Articles & Papers

The Cry of Chronic Pain – WSMA Preceptor, August 2011.

Back From the Edge: Coping with Physician Stress – The Doctor’s Advocate, 4th Quarter 2011.

David Hanscom Profile: “Beyond Success Online”

Defining Solutions for Workers’ Comp: Ability and Motivation. ACPA Chronicle, March 2012.

A Surgeon’s Perspective on the Hoffman Process. Staying Connected, March 2012.

Could You Benefit from Sending Your Intake Questionnaire Ahead of Time? – ZocDoc, March 26, 2013

Physician Suicide: My Journey.  Spineline, September-October, 2011.  (Reproduced with permission from SpineLine, 2011;11(6):42-44. © 2011 North American Spine Society.)

Aching Back? Why Surgery Is Not Indicated for Lower Back Pain, Case In Point, July 201.  (Reproduced with permission from Case In Point.)

Compassionate Medicine for Chronic Pain – ZocDoc, November 13, 2013

Taking Back Your Life from Pain – The Dr. Oz Show website – December 4, 2013

Will Surgery Help Your Back Pain—Or Make It Worse? How to Tell – Daily Health News, Bottom Line Publications – January 13, 2014

How Chronic Pain Affects Families – The Doctor Blog – January 22, 2014

Take Control of Back Pain – The Elephant Journal – Nancy Alder – January 25, 2014

Cognitive pain management breakthrough far better choice than back surgery, says surgeon – Natural News – March 10, 2014

Doctors, Workers and Insurers — Driving Better Outcomes for All – Claims Magazine – August 2014

How My Patient Healed Her Back Pain By Learning To Forgive – MindBodyGreen – September 3, 2014

Out of Pain (and Wheelchair) With Forgiveness – Psychology Today – with Fred Luskin – December 10, 2014

Why I Love Treating Patients with Chronic Pain – All things Healing

The Dangers of Positive Thinking – Rewire Me – September 17, 2015

Articles & Papers by Others

Is Most Back Pain Caused by Repressed Emotions? – October 25, 2017 – Dr. Joseph Mercola