like an overly negative mission statement. After all, this world is full of death and people are trying to survive. But it quickly becomes obvious that there’s more sinister stuff at work here.

So what does this have to do with Beth? I think she’s the ultimate symbol of life springing from death. So, not only does this foreshadow her, but they’re also using her as a symbol here. I don’t know how this group may feed into future story lines, or if they’ll just be a FTWD thing, but it will be interesting to watch.

Some of the major things in this episode: a Sirius reunion, a Daryl/Merle parallel, Grady parallels, at least two major Beth/Bethyl proxies, and some tantalizing hints for what’s to come involving both this group and the CRM. (See why I loved this episode?)

Let’s dive in.

First, let me acknowledge all the background symbols. There are tons of them, and I don’t want to go into tons of detail about them. But we see cheese (think Morgan/Eastman), tomatoes, eggs (lots of food). We also see fire extinguishers, lots of green (especially paint), an elevator. You get the idea.

The first big thing that happens is Wes meets his brother, Derek, whom he thought was dead. 

Welcome to the first Beth proxy.

Okay, I didn’t remember much of this backstory or how much of it was told when we first met Wes. I do remember talking about his brother as a possible Beth proxy, but beyond that, I didn’t remember details. But they rehash it all here. Care to take a guess?

Wes went out for supplies and was overwhelmed by, you guessed it, a walker horde. He ran into a shed but it collapsed (becoming something of tomb) and the walkers were beating on the outside, trying to get in (think Beth and Daryl in the trunk). He passed out and woke up in The Holding.

That’s exactly like what happened with Beth, actually. She told Gorman she was fighting a walker and everything went black. She woke up at Grady.

The difference here is that Beth never bought into what Dawn was peddling, but unfortunately, Wes’s brother did. We eventually learn that he’s a true follower of “Teddy,” the cult leader and condones the murder that’s being done.

And of course that’s also what we think happened during the missing 17 days. Overwhelmed by walkers, left behind. Perhaps she woke up back at Grady, or somewhere else.

But the actual reunion between Wes and Derek is very on-the-nose. Because Wes truly thought this brother dead, he even says things like, “You’re alive?” and “What the hell?” Probably things that will be said about Beth when she finally shows up.

There’s also a serious/Sirius mention when they sit down to talk. And Derek keeps mentioning his bike. Like Daryl, he had a bike that Wes took when he thought his brother dead. But the fact that he mentions “bikes” like five times in this conversation is important.

I wanted to mention coffee. We’ve seen coffee as a symbol before, specifically around Carol. We first noticed it when Paula told her little story about the carrot, the egg and the coffee beans going into the water in 6x13. She said the coffee beans changed the water itself. So, coffee = a catalyst for change. But this episode made me realize it’s a catalyst for a change that’s not necessarily good.

Apparently, the supplies Wes’s brother went out for was coffee creamer. The change that came was not only him being left behind and presumed dead, but changing into a person that no longer empathized with other human beings. (Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t we see Carol making and drinking coffee just before they went to the caverns and Connie disappeared?)

There’s also a huge eye/sight/see theme. They take everyone over to see this green-ivy walker and ask them what they “see”. The idea is that they should see life and possibility springing from death, but it’s just a way to indoctrinate them and check to see if they’re willing to go along with what the cult’s beliefs are. Lots of talk of eyes (opening your eyes), what one can and can’t yet see, etc.

Later, we see walkers with their mouths sewn shut. So we have at least the see no evil, speak no evil themes. There might have been hear no evil that I didn’t catch.

The second major parallel is to Daryl and Merle, since these two are brothers. 

But it’s more than just that. Wes took Derek’s bike after he disappeared (same as Daryl and Merle). When Wes found his brother again, he was with a bad group (with Merle, it was the Governor) or rather a group of decent people led by an evil man. Derek has a skewed mindset, and is working for Teddy. Remember that Merle not only worked for the Gov but even tried to kill Michonne at one point. And how they die is…similar. Merle’s, in the end, was more chivalrous, as he died to help save Daryl and TF. That wasn’t the case with Derek, but his death resulted from him pretending to work against Teddy. Unfortunately it wasn’t real, and he betrayed them, but there are still parallels/anti-parallels between the two stories.

