Best Clinical Practices for Musculoskeletal Health

05/17/23 • 34 min

Adrian den Boer, DC, ND joins the podcast this week to share his clinical success with collagen. As a functional medicine practitioner with extensive experience in naturopathic and chiropractic care, Dr. den Boer is just the person we needed to speak with to learn about the benefits of collagen for the musculoskeletal system.

Tune into this episode to hear his astounding success stories, including one that did not even seem possible, according to his medical school training. He also provided clinical pearls that will help you achieve the best outcomes and improve compliance when using collagen with your patients.

Listen to the full episode to learn:

How collagen helps athletes recover from injury
Benefits of collagen for the aging musculoskeletal system
How Dr. den Boer’s highly successful practice got started, and why he is passionate about quality testing for supplements
Issues and risks with using bone broth in place of collagen supplements
And much, much more!

Listen to the full episode to learn:

How collagen helps athletes recover from injury
Benefits of collagen for the aging musculoskeletal system
How Dr. den Boer’s highly successful practice got started, and why he is passionate about quality testing for supplements
Issues and risks with using bone broth in place of collagen supplements
And much, much more!

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Connection Focus: Forum Community Meetups

Functional Forum Local Communities connect like-minded practitioners, enabling dialog, information sharing, interdisciplinary discussion, and community building for those who attend.

In this episode we hear from a Functional Forum Community host and a loyal attendee. Kristen Brokaw, this week’s host, is the leader of Saint Louis’ local Forum Community, and founder of the St. Louis Institute for Integrative Medicine (SLIIM).

Guest Grant Corsi is the Community Host of the Orange County Functional Forum Community. He shares his story about what drove him to begin planning community events and what has made his community successful.

Our second guest is Anthony Pasek, DC who has been attending St. Louis Forum Community events for at least seven years. He speaks to the value of his community, including professional camaraderie and collaboration.

Listen to this short episode to learn:

· Valuable tips for initiating community meetups

· Why you should consider hosting your own local Community

· What challenges to expect, and how to prepare for them as a new host

· The benefits of attending local community events for physicians

· And much, much more.

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Transforming Alcohol Use Disorder with VR Wearables and Community

Guest: Amanda Wilson, MD, CEO, Founder

In this episode, we learned about emerging, research-based treatments for alcohol use disorder (AUD) that pair well with functional medicine values.

Traditional 12-step programs have startlingly low success rates (8% for Alcoholics Anonymous) and teach some principles that are not supported by scientific literature—for example, that patients must abstain and avoid exposure indefinitely to stay in recovery.

James’ guest, Amanda Wilson, MD, is an addiction physician who cofounded NorthStar Care, an alcohol treatment center that approaches AUD as a medical issue and offers a year-long, physician-monitored, at-home program. They incorporate functional medicine elements, including nutrition therapy, genomics for personalized medication selection, social support groups, and several technologies, such as virtual reality (VR) and wearables.

NorthStar Care is partnering with a company developing a wearable device to continuously track not only blood alcohol levels but also glucose and sleep patterns. For their peer support group meetings, they use VR headsets so patients can participate remotely using anonymous avatars, virtual backgrounds and even voice changers for privacy.

Download and listen to the full conversation to learn about:

A genetic factor that makes naltrexone ineffective for a portion of the population
The shortcomings of rapid-detox, inpatient rehabilitation and 12-step programs
The importance of medical support throughout the recovery process
The benefits of using VR for peer support networks
And much more!