As a Pain Management Physician, Dr. Sharma knew the key to treating pain was treating the whole person, not just the symptoms. She also knew she wanted to share more information with patients than what she could fit into an appointment. This led to writing, The Pain Solution: 5 Steps to Relieve and Prevent Back Pain, Muscle Pain, and Joint Pain without Medication. This best selling book, written with empathy and scientific savvy by Dr. Sharma, offers a personalized and innovative five-step pain relief program built on what she calls "microboosts," little steps that add up to big results. Illustrated with inspiring patient examples and personal stories, her drug-free plan will enable you to:

• understand the unique factors contributing to your pain
• develop a path to resuming your most cherished activities
• add easy food microboosts to reduce inflammation and support your pain-fighting gut microbiome
• move better, at home and at work, to release natural neurochemical painkillers
• recharge and recover through sleep, mindfulness, stress reduction, and supportive social relationships

More than just a road map to less pain, this is a guide to the greater joy, health, and well-being that every person deserves. 

Links

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pain-Solution-Relieve-Prevent-Medication/dp/1608687937

Dr. Sharma's Website: https://www.salonisharmamd.com/

Dr. Sharma's Instagram for daily info: https://www.instagram.com/salonisharmamd/

Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center: https://rothmanortho.com/oihc

About our Guest:

Dr. Sharma is dual board-certified rehabilitation medicine and pain management. She is medical director of the Orthopaedic Integrative Health Center at Rothman Orthopaedics, and specializes in musculoskeletal pain, employing a multi-modal approach including the use of acupuncture. Dr. Sharma has studied Lifestyle Medicine, Functional Medicine, and Integrative Medicine through the Andrew Weil program at University of Arizona. She has studied yoga and meditation at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India and mindfulness at Thomas Jefferson University. She studied acupuncture at Harvard University and completed Stanford's Physician Wellbeing Director Course. At a national level, Dr. Sharma serves as Co-Chair for Spine & Pain Rehabilitation for the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, on the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and on a national Opioid Task Force. Furthermore, she continues to support alternatives to opioids and has directed a national physician course on navigating the opioid crisis. She is a Top Doctor (multiple years in a row as voted for by her peers).

Dr. Sharma served as a Chief Resident at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and as Chief Fellow at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

A popular speaker at Google and an award-winning clinical assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, she lives near Philadelphia. More information at www.salonisharmamd.com.