Re-Run: When to get medical scans with Paul Ingraham

[upbeat music] I have tried to get Paul Ingram, I think I asked him to come onto the podcast maybe a year and a half ago.

[laughs] And at the time, like, our timelines weren't really matching up, and the communication just moved on.

But luckily, Paul reached out to me and, uh, a few months ago and said, "Let's give this a go.

Let's give this a shot." And we finally organized something, and it's been on my mind for a long time now to do an episode about scans, to do episodes about, like, you know, X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs.

Like, when is it the best time to do that, and why? What should we consider when getting scans? What are the pros? What are the cons? And when Paul reached out and said, "Let's do this.

Um, what do you think?" I said, "Can we do an episode about scans?" 'Cause I've asked a lot of other guests, and they've kinda shied away from it, because it is a, a bit of a sensitive topic.

But he was happy to dive into this, uh, topic, and for those who don't know Paul, Paul Ingram is the creator of painscience.com.

If you've listened to episodes of the podcast, you know I am a huge fan of exploring the complexities of pain, especially chronic pain.

Uh, Paul is...

He creates just really high-quality content on the, on the website.

He mainly hones in on, um, pain, but also, like, trigger points and, like, myofascial release, that sort of stuff.

Um, passive treatments, you would call it.

Uh, but he delves into a lot of other things, and he is a self-taught health science journalist, and this is what I love.

Uh, he was a massage therapist by trade, um, but has since just self-taught, dived into a world of medical research and, um, all the publications, research, systematic reviews, everything that's sort of come out, he's just self-taught himself, which listening to his previous interviews and reading his work, I place him so high up on the ladder of who I trust in regards to advice that is delivered.

And in his website, on his articles, um, it's constantly updating.

He's constantly researching, learning something new, and then going back to his website and updating things, which I absolutely love, is keeping up to date with current evidence.

And I think that kind of suits, um, the narrative of the podcast, or suits you listening here, because you're one to, while most of us anyway don't have health professional degrees, we're just recreational runners, but want to try and inform ourselves as best as possible, find the right information, and learn more about the injury, learn more about injury prevention, learn more about increasing running performance safely.

And just the journey of being self-taught and surrounding yourself with the right information, the right guidance, um, I think Paul is a perfect example of that, but just taking it to a world-class level.

So today, like I said, we're talking about medical scans.

We're gonna talk about the pros and cons of when to get a scan, why to get a scan, um, the dangers, possibilities of getting a scan, and I'm definitely gonna have Paul back on to talk about the trigger point release, the myofascial release, stretching, massage, all that sort of stuff, um, which I'm also excited about, and he agreed to do, which hopefully I'll get him on sooner rather than later.

But let's dive into this first interview all about scans.

[upbeat music] I have tried to get Paul Ingram, I think I asked him to come onto the podcast maybe a year and a half ago.

[laughs] And at the time, like, our timelines weren't really matching up, and the communication just moved on.

But luckily, Paul reached out to me and, uh, a few months ago and said, "Let's give this a go.

Let's give this a shot." And we finally organized something, and it's been on my mind for a long time now to do an episode about scans, to do episodes about, like, you know, X-rays, CT scans, ultrasounds, MRIs.

Like, when is it the best time to do that, and why? What should we consider when getting scans? What are the pros? What are the cons? And when Paul reached out and said, "Let's do this.

Um, what do you think?" I said, "Can we do an episode about scans?" 'Cause I've asked a lot of other guests, and they've kinda shied away from it, because it is a, a bit of a sensitive topic.

But he was happy to dive into this, uh, topic, and for those who don't know Paul, Paul Ingram is the creator of painscience.com.

If you've listened to episodes of the podcast, you know I am a huge fan of exploring the complexities of pain, especially chronic pain.

Uh, Paul is...

He creates just really high-quality content on the, on the website.

He mainly hones in on, um, pain, but also, like, trigger points and, like, myofascial release, that sort of stuff.

Um, passive treatments, you would call it.

Uh, but he delves into a lot of other things, and he is a self-taught health science journalist, and this is what I love.

Uh, he was a massage therapist by trade, um, but has since just self-taught, dived into a world of medical research and, um, all the publications, research, systematic reviews, everything that's sort of come out, he's just self-taught himself, which listening to his previous interviews and reading his work, I place him so high up on the ladder of who I trust in regards to advice that is delivered.

And in his website, on his articles, um, it's constantly updating.

He's constantly researching, learning something new, and then going back to his website and updating things, which I absolutely love, is keeping up to date with current evidence.

And I think that kind of suits, um, the narrative of the podcast, or suits you listening here, because you're one to, while most of us anyway don't have health professional degrees, we're just recreational runners, but want to try and inform ourselves as best as possible, find the right information, and learn more about the injury, learn more about injury prevention, learn more about increasing running performance safely.

And just the journey of being self-taught and surrounding yourself with the right information, the right guidance, um, I think Paul is a perfect example of that, but just taking it to a world-class level.

So today, like I said, we're talking about medical scans.

We're gonna talk about the pros and cons of when to get a scan, why to get a scan, um, the dangers, possibilities of getting a scan, and I'm definitely gonna have Paul back on to talk about the trigger point release, the myofascial release, stretching, massage, all that sort of stuff, um, which I'm also excited about, and he agreed to do, which hopefully I'll get him on sooner rather than later.

But let's dive into this first interview all about scans.