Speaker (a clinician) observes that patients from every age group struggle with joint pain, and that these complaints are rarely isolated — they accompany broader systemic symptoms. The speaker describes personal experience (aging, perimenopause) and professional observations as motivating both them and Dr. Schachter to pursue a holistic, full-body approach to treating patients' pain.
From every age group, we see that they are battling joint pain, but it's never just joint pain. In the last several years, as I've begun to go into the higher age rounds, you know, into my 40s, into perimenopause, and now approaching my 50s, you know, we personally see, both in ourselves and our peer group, all of the symptoms, but also professionally, all of my patients from every age group, we see that they are battling joint pain, but it's never just joint pain. And that's one of the things that directed both Dr. Schachter and I to start really looking into a more holistic, well rounded, full body approach to treating our patient's pain.
She Traveled from Colorado for a Different Approach to Knee Pain | Lois’ Story
