Quit Knocking Yourself Out

How are woodpeckers, soccer players, dogs, concussions, acupuncture, pain, and selecting just the right garbage bag at the grocery store all connected? It might seem random, but as the conversation unfolds, we explore how these things are all related...and how they all have to do with giving yourself a break.

Accupuncture

• Acupuncture – NIH info
• Holistic vets / acupuncture for dogs

Concussions

• Study about women's sports and concussions
• University of Delaware Messenger, Inventing Tomorrow - Head First
• Concussion Research Lab
• Concussion Incidents and Trends in 20 High School Sports
• Nature article-Head Injury Risk Higher for Female Soccer Players

Pain Reprocessing

• The Way Out by Alan Gordan and Pain Reprocessing Therapy 
• Simply Sarno- another pain researcher

The Holmes-Rahe Stress Inventory 
(Note: not the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, although that is interesting, too.)

Imperfect Foods 

(episode cover image by Elarbi Taouil)

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