How is this place like Grady?

There’s the underground tomb aspect, the fact that they grow their own food. At the beginning, Alicia’s group keeps asking them questions about the community, which Riley (Nick Stahl) pretty much refuses to answer.

One of them is, “Are we allowed to leave?” or “Is anyone allowed to leave?” That, of course, instantly reminded me of Grady. Now, they never answer it directly, and at one point, Riley says they can decide if they want to stay or not. But by the time we get to the end of the episode, I’m pretty sure that’s BS. So, like Grady, no one’s really given the choice to leave. Even if they tell people they can.

They’re taken into a room with medical equipment at one point. It just looks a lot like Grady, though I could tell it wasn’t the same kind of medical equipment. We’re told that it’s embalming equipment.

In fact, Al says something that should catch your ear. She says, “they must have hit the funeral home.” Naturally all our minds will go to Alone, but she’s talking about the funeral home she and Dwight (I think) were at before. I don’t remember which episode, but we talked about it looking a lot like the funeral home in Alone. So, I think Al is saying these people, The Holding, raided that funeral home and took the equipment. Kinda makes me think the funeral home in Alone will come back into the picture at some point.

And it turns out, The Holding is embalming walkers. Al’s group ends up in a room with dozens of walkers strung up by their wrists (kind of like Daryl and Michonne were in Scars). They’ve been embalmed and their mouths have been sewn shut.

So, here’s where the plot becomes super interesting. I mentioned above that Riley told them they could choose to leave at some point, right? Al was saying that everything they’ve set up is impressive—food, power, water, they’re very self-sustaining—but it felt like they were preparing for something big.

He admits that they are. He says they are planning to soon close the doors permanently. He says they never want to go topside again, and the new way to live will be underground.

Later, when talking to Morgan, Al sort of implies that maybe it’s not so much about them choosing to go underground as that something will drive them underground for a long time. Almost like they’re preparing for a nuclear winter or something. But we don’t know exactly what it is.

I think what we’re supposed to infer is that they’re collecting walkers to use as compost in coming years. (They even call the walkers ‘posters.) They’re embalming the walkers to keep them “fresh.” Riley says the walkers last about 2 months in the composter before they break down entirely, so putting away 20 or 30 walkers really will last them for years.

CRM Ties

Wes and Al snoop through Derek’s room. They find maps of different communities and some of those transparent overlays that have the three rings of the CRM on them. That’s how they know that this group is attacking communities (like Tank Town) and that Derek knows all about it.

The other thing Al figures out from looking at Derek’s maps is that the group seemed to be tracking the CRM’s drop sites. She thinks they want to get their hands on a helicopter. (So, when it comes to Nora’s group, who was in the high rise, this group wasn’t after them. The roof was a helicopter drop site and that’s really who they were after. Though, they might have set the plague on Nora’s people because they are trying to kill humanity.) And given that this cult might be planning the end of the world, clearly them getting a hold of a helicopter would be a bad thing. 

Al tells Dwight she’s going to go look for Isobel and warn her. I think she’s just planning to go to the drop sites and wait for a helicopter to show up.

So, we have more potential interaction with the CRM through Al. And I’m really hoping we get some good Bethyl symbolism and clues through this storyline. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on it.

Morgan and Burning it Down

Wes confronts him and talks him into leaving with them. At one point, Wes mentions Morgan. I think he just does it without thinking, because what would Morgan mean to his brother, right? But Derek instantly gets weird when he hears Morgan’s name, and Wes doesn’t really notice.

When they try to leave, they get caught, and it’s obvious Derek set them up. They’re taken to the embalming room, and Riley asks where Morgan is. They won’t say how they know him or why they want him, but they’re VERY interested in finding Morgan. 

I was thinking it might just be because Morgan killed those two guys in one of the early episodes when they attacked him in his truck, but they both died and wouldn’t have known his name from that encounter anyway. So I’m not sure what this is about. There are the tapes they were leaving at gas stations and such. Maybe that’s it, but it wouldn’t explain why they would want Morgan more than the others.

