Can Chronic Back Pain Be Rewired? Back Surgery Alternatives with Dr. Eric Anderson

Podcast: Notes from the Edge · Gamut Podcast Network

Opublikowano: 2026-10-06

What if the pain you feel and the damage seen on an MRI aren’t always the same thing? Lisa Lacy sits down with neurologist Dr. Eric Anderson, MD, PhD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer at Lin Health, to explore chronic back pain, the nervous system, central sensitization, and what patients should understand before making major decisions about back surgery. Dr. Anderson explains how chronic pain can become a highly sensitized alarm system, why imaging findings don’t always correspond with the intensity of someone’s pain, and how whole-person approaches may help some people retrain the ne...