Dr. Jason Siefferman introduces Care Beyond the Pain and the three phases of the chronic pain journey: Discovery, Treatment, and Maintenance. He explores why understanding how and why pain persists is essential, how treatment can help refine a diagnosis, and why progress is rarely a straight line.

The episode establishes the framework for future conversations with providers, patients, caregivers, and others involved in navigating chronic pain.

Dr. Jason Siefferman sits down with neurologist Dr. Joshua Weaver to explore why pain does not always show up clearly on imaging or diagnostic testing. They discuss peripheral neuropathy, nervous system sensitization, fibromyalgia, and diagnostic uncertainty, as well as why listening, examination, continuity of care, and an iterative approach can be essential when the answer is not immediately clear.

Guest: Dr. Joshua Weaver, Weill Cornell Medicine
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Chronic pain affects more than physical health. Psychiatrist Dr. Ravi Shah joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to explore how persistent pain can reshape identity, relationships, and daily life. They discuss medical trauma, anxiety, and how psychiatric care and practical coping strategies can help people regain confidence, a sense of control, and quality of life.

Learn more about Dr. Ravi Shah at Arc Psychiatry: https://www.arcpsychiatry.org/

Physical therapy for complex pain is about more than getting stronger. Nathan Sherwood, PT, DPT, joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to explore how movement patterns, stability, proprioception, and compensation can influence pain and recovery. They discuss hypermobility, functional manual therapy, purposeful exercise, and why rebuilding dysfunctional movement patterns often requires a gradual, individualized process.

Learn more about Nathan Sherwood at KFMT Physical Therapy:
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POTS may be the symptom that brings someone to cardiology, but the underlying picture can be far more complex. Cardiologist Dr. Alexis Cutchins joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to discuss the overlap among POTS, MCAS, hypermobility, vascular compression, and chronic pain, and why diagnosis and treatment often require looking across body systems and addressing several contributing factors over time.

Learn more about Dr. Alexis Cutchins at Cutchins Cardiovascular Medicine:
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Effective spine care begins with identifying what is actually causing the problem. Neurosurgeon Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins III joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to discuss diagnostic testing, surgical decision-making, hypermobility and craniocervical instability, Bertolotti syndrome, and why the least invasive procedure is only valuable when it adequately addresses the underlying condition.

Learn more about Dr. Arthur L. Jenkins III at Jenkins NeuroSpine:
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An abnormality on a scan is not always the source of the pain. Surgeon Dr. Brian Jacob joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to explore chronic groin and pelvic pain, hidden hernias, nerve entrapment, mesh-related pain, and sports injuries, and why diagnosis should begin with the patient’s history rather than imaging alone.

Learn more about Dr. Brian Jacob at NYC Hernia.

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Email: nychernia@gmail.com

Pelvic floor dysfunction can describe very different problems, from muscle guarding and trigger points to dystonia, prostatitis, hypermobility, and referred pain. Pelvic floor physical therapist Dr. Adam Gvili joins Dr. Jason Siefferman to discuss how careful examination, treatment response, and multidisciplinary care can help uncover what is actually driving pelvic pain.

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