They’re taken to the embalming room and threatened with death. Derek takes Wes back to the ivy walker to see if he can “see” what Wes does. 

A fight ensues, and Wes throws Derek into the walker where he’s bitten. He shoots his brother so he won’t turn. The thing about this part is that it doesn’t show it. It instead shows the (somewhat yellowish) mural Derek was working on before, and Teddy’s voice is talking about how light comes from darkness. Then, we just hear a single gunshot. 

That gave me *major* Beth vibes.

Wes then goes back to the embalming room to rescue the others.

Wes’s reaction at this part reminded me a bit of Daryl/Merle too. Not so much at Merle’s death, but back in 3x10 when Daryl returned to the prison. It just struck me that, while Wes did cry when his brother died and clearly mourned him, he got over it really fast. He went back to where the group was and no longer seemed terribly broken up about it. I was just thinking he seemed to have figured out who his true family was and where he really belonged, and that that was more important than his brother’s warped mindset. Much like Daryl and Merle.

When he goes back, he takes Riley hostage briefly and they all escape into another room and bar the door. This room is full of the hanging walkers full of embalming fluid. They have to walk between them toward an exit on the far side.

Al Parallels Daryl in 5x15

Here’s another super interesting parallel. Al sees one walker hanging that has the black CRM gear on it, including the helmet, so she can’t see its face. She walks over to it and lifts its helmet, clearly looking to see if it’s Isobel, which it’s not. Such an obvious parallel to Daryl looking into the face of the blond walker on the tree. It even lunges at her and she kills it, like Daryl did with that walker.

What I liked here is that Alicia freaked out about it. She said, “what the hell was that?” Aaron didn’t say that to Daryl, so they weren’t drawing as much attention to it there as they did here. But clearly we are supposed to notice that, without knowing more, that behavior is bizarre. And here, we the audience know that Al was worried it was Isobel. But Alicia doesn’t. Where the blond walker on the tree is concerned, the audience is in Alicia’s place, not being terribly clear about what’s behind Daryl’s behavior. (I mean, TD is, but most of the rest of the fandom isn’t.)

So then Alicia says they should take this place down. When Al stabbed the CRM walker in the neck, embalming fluid poured out. Embalming fluid is highly flammable. So, long story short, Alicia stays behind to “burn it down” and the others escape. (I don’t have to explain that parallel, right? ;D)

It all happens really fast. We see Alicia light the match (which Al had; just reminded me of Daryl having matches in Rick’s hallucination in 7x01, and clearly Al = Daryl in this parallel), and then it skips to Al, Wes, and Luciana back with Morgan telling him what happened. They say the fire was huge and burned hot, and Alicia could have gotten out, but they couldn’t FIND her. They also don’t know if any of the Holding people got out.

So Morgan just says they’re going to go back and start at the Holding location to look for Alicia. I’m assuming that will happen next episode.

So, we aren’t exactly clear on this group’s dogma or what they’re trying to do, but it does seem that they want to kill off everyone who lives up top. Which is, you know, everyone. And once again, that makes them a lot like the Wolves. They believe killing people is saving them. I’m not saying these are Wolves or anything (they might be; after all, both groups tied a blond walker to a tree and believed similar things about killing off the remnants of humanity) but rather that the Wolves were a foreshadow of other groups to come.

And the next question is, are they part of the CRM? Because of the CRM walker, and what they implied about them trying to hijack a helicopter, I’m thinking not. But there’s clearly a lot of entanglement going on.

Alicia = Beth

So, in the final scene, we have some interesting developments. This may be the scene that got my mind spinning the most, just in terms of symbolic Beth potential.

We see Alicia, very much alive, and still in the embalming room, though now all the walls look blackened. So obviously the entire place didn’t burn down. (That doesn’t surprise me. It’s an underground parking garage. It takes a lot to burn down cement.)

