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February 2012

January 2012

  • 1/25/2012: All about Running! Listen Now
  • 1/18/2012: The Emotional Keys to Becoming Pain Free Listen Now
  • 1/11/2012: Graceful Aging: How to Turn Back the Functional Clock Listen Now
  • 1/4/2012: How to survive your desk job! Listen Now

December 2011

Dr. N.D. Victor Carsrud

Education: • Doctor of Chiropractic - Texas Chiropractic College • Internship in Neurosurgery - Christus-St. Joseph Hospital, Houston, Texas • Post doctorate - Family Practice and Diagnosis of Internal Disorders - NHSU, Chicago, IL • Master of Science - Human Biochemistry and Genetics - UTMB Galveston • Bachelors of Science - Biology and Sociology - Trinity University, San Antonio Advanced Certifications: • Family Practice and Diagnosis of Internal Disorders (DABCI) • Clinical Nutrition (DCBCN) • Medical Acupuncture • Auriculotherapy • Clinical Pain Management Associations: • American Chiropractic Association (ACA) • ACA's Council on Diagnosis and Internal Disorders (CDID) • Texas Chiropractic Association (TCA) • Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin - Adjunct Faculty Dr. N.D. Victor Carsrud is not your typical chiropractor. After his graduate degree and research into Gene Therapy at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Dr. Carsrud began to question continued specialization in conventional research when the overall health of society was continuing to decline despite increased medications and technology. Healthcare continued to become less personal and more mechanized, with broader thinking and the human element becoming more marginalized. Then, after a training injury and a brush with surgery, Dr. Carsrud became exposed to chiropractic and the life-changing effects that alternative medicine offers. Since his launch into alternative medicine, Dr. Carsrud has diversified his studies into numerous areas of treatment, to give his patients options and insight into their conditions and wellbeing. To keep these options open to his patients, he strives to investigate scientifically credible alternatives to his patient's needs through numerous seminars. And to carry that effort beyond the clinic, Dr. Carsrud remains politically active to crusade the cause of alternative health care on the state and national levels to defend patient's access to options and choices in their own healthcare. As a Chiropractic Internist, he is uniquely qualified to address both the physical and biochemical health and wellness of the human body. By combining the structural effectiveness of Chiropractic Philosophy with proper nutritional counseling, supplementation, and exercise, lives can truly be brought back to wellness. He believes that only an all encompassing approach patient's health remains the most effective means of treating the person, not the disorder. The patient must first and foremost be treated as a whole person, and their problems treated accordingly with compassion and an integrated mindset willing to utilize a variety of approaches tailored to the needs of the patient. View Guest page

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John Cattermole

John worked in the field of Physical Therapy for 25 years. He eventually became the rehab coordinator of a chronic pain clinic. At this clinic John was exposed to people who had been through every sort of treatment to relieve chronic pain. His goal was to get results that clients were unable to get elsewhere. Because of that pursuit he crossed paths with The Egoscue Method. He began using the "e-cises" with his clients and discovered remarkable results are possible with the Egoscue Method. Seeing these results led John to learn, practice and ultimately partner with the Method to become the owner and clinic director of the Egoscue Method - Phoenix. He no longer practices in Physical Therapy. Instead, he has devoted himself full time to practicing the Egoscue Method of non-medical pain relief. View Guest page

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John Elder

John Elder is the Clinic Owner/Director of The Egoscue Method Nashville. John has been a client of The Egoscue Method since 1994. As a Division 1 Baseball Player for Yale University, John spent years trying to rehabilitate from chronic shoulder issues and a very painful Lumbar disc bulge. After two years of physical therapy and one cancelled surgery, John finally found relief from his pain after his first session with Egoscue and was an instant believer. Given that belief and his dedication to helping others become self-reliant to regain their lives and find freedom from pain, John switched from client to Egoscue Therapist in the spring of 2005, when he and his wife Carrie opened the Egoscue Clinic in Nashville, TN. Since, then, John has been an accomplished speaker and writer, and is one of the few Egoscue clinic owners to be certified to teach the Method by Egoscue University. View Guest page

