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’. 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’. Today, Monty and I discuss: What is pain really? His personal journey of dealing with pain from IBS How hypnotherapy and homoeopathy might work to reduce pain Why loneliness and lack of community can lead to pain The concept of neuroplasticity How movement, visualisation and education can help reduce and rewire our relationship with pain 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. ________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTERS: Timecodes: 00:00 - Introduction 04:21 - What Is Pain 11:05 - Mind & Body 28:26 - Hypnotherapy 34:41 - Neuroplasticity 54:40 - Loneliness & Pain 1:02:02 - The Writing Process ________________________________________________________________________ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM Dr Monty Lyman: His Twitter is: @monty_lyman His Instagram is: @monty.lyman His website (which contains info about both of his books): https://www.montylyman.com/books ________________________________________________________________________ EAT WELL EVERYDAY 📱 Download the Doctor's Kitchen app for free here: https://apple.co/3La17ce 🥗 Download a FREE 7 day meal plan: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/newsletter/ LEARN FROM THE BEST 🎤 Listen to experts on the podcast: https://thedoctorskitchen.com/podcasts 👨🏽‍💻 Browse articles on the website: www.thedoctorskitchen.com MY COOKBOOKS 📚 https://thedoctorskitchen.com/books/ LET'S BE FRIENDS 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doctors_kitchen/ 📹 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDHTLhQbYlFnPBv-iLgFsQQ 🙋🏽‍♂️ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedoctorskitchen 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/doctors_kitchen 👔 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rupy-aujla/