221 FSM Clinical Checklists: Complex Pain, Medical Misadventures, CRPS, and Vagus/Sympathetics

Hosts:  Carolyn McMain, MA, DC   &   Kim Pittis, LCSP (PHYS), MT

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Dr. Carol and Kim Pittis discuss using a checklist mindset in Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) sessions with complex patients: start with what bothers the patient most, assess objectively, and avoid complacency while following palpation "breadcrumbs." They share a case involving a right hip resurfacing (metal-on-metal) with multiple subsequent surgeries, contralateral tightness that was actually kidney stone pain after prolonged dehydration on a flight, and the need for annual imaging and metal-toxicity testing that had never been done. They address how patient labels like "torqued pelvis" can be inaccurate, the emotional load of chronic "medical misadventures," and when imaging (ultrasound/MRI) changes treatment specificity. Q&A covers CRPS treatment frequency (including sensory cortex work and reconnection strategies), heel pain without spur/fracture (consider S1/nerve exam), calcaneal ligament bone growth in a hockey player, stretching vs mobilizing and dynamic warm-ups, and an update to the vagus protocol adding "quiet the sympathetics" based on HRV changes.

00:00 Podcast Intro and Links

00:26 Masterclass Memory and Checklists

01:26 Starting Complex Treatments

02:18 Hip Resurfacing Case History

07:35 Checklist Finds Kidney Stone

08:51 Metal-on-Metal Red Flags

11:04 Unpacking Torqued Pelvis

14:39 Medical Misadventures Mindset