Pain Points with Max Shen
Max ShenAre you a brain in a body, or a body with a brain? What does the nervous system have to do with chronic pain? How do we 'debug' pain? Join Max as he explores the relationship between pain and insight. Featuring scientists, pioneers in somatic therapy, and those who have recovered from chronic pain. Max Shen is a pain researcher affiliated with MIT. He is also the creator of Debug Your Pain, a plat... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 10 | Founded | 7 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | EducationHealth & Fitness | |||
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Elena Lake was a math major at MIT who later transitioned from her software engineering career into bodywork. We talk about her journey, and the role of perception in bodywork.
Episode Outline — Elena Lake: From Engineering to Regenerative Touch
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This past weekend, inspired by a recent preprint from Thomas Pollak, Mike Levin, et al, I gave a talk on how cybernetic models (predictive processing, dynamical systems, homeostasis/allostasis) are a hugely powerful lens to understate the current epi... more
We’ve known for decades about culture-bound syndromes that just seem so weird and only occur in a small subculture. Like men in South Central Asia who get the idea that they have semen loss and their semen loss is making them weak and tired... and we... more
If there is a sharp knife pressing into my hand, and let’s call it pain, if I resist, resist it, and hate it and want it gone, I stick the knife deeper in my hand.
Try to push it away, okay. Deeper. Now if I relax my hand, okay, it’s a totally diffe... more
In this episode of Pain Points, I’m speaking with David Chapman, a writer and thinker whose work on meaning, meta-rationality, and science has been the most important education I received outside of MIT.
David was a prominent AI researcher in the la... more
In this episode of Pain Points, I’m speaking with Jozef Frucek, a dear mentor of mine and a pioneer in the world of movement.
He uses embodied cognition to combine ideas from Tai Chi, wrestling, and physical theater to create a wholly unique approac... more
“ We try to think about things from the perspective of the state itself. We too are a temporary metabolic pattern, and we have we have mental states and memories and goals and preferences and thoughts and so on.
I think of all of these things as a c... more
Bren’s documentary is out! Watch here
More on health, movement, and becoming the whole collective intelligence you are at essays.debugyourpain.com
00:00:00 Introduction — Movement Without Reductionism 00:01:00 From Stanford Biochemistry to Movemen... more
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This series centers around the intricate relationship between chronic pain and various therapeutic approaches, incorporating insights from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. A significant portion of the episodes focuses on innovative theories and methods, such as Pain Reprocessing Therapy and the influence of the nervous system on pain perception. The discussions often challenge traditional biomedical models, advocating for a more integrative understanding of health that embraces both emotional and physiological aspects. Notably, the series seeks to reshape conventional views on pain treatment, promoting new paradigms that harness personal agency and self-awareness as key components in managing chronic pain.
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