Dolor CRÓNICO, Postura y Mecánica Corporal | ALAN ABRUCH #240

14 Aug 2023 · 127 min
2:07:04

Spanish-language interview (Cracks Podcast #240) with Alan Abruch (rehabilitation clinician, biomechanics and neuroscience background). After personal anecdotes about his parents and art/rock collections, Abruch explains his view that pain is a messenger, not the enemy, and that posture reflects how the body repeatedly moves under gravity. He describes a clinical, multi‑factorial approach to chronic (often non‑traumatic) musculoskeletal pain: long intake/education sessions, individualized postural and movement analysis (static + dynamic), targeted progressive therapeutic exercise, sleep/nutrition/hydration/social integration, and breathing practice. Practical takeaways include interrupting sedentary posture hourly with short movement/respiratory pauses, targeting dorsal/back extensor and gluteal strength, prioritizing protein (1.5–2.2 g/kg) and sleep, using variability in movement rather than chasing a single "perfect" posture, and cautious, evidence‑aware use of modalities (foam rolling, percussion guns). The conversation expands into mental‑health territory: Abruch highlights rising concern about population mental health, cites a 2019 Europe‑wide study finding a 12‑month prevalence of 38.2% across 31 neurological and affective disorders, and argues that social integration, empathy and prevention-oriented habits are central to mitigating these conditions. He comments on emerging psychiatric treatments (psilocybin, ketamine, MDMA, micro/macro‑dosing) and notes Johns Hopkins has approved a human trial with psilocybin; he stresses need for more data and careful, supervised research. He also describes practical plans and channels: expanding his clinical practice (SUD) in Mexico, an Instagram account (Alan Bruch) that he will populate, clinics in Monterrey (Hospital Zambrano León) and Mexico City (Polanco), and a website/contact channel (sud.mx).

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38.2% (12‑month prevalence across 31 conditions in European countries including the UK and Iceland).

Monterrey: Hospital Zambrano León; Mexico City: Polanco.

Johns Hopkins University.

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