#149 The Truth about Pain with Dr Monty Lyman

<p><a href="https://apple.co/37PvMMX" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download The Doctor’s Kitchen app </a>here.</p><br /><p>We need to revolutionise our understanding of pain. Most of us hold on to the false belief that pain is a measure of tissue damage, a ‘detector’ of physical injury. But I’m speaking to Dr Monty Lyman who argues that pain is a ‘protector’ rather than a ‘detector’.</p><br /><p>Dr Monty Lyman is a medical doctor and research fellow at the University of Oxford and his first book, The Remarkable Life of the Skin, was shortlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize, was a Radio 4 ‘Book of the Week’ and a Sunday Times ‘Book of the Year’.</p><br /><p>Today, Monty and I discuss:&nbsp;</p><p>What is pain really?</p><p>His personal journey of dealing with pain from IBS</p><p>How hypnotherapy and homoeopathy might work to reduce pain</p><p>Why loneliness and lack of community can lead to pain</p><p>The concept of neuroplasticity</p><p>How movement, visualisation and education can help reduce and rewire our relationship with pain</p><br /><p>In his new piece of work “The Painful Truth”, he beautifully presents a collection of patient stories, personal experiences and evidence base for a more nuanced understanding of pain and I highly recommend it as a read.</p><br /><p>You can <a href="https://apple.co/37PvMMX" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">download The Doctor’s Kitchen app for free</a> to get access to all of our recipes, with specific suggestions tailored to your health needs and new recipes added every month. We’ve had some amazing feedback so far and we have new features being added all the time - check it out with a 14 day free trial too.</p><br /><p>Do check out this week’s “Eat, Listen, Read” newsletter, <a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">that you can subscribe to on our website</a> - where I send you a recipe to cook as well as some mindfully curated media to help you have a healthier, happier week.</p><br /><p>We would love to get your feedback on the subject matter of these episodes - please do let me know on our social media pages (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedoctorskitchen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/doctors_kitchen?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>) what you think,and give us a 5* rating on your podcast player if you enjoyed today’s episode.</p><br /><p>Check out the recipes and app here: <a href="https://apple.co/3G0zC0Z" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3G0zC0Z</a></p><p>Join the newsletter and 7 day meal plan here: <a href="https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/</a></p><p>Check out the socials here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/</a></p><br /><p>Connect with Dr Monty Lyman</p><p>On Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/monty_lyman?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@monty_lyman</a></p><p>On Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/monty.lyman/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@monty.lyman</a></p><p>On his website: <a href="https://www.montylyman.com/books" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.montylyman.com/books</a></p><p><br /></p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>