John interviews Dr. Michael Lewis, an expert in providing an integrative medicine approach for traumatic brain injury (TBI). They discuss how his 30-plus years of military experience, with a particular emphasis on TBI, improves the care and outcomes of people who have experienced psychological or physical trauma of the brain.
“So nobody’s taking ownership, there’s no concussion doctor, there’s no TBI specialty because it crosses over these different specialties. The TBI victim gets lost in that stovepipe. The silo of our specialization in medicine. Nobody’s really looking at the bigger picture, that functional medicine or integrative medicine approach.”
Dr. Michael Lewis
What We Discuss With Dr. Michael Lewis About An Integrative Medicine Approach:
- A brain injury is like a snowflake. Each person who experiences a traumatic brain injury is different and suffers different impacts on both their physical and mental health.
- Each year, an estimated 2.5 million people in the US alone experience a traumatic brain injury. But the actual incident level is unknown because so many of them are just not reported.
- According to the CDC, there are currently 5.3 million people in the United States alone who suffer from the long-term impacts of traumatic brain injury.
- Dr. Michael Lewis discovered that there is a link between integrative medicine, Omega-3 intake, and treating traumatic brain injury.
- Why so many doctors today fail to understand how to treat traumatic brain injury and the reasons why.
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What is an Integrative Medicine Approach for Traumatic Brain Injury?
Taking an integrative medicine approach is the practice of viewing the patient in a holistic matter. It is looking at the whole person who has suffered an injury and using all therapeutic approaches to heal them using a model of health and wellness versus a model of disease.
When integrative medicine is applied to traumatic brain injury, it consists of physical or occupational therapy, cognitive therapy, acupuncture, hormone replacement, and Omega-3 fatty acids in conjunction with mental health.
But, today, this is a rarity. Most neurologists aren’t thinking that way. Neurologists are not looking at the pituitary. That’s the endocrinologist world. Well, the endocrinologist is primarily looking at diabetes and not at the brain. According to Dr. Michael Lewis, “So nobody’s taking ownership, there’s no concussion doctor, there’s no TBI specialty because it crosses over these different specialties. The TBI victim gets lost in that stovepipe. The silo of our specialization in medicine. Nobody’s really looking at the bigger picture, that functional medicine or integrative medicine approach.”
Becoming Your Own Health Advocate
John R Miles discusses his personal story of trying to navigate a broken health care system that is only recently coming to terms with understanding traumatic brain injury. He and Dr. Lewis discuss how an integrative medicine approach using hormone treatment (like testosterone) and the use of omega-3 fatty acids to prevent, rehabilitate, and recover from traumatic brain injury is so vital.
“When I first started playing football, a headache was called a ‘headache.’ And now it’s called ‘a concussion.”
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During the show, they detail three non-profits, including the Warrior Angels Foundation, started by Andrew Marr, the Boulder Crest Warrior PATHH Posttraumatic growth-based training program, and the Brain Health Education and Research Institute.
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INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE APPROACH TO TBI SHOW NOTES
- 0:00 Show Intro and Dr. Lewis Background
- 5:22 How they met through the Warrior Angels Foundation
- 7:41 Dr. Lewis’ military background and becoming a doctor
- 15:04 Why the medical community has trouble treating TBI
- 17:06 C.T., MRI, EEG all fail to show TBI in most victims
- 19:42 50% pf TBI victims experience worsening symptoms over time
- 21:56 Andrew Marr – Tales From the Blast Factory Book and Movie
- 24:08 How he discovered Omega-3s could treat traumatic brain injury
- 28:15 Why the quality of Omega-3s is so important
- 39:27 The four-pronged approach to TBI recovery
- 43:40 Why using hormone treatment helps TBI victims
- 46:50 Why he started his non-profit and what it does
- 49:37 Why there is no TBI specialty and importance of integrated medicine
- 51:36 PTSD and Boulder Crest Warrior PATHH Program
QUOTES FROM DR. MICHAEL LEWIS
“What the science shows is the quicker you get someone back to exercise after a head injury, the faster they recover.”
“What we found is that people who committed suicide had crazy low levels of omega threes, something you can literally change for pennies a day.”
“I sought out the world’s leading experts on using omega threes in brain injury. That led me to four or five people who knew anything about it.”
Dr. Michael Lewis Quotes
ENGAGE DR. MICHAEL LEWIS
Michael D. Lewis, MD, MPH, MBA, FACPM, FACN Colonel (Retired), U.S. Army Dr. Lewis is an expert on brain health and the prevention, management, and rehabilitation of concussions and traumatic brain injury (TBI). He founded the non-profit Brain Health Education and Research Institute in 2011 when he retired as a Colonel after a distinguished 31-year career in the U.S. Army. His pioneering work has helped thousands of people worldwide using the integrative medicine approach, and he is regularly featured in the media, including CNN’s Sanjay Gupta MD show and numerous radio shows and podcasts.
He is the author of the Amazon Best Selling book When Brains Collide: What every athlete and parent should know about the prevention and treatment of concussions and brain injuries. Dr. Lewis donates his services to the Warrior Angels Foundation and also the Warrior Path Program. Dr. Lewis is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Tulane University School of Medicine and completed his post-graduate training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He is board-certified and a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine and the American College of Nutrition.
Patient Contact: http://braincare.center/
Brain care Education Non-Profit: http://www.brainhealtheducation.org/
Warrior Angels Foundation Website: https://warriorangelsfoundation.org/
Warrior PATHH website: https://bouldercrest.org/warriorpathh
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