Dr. Gary Kaplan, pain expert and author of 'Total Recovery,' answers your fibromyalgia, muscle pain, and endometriosis questions. Dr. Gary Kaplan, author of Total Recovery: Solving the Mystery of Chronic Pain and Depression, answered questions that Rodale News readers submitted through our Facebook page and by email. We hope this information from Dr. Kaplan [...]
It was a cold dark morning in early March when the plane lifted off from Reagan National Airport, but the weather would soon change… and not only the weather, but also the culture, and my experience with prolotherapy. When I arrived in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Central America, I joined 70 other physicians from 7 [...]
Is Inflammation What's Causing Your Depression? by Kate Lowenstein, Prevention Magazine, April 2014 It's a riddle that vexes even the most lettered researchers - a widespread medical predicament affecting more people than cancer and heart disease combined, and yet there's no consensus on what's to blame. One hundred million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and [...]
Dr. Gary Kaplan, along with co-author Juliana Heimur, BA, recently contributed to The Pain Practitioner, the quarterly magazine published by the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM). The article, titled "Microglia and Central Sensitization Syndrome: A New Paradigm for Understanding and Treating Chronic Pain and Depression," discusses the role of microglia, a type of glial [...]
Dr. Kaplan has been appointed by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Kathleen Sebelius, to the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Advisory Committee (CFSAC). The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary of HHS through the Assistant Secretary for Health on issues related to myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), such as access [...]
Dr. Gary Kaplan experienced first hand the success of Prolotherapy treatment, when it relieved his wife’s intense pain, allowing her to stave off hip surgery. Dr. Kaplan vowed “Once I saw what this amazing alternative treatment could do, I knew I had to find out more about it and be able to offer it to [...]
Does your doctor tell you to exercise and eat right? Most docs do, but this one walks her talk big time. Lisa Lilienfield, MD, is an accomplished athlete who has won numerous awards for power-lifting and previously held the Maryland State Women’s Master Level record for dead lift. She is also a certified spin-cycling and [...]