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David Smith

David Smith, Clinic Director dave@egoscue.com Personal Snapshot: Played on the ATP Professional Tennis Tour (3 yrs), also enjoys running, skiing, surfing, ½ Ironman finisher Born & Raised in Denver , Colorado , lived in San Diego for 8 years Insight on Egoscue: "I came to the Egoscue Clinic in '96 thinking my tennis career was going to come to an abrupt end due to all the back pain I was experiencing both on and off the court. I was a 24-year-old going on 95. With the help from Egoscue, I not only returned to tennis without pain, but I have since made it my mission in life to give other people the same hope and pain-free existence that Egoscue has given me." View Guest page

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Shawn Taker

Shawn Taker is the clinic director of The Egoscue Clinic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Shawn graduated in 2000 from the University of Main with a Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. After working in the field of physical therapy, he learned about the Egoscue Method and found it to be the most powerful pain relief technique he had ever encountered. After several years of study he moved to Florida and opened his clinic and has been helping people in South Florida ever since. Shawn is an experienced Egoscue practitioner and is also a certified fitness professional by the Titleist Performance Institute. View Guest page

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All about Running!

January 25, 2012
Hosted by Rick Mathes

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You’ve probably heard people say that running is hard on the body. It wears out knees, chews up backs, causes cartilage loss and arthritis. Well, what if everything you’ve heard was wrong? What if running didn’t break your body down but actually built it up? What if running didn’t wear your knees out but instead strengthened them? Join me and my special guest, Matt Whitehead, a experienced and avid runner and the clinic director of The Egoscue Clinic in Portland, Oregon, as we discuss running and how to do it without breaking your body down. We’ll talk about the facts about running’s impact on your body and topics like how to learn how to run properly, what are your best choices in running footwear, and we’ll give you specific things you can do immediately before and after you run to help your body run efficiently and pain free, and how to stay that way! If you want to keep running pain free or get back to it, do not miss this show.

Stop Your Pain!

Wednesday at 1 PM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel

Our show will help you understand why you have pain, help you fix the pain, and to take away the fear. PAIN is not the problem! In fact the problem is rarely located where the pain is. Pain is the body’s way of telling us something is wrong. We are going to give people the perspective and tools to be able to understand and heal their pain without drugs, surgery or manipulation.

On our show we will discuss a variety of pain-related topics, plus we look forward to taking your calls and emails. We want to help you understand the real source of your pain and what to do about it, how to treat the core problem instead of chasing symptoms.

Our goal is to educate, inform and inspire, to help you understand things can get better, starting right now. You don’t have to keep living with pain. Take back control of your life, and join the Pain Free Movement! Stop Your Pain airs live every Wednesday at 1 PM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Health and Wellness Channel.

Rick Mathes

Rick Mathes is the Clinic Director of the Egoscue Clinic in Austin, Texas. Egoscue is a simple but powerful form of postural therapy that has helped millions of people around the world get out of pain and get back to doing the things they love to do. The Egoscue process involves a series of stretches and gentle exercises selected and sequenced specifically for each client. This process strengthens specific muscles and brings the body back to its proper alignment, back to functioning the way it was designed—pain free. Since he and his wife Theresa opened the Austin Clinic in 2003, they have helped thousands of people eliminate pain and get their lives back, without using drugs, surgery or manipulation.

In 1992, Rick was in a near-fatal car accident. He went through an aggressive physical therapy protocol 6 days per week for nearly 2 years that when completed, left him still in constant, debilitating pain. He was even told that he would never be able to run or playing tennis again and would most likely be in a wheelchair by age 50 or 60 due to arthritic degeneration in his spine. At the age of 37, he had two badly herniated discs in his lower back and was in so much pain he couldn’t tie his own shoes.

Rick began Egoscue as a client. After just one year of beginning his regiment, he was able to toss his medications and both run and play tennis again, pain free! He now feels that it is his mission to help others also get out of pain and get their lives back.

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