She’s being held hostage in there. Riley comes in and says some weird, cryptic things. He says new life springs from death, for MOST people, and that they plan to preserve Alicia exactly as she is. It’s obvious they mean to kill and embalm her.

But I had the thought that maybe they meant her to take the place of the Ivy Walker. We don’t know what happened to that walker. It might have burned in the fire, but they didn’t show us either way. I was thinking that it would make a twisted sense for them to embalm Alicia (who tried to take their community down) and put her in its place. Which would make her a Beth proxy.

Riley leaves her alone with the embalming guy, but she stabs him in the eye (Sirius) and then, after a brutal scuffle, sticks him in the neck with the embalming needle, killing him.

It’s then that we finally meet Teddy, the leader of the cult. We hear about him and hear his voice a lot during the episode (they play tapes of him talking throughout the garage as people work) but this is when we first see him. It’s John Glover. I don’t know if everyone’s familiar with him. He was on Smallville back in the day. I totally forgot he was going to be on the show. He’s usually a villain, but more of a funny villain than a scary villain.

Anyway, he basically tells Alicia he has a special role for her and that he’s been looking for someone like her for a long time. He seems convinced that he can convert her to his philosophy, but he’s also fixated on the fact that she sacrificed herself for her family. So, it doesn’t say what he means by “someone like you” but I’m assuming someone who is brave or else self-sacrificial.

But here’s the thing. I’ve been thinking recently that they haven’t really done much with Alicia lately. She’s one of the few surviving originals for this series, and one of the most well known actors going into it, because she’s been on other highly-watched tv shows, but they’ve kind of been ignoring her.

So, I think this is the beginning of a big arc for her, and I think it will be a major parallel for what happened with Beth after she was left behind.

Alicia becomes a proxy here for Beth, not only because she’s in the Grady-like medical room, and stabs a guy in the eye, but Teddy totally razzes her about being left behind.

He says, “they left you behind.” She says, “I made them.” He says, “Yeah, but they obliged.” And then goes off about how they’re her family and family is sacred and they shouldn’t have done that.

And in my head, I���m screaming, “Beth! Beth! Beth!”

So yeah. Super intrigued by this episode. They’re setting up some really intriguing things and it will be very interesting to see what happens moving forward.

What did everyone else think of the episode?

#beth greene #beth greene lives #beth is alive #beth is coming #td theory #td theories #team delusional #team defiance #beth is almost here #bethyl

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The Good Thing That Came Out of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dear Readers,

As you know, it has been a really tough 2020 so far, worldwide.

Here in the U.S. we’re still battling COVID-19; dealing with hurricanes, social unrest from racial conflict; a very divisive political situation, and here in California where I live, forest fires (about 400 burning at the same time at one point) enough to cause air quality warnings far away from the fires.

I know some of you are in Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.  I hope things aren’t so bad over there.

But enough of that.  We must focus on living and make necessary adjustments to carry on with our lives.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes something like this:   From crisis, there is opportunity (forgive me if I butchered it; no insult intended).

For the COVID pandemic, this turned out to be true:  millions, if not billions of people all over the world learned that they could do a lot of things that they normally did in person, online.  And for those who already did this well before COVID, they learned how to do it even better.

Shopping, buying groceries and sundries, attending school, working, holding meetings, attending church services, getting music lessons, and socializing are just some of the activities people learned how to effectively do online, thanks to being quarantined.

And, in my opinion, the most significant thing people are doing more of online, thanks to COVID:  healthcare.  Telemedicine, also called telehealth involves using a telephone and/or webcam to communicate with a health professional instead of in person, face-to-face for the purpose of improving one’s health.  It also encompasses “consuming” health care content in digital format via the internet such as pre-recorded videos, slides, images, flow charts, white papers, and audio files and podcasts.  I wrote about this over five years ago when I decided to transition my practice to a telehealth model.

Telehealth was just starting to gain traction right before COVID, but the pandemic accelerated its acceptance.  The need to quarantine and social distance forced doctors and their patients to interact online, and things will never be the same (in a good way).  We were hesitating at the edge of the swimming pool and COVID pushed us into that cold water, figuratively speaking.

