Treat the Root Cause: Fatigue & Long Covid feat. Dr. Kennedy

In this episode, we are joined by one of the world's leading expert physicians on neuroplastic pain and symptoms. Dr. Rebecca Kennedy sits down with Tanner, sharing science, personal stories, and practical ideas to get to the root of chronic symptoms - and heal!

We discuss how chronic fatigue and long COVID are commonly neuroplastic - meaning they are generated by the brain and nervous system, not ongoing physical damage or disease.

You'll lean:
• Why downstream biomarkers reflect brain functioning and nervous system state, not irreversible physical damage
• Why symptoms occur, and how they can move and change
• The importance of emotional awareness and expression in recovery
• Ideas for increasing mind-body communication
• About Dr. Kennedy’s 1:1 work, team approach, and upcoming course

Rebecca Kennedy, MD, is a family medicine physician with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She worked at a migrant farmworker clinic at the start of her career, then spent 15 years at Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Oregon, where she served as the lead physician for the Long COVID specialty group.

In 2023, she founded Resilience Health Care, a clinic dedicated to treating neuroplastic symptoms. She now provides virtual consultations to patients worldwide and supports recovery from a wide range of chronic symptoms with a particular focus on long COVID. 

She is active in teaching, collaboration, and advocacy. Dr. Kennedy collaborates internationally on treating chronic pain and other persistent symptoms. She is a member of the Oslo Chronic Fatigue Consortium and serves as board chair of the nonprofit
Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS).

Dr. Kennedy's Resilience Health Care Clinic: https://resilience-healthcare.com/

Tanner Murtagh and Anne Hampson are therapists who treat neuroplastic pain and mind-body symptoms. They are also married!

In his 20s, Tanner overcame chronic pain and a fibromyalgia diagnosis by learning his symptoms were neuroplastic, not structural. Post-healing, Tanner and Anne have dedicated their lives to developing effective treatment and education for neuroplastic pain and symptoms.

Listen and learn how to assess your own chronic pain and symptoms, gain tools to retrain the brain and nervous system, and make changes in your life and health!

The Mind-Body Couple podcast is owned by Pain Psychotherapy Canada Inc. This podcast is produced by Alex Klassen, one of the wonderful therapists at our agency in Calgary, Alberta. https://www.painpsychotherapy.ca/

Tanner, Anne, and Alex also run the MBody Community, an in-depth online course that provides a step-by-step process for assessing, treating, and resolving mind-body pain and symptoms. https://www.mbodycommunity.com

Check out Tanner's YouTube channel for more free education and practices: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Fl6WaFHnh4ponuexaMbFQ

And follow us for daily education posts on Instagram: @painpsychotherapy

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