What the medical system gets wrong about chronic dizziness: interview with Dr. John Stracks, MD

It is my great privilege to bring you this interview with Dr. John Stracks, MD, one of the leading medical physicians working with people with medically-unexplained chronic disorders such as chronic pain and chronic dizziness. In You can learn more about Dr. Stracks and his practice at cormendihealth.com and on his blog at drjohnstracks.com 00:00:00 Intro & about Dr. Stracks 00:05:40 Dr. Stracks' own experience with chronic pain and unsteadiness 00:08:00 Chronic dizziness symptoms are the result of a sense of danger, not damage in the body 00:09:48 The conventional biomedical messaging on chronic dizziness is dangerous & causes more symptoms 00:10:55 Dr. Stracks has treated many people with neural circuit dizziness: PPPD, MdDS, vestibular migraine, cervicogenic dizziness and others 00:11:42 The conventional medical system doesn't work well for neural circuit dizziness 00:15:27 Often people are diagnosed with recurrent BPPV when the cause is not physical 00:17:03 Conventional treatments (medicine and physical therapy) are not addressing the root cause 00:21:20 EVERYONE develops physical symptoms in response to stress - this should be normalized 00:24:40 Reasons why physicians often aren't able to recognize and effectively treat these conditions 00:27:48 How you can advocate for yourself as someone with neural circuit dizziness 00:35:07 Physicians often have a "fix it" approach that can make them uncomfortable with complex neural circuit dizziness conditions 00:36:36 Don't listen to people who say that you're broken; this is a fundamental misunderstanding of human physiology 00:37:46 What does recovery look like long term? Gradual and with ups and downs 00:40:46 Having unpleasant sensations is normal, and so is recovery taking time 00:42:29 Patients who are able to reduce their fear of/fixation on the symptoms get better the fastest 00:44:22 Not feeling 100% all the time and having physical symptoms of stress sometimes is totally normal 00:48:16 Our medical system rewards short visits, medicines and procedures rather than talking to patients 00:50:40 Why do some people need help from a practitioner to recover? 00:53:58 Why people with difficult life experiences and trauma are more likely to have physical symptoms 00:57:56 Post-traumatic growth occurs using the same methods we use for working through mindbody disorders 01:00:00 Often people who recover feel that the symptoms made their lives better 01:02:02 The symptoms aren't the enemy; they are telling you something needs to change in your life 01:03:30 One key to recovery: understanding what the symptoms are telling us about what needs to change in our lives 01:04:55 Recovery takes time! DISCLAIMER: Please note that Yonit Arthur, The Steady Coach and any of our other guests are not acting as an audiologist nor offering audiology or medical services services or advice on any public videos or on any other content. This channel provides wellness education and personal opinion only, and are not meant to be a substitute for medical or mental health instruction or intervention. Use any tools discussed at your own risk.