Webcams, Internet, Wireless Connectivity and Mobile Devices Finally Transform Healthcare

The “planets aligned” for telemedicine, and very soon it’s going to be as common as buying groceries.  To me, it’s overdue.  I hope that telehealth not only enables healthcare for millions more lives on the planet, it will drive healthcare costs down.  The cost savings to hospitals are obvious; and those savings should be passed on to the insured and paying patients.  We’ll see if that happens.  While I know people are used to tradition, starting from the days of the old country doctor with good bedside manners I think in 2020 and beyond, people are going to be just fine seeing their doctor online for simple and routine visits.

And the implications go beyond the actual care:  telemedicine will save time and money on a macroeconomic scale, and will be actually good for the environment in more ways than one:  less cars on the road (no need to drive to see your doctor); less electricity and other overhead expenses needed to keep a large building operable, less printed paper, etc.

Telehealth Is Ideal for your Average Doctor Visit

The vast majority of things that cause people to seek a doctor are non-emergency, and lifestyle related.  Non-emergency means not life-threatening, or risk of serious injury.  Lifestyle related means conditions that are largely borne out of lifestyle choices—high-calorie/ junk food diets; alcohol use, smoking, inadequate exercise, occupational/work-related, etc. and are usually chronic; i.e. having a long history–diabetes, high blood pressure, indigestion, arthritis, joint pain, etc.  These conditions can be self-managed with proper medical guidance provided remotely via webcam.  I believe that if lifestyle choices can cause illness, different lifestyle choices can reverse or minimize those same illnesses, which can be taught via telehealth.

Then there are the cases that are non-emergency, single incident:  fevers, rashes, stomach aches, allergies, minor cuts and scrapes, and things of that nature.  Sure, some cases of stomach aches and headaches can actually be something dire like cancer.  But doctors know that such “red flag” scenarios are comparatively rare, as in less than one percent of all cases; therefore, the vast majority of them can be handled via telehealth.  Besides, the doctor can decide at the initial telehealth session if the patient should come in the office, if he/she suspects a red flag.

A Typical In-Office Doctor Visit

Typically when you go to a doctor/ primary care physician, you are given a list of disorders and told to check off any that apply to you recently—stomach pain, headaches, vomiting, fever, etc.

Then, you are asked a bunch of questions related to your complaint.  This is called taking your history (of your condition).  The nurse practitioner or doctor may do this.

The doctor may or may not examine you, such as checking your eyes, ears, nose, and mouth; temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, lungs and so on depending on your history and complaint.

The doctor then takes this information and comes up with a diagnosis or two.  You may be referred for diagnostic testing, again depending on what you came in for, such as an X-ray, MRI, ultrasound or blood test.

You may get a prescription for medications or medical device, and a printout of home care instructions, and then you’re done with your office visit.

With the exception of a physical examination involving touching and diagnostic tests, everything I just explained can be done via a telehealth visit on your computer.  But as technology advances, more and more medical procedures will be performed remotely via a secure internet connection.

I believe that in the very near future, there will be apps and computer peripherals capable of doing diagnostic tests which will allow your doctor to get real-time diagnostic data during your telehealth visit.  It’s already possible for blood sugar, body temperature, heart and lung auscultation and blood pressure.

Imagine wearing gloves with special, embedded sensors in the fingertips that transfer sensory information via the internet to “receiver” gloves that your doctor wears, 20 miles away.  During a telehealth visit, you can palpate (feel) your glands, abdomen, lymph nodes, etc. and this sensory information is immediately felt by your doctor, as though he was right there palpating and examining you.

Or, imagine an ultrasound device that plugs into your HD port that transfers images of your thyroid to your doctor via the internet.

The possibilities are endless, and it bodes well for global health.  Imagine all the people who can be helped, all over the world, via telehealth.  It’s truly an exciting time in healthcare.

Telemedicine for Muscle and Joint Pain and Injuries

Every day, millions of people worldwide sustain or develop some sort of musculoskeletal (affecting muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, bone) pain, whether it’s their low back, neck, shoulder, hip, knee, hand or other body part. If not treated right, it can become permanent or chronic.

