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Conquering Chronic Pain

Conquering Chronic Pain

Dr. Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Staff Physician and Senior Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute discusses her new book “8 Steps to Conquer Chronic Pain: A Doctor’s Guide to Lifelong Relief.” She shares insights from the latest scientific research on pain, advice on attainable lifestyle and mindset changes that have proven successful in her practice for conquering pain, and how to understand the different types of pain and how these are diagnosed. She talks about rewiring the brain to control emotions and therefore control the pain and how to recharge the body.

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Dr. Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Staff Physician and Senior Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute. Her YouTube page has more than 487,000 subscribers and more than 42 million views. She received a CIHR New Investigator Award, and her research focus is on treatments of chronic pain including medications, complementary and alternative therapies, and rehabilitation.

Last updated: July 14, 2023

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