Chronic pain, and even acute (recent onset) musculoskeletal pain can effectively be addressed via telehealth (this is the domain of my platform, Pain and Injury Doctor, and it’s my goal to help a million people worldwide eliminate their pain).

Available medical procedures for musculoskeletal conditions requiring an in-office visit such as surgery and cortisone injection are usually not the first intervention choice for such pain.  Conservative care is the standard of care for the vast majority of non-emergency musculoskeletal pain and injury–an ideal application for telehealth.

For example, if you were to go to your doctor for sudden onset low back pain, you would most likely be given a prescription for anti-inflammatory medications, if not advised to just take over-the-counter NSAIDs such as Motrin, and rest.  You would also be given a printout of home care instructions, such as applying ice every two hours; avoiding heavy lifting and certain body positions; and doing certain stretches and exercises.  As you can imagine, such an office visit could easily be accomplished via a telehealth session.  No need to drive yourself to the doctor’s office for this.

But what about chiropractic or physical therapy?  You can’t get these physical treatments through your webcam.  Yes, chiropractic has been shown to be effective for acute and chronic low back pain, but available studies typically don’t conclude that chiropractic for low back pain is superior or more economical than exercise instruction or traditional medical care.  Same with physical therapy.  However, as a “biased” chiropractor myself, I believe the benefit of spinal adjustments is not just pain relief, but improved soft tissue healing and structural alignment; two things that I believe can help reduce the chance of flare ups/ chronicity.

So get a couple of chiropractic adjustments if you can, but know that you can overcome typical back pain through self-rehabilitation as well (see my video on how to treat low back pain).

Many Types of Pain Can Be Self-Cured

Take a second to look at my logo.  It looks like a red cross, but it’s actually four converging red arrows that form a figure of a person showing vitality, with arms and legs apart.  The four arrows represent four pillars of self-care that my platform, The Pain and Injury Doctor, centers on:

Lifestyle modification (nutrition, mindset, healthy habits)

Using select home therapy equipment

Rehabilitative exercises

Manual therapy

These are four things that people suffering from pain are capable of doing by themselves, and sometimes with the help of a partner (manual therapy).  All of the Self Treatment Videos on Pain and Injury Doctor incorporate these four elements of self-care (some are still being produced as of this writing).  Isn’t this more interesting than a bottle of Motrin?

Conclusion

I will close with this:  research shows that when patients are actively engaged in their healthcare, they tend to experience better health outcomes and it’s not hard to figure out why.  By participating in your own health, you have “skin in the game;” i.e. you are invested in your health rather than being passive and wanting health to be “given” to you by a doctor through medicine or treatments.  Mindset is what drives behavior, and those who are passive about their health are the ones who pay no attention until it’s too late—they don’t eat healthy; they don’t exercise enough; they voluntarily ingest toxins (junk food, alcohol, and smoking) and engage in health-risky behaviors.  For many health conditions, by the time the primary symptom is noticeable, the disease has already set in; for example, onset of bone pain from metastasized cancer; or the first sign of pain and stiffness from knee osteoarthritis.

Being actively engaged and invested in one’s health will pay huge dividends in one’s quality of life, and longevity.  So, in order for telemedicine/ telehealth to work for you, you need to have this mindset.  You have to “do the work.”  I can show you clinically proven self-treatment techniques to treat common neck pain, but they obviously won’t work if you don’t do them, and do them diligently.

Self-care for managing musculoskeletal pain is a natural fit for the telemedicine model of health care, which made its world debut this year.  I’m excited to produce content that can help you defeat pain, without visiting a doctor’s office.  I’m especially excited if your are one of the millions of people who don’t have health insurance or access to a health professional, and I am able to help improve your quality of life by showing you how to self-manage your pain.

If there is anyone you know who can benefit from this site, please share.  Take care.

Dr. P

#Musculoskeletal disorders #Musculoskeletal pain #PainandInjuryDoctor #Low Back Pain #Muscle Pain