The Harte of Health: San Francisco Bay’s Voice for Scientific Chiropractic, Defying Medical Tyranny

Chronic Back Pain: What the Orthopedist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeon AND Most Chiropractors Miss About Lower Back Pain

18 min · 16 de jul de 2026
Portada del episodio Chronic Back Pain: What the Orthopedist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeon AND Most Chiropractors Miss About Lower Back Pain

Descripción

Chronic back pain. You have had it for years, and you have been taught to want one thing from it. Pain relief. Fast, fast relief. That is the whole game, and almost everybody is playing it. The orthopedists. The neurosurgeons. And, sadly, most chiropractors too. They are all after the pain. And that is exactly where they go wrong. Because your back pain is never what you think it is, and it is never where you think it is. There is something else going on in your spine. Something silent. It has nothing to do with your musculoskeletal system and everything to do with the master system that runs your whole body. Miss it, and you do not just keep the pain. You lose Health itself. Medicine has no place for this. It is medical intervention in, drugs in, surgery in. Their body is a dumb piece of meat, and yours is too, as far as they are concerned. And when their tricks run out, they hand you to pain management, where it gets worse than you would believe. In this episode, I am talking about chronic back pain, the doctors who get it wrong, and the difference between a real health focus and a lifetime of chasing symptoms. We will get into real alternatives to back surgery, the practice members who walked in here after failed fusions, and what real Chiropractic actually is. It is chiropractic science, chiropractic art, and Philosophy. It has nothing to do with pain relief, and everything to do with Innate Intelligence, the power that runs your body. I will also tell you why I do this. What happened to me at twenty-three, when the surgeons wanted to fuse my entire lumbar spine, and why a real alternative to back surgery changed the whole course of my Life. There is a path out of this. But you have to understand the choice first. Kill the pain and stay on the medical treadmill. Or find the cause and seek Health. One path leaves you worse. The other changes everything. This is biological truth. Listen closely. This will change you. Be well, Don Harte, D.C. Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! For over forty years, I have helped people in Marin County find real Health, not just a break from their symptoms. If you are living with back pain, sciatica, a pinched nerve, migraines, plantar fasciitis, or a herniated disc, and you are in Corte Madera, Larkspur, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Greenbrae, Novato, or anywhere in the Bay Area, come see what real Chiropractic can do. Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

Comentarios

0

Sé la primera persona en comentar

¡Regístrate ahora y únete a la comunidad de The Harte of Health: San Francisco Bay’s Voice for Scientific Chiropractic, Defying Medical Tyranny!

Prueba gratis

Empieza 7 días de prueba

$99 / mes después de la prueba. · Cancela cuando quieras.

  • Podcasts solo en Podimo
  • 20 horas de audiolibros al mes
  • Podcast gratuitos

Todos los episodios

71 episodios

episode Chronic Back Pain: What the Orthopedist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeon AND Most Chiropractors Miss About Lower Back Pain artwork

Chronic Back Pain: What the Orthopedist, Neurologist, Neurosurgeon AND Most Chiropractors Miss About Lower Back Pain

Chronic back pain. You have had it for years, and you have been taught to want one thing from it. Pain relief. Fast, fast relief. That is the whole game, and almost everybody is playing it. The orthopedists. The neurosurgeons. And, sadly, most chiropractors too. They are all after the pain. And that is exactly where they go wrong. Because your back pain is never what you think it is, and it is never where you think it is. There is something else going on in your spine. Something silent. It has nothing to do with your musculoskeletal system and everything to do with the master system that runs your whole body. Miss it, and you do not just keep the pain. You lose Health itself. Medicine has no place for this. It is medical intervention in, drugs in, surgery in. Their body is a dumb piece of meat, and yours is too, as far as they are concerned. And when their tricks run out, they hand you to pain management, where it gets worse than you would believe. In this episode, I am talking about chronic back pain, the doctors who get it wrong, and the difference between a real health focus and a lifetime of chasing symptoms. We will get into real alternatives to back surgery, the practice members who walked in here after failed fusions, and what real Chiropractic actually is. It is chiropractic science, chiropractic art, and Philosophy. It has nothing to do with pain relief, and everything to do with Innate Intelligence, the power that runs your body. I will also tell you why I do this. What happened to me at twenty-three, when the surgeons wanted to fuse my entire lumbar spine, and why a real alternative to back surgery changed the whole course of my Life. There is a path out of this. But you have to understand the choice first. Kill the pain and stay on the medical treadmill. Or find the cause and seek Health. One path leaves you worse. The other changes everything. This is biological truth. Listen closely. This will change you. Be well, Don Harte, D.C. Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! For over forty years, I have helped people in Marin County find real Health, not just a break from their symptoms. If you are living with back pain, sciatica, a pinched nerve, migraines, plantar fasciitis, or a herniated disc, and you are in Corte Madera, Larkspur, Mill Valley, San Rafael, Greenbrae, Novato, or anywhere in the Bay Area, come see what real Chiropractic can do. Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

16 de jul de 202618 min
episode The Risk Factor Trap: How Medical Testing, Disease Labels, and Fear Can Keep You Dependent Instead of Healthy artwork

The Risk Factor Trap: How Medical Testing, Disease Labels, and Fear Can Keep You Dependent Instead of Healthy

You get a test. You get a number. You get a warning. And suddenly, you are supposed to live under the shadow of some “risk factor” for the rest of your life. That is how modern healthcare works. Find a risk. Give it a name. Put it in your chart. Then spend the next several years watching it, measuring it, treating it, and worrying about it. At some point, you have to ask the obvious question. Is this really about health, or is it about keeping people afraid? In this episode, I'm talking about health risk factors, early detection, disease labels, and the anxiety built into the whole medical routine. The constant checking. The scary warnings. The false alarms. The drugs that follow the tests. The procedures that follow the fear. The idea that your body is always one bad result away from disaster. That is not health. That is disease thinking. We'll discuss how risk factor obsession can turn into diagnosis neurosis, why fear has become such a powerful tool in medical and pharmaceutical world. We'll also talk about the growing explosion of autoimmune diseases, what happens when the immune system is constantly manipulated, and why medical interventions are not always as harmless as people are led to believe. Real health does not come from being frightened into lifelong medical dependence. It does not come from chasing every number, every test, and every diagnosis. Health comes from a body that can function, adapt, and express life without interference. That is where real chiropractic comes in. If you are tired of being trained to fear your own body, this episode is worth your attention. Listen in, think clearly, and start questioning who benefits when fear becomes the foundation of healthcare. Be well, Don Harte, D.C. Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

9 de jul de 202614 min
episode America’s 250th Birthday & the Radical Innovation of Chiropractic: A Perfect representation of Health Freedom artwork

America’s 250th Birthday & the Radical Innovation of Chiropractic: A Perfect representation of Health Freedom

America broke away from kings. Chiropractic broke away from medicine. That is not just history. That is the whole spirit of it. America was born from Individual Liberty, American Innovation, and the frontier spirit. Chiropractic was born from the same courage. In 1895, D.D. Palmer brought forth something radical. Not a medical treatment. Not an alternative to medicine. Not another way to chase pain. Chiropractic came from a different understanding of Life itself.  The brain. The nervous system. Innate Intelligence. The power within the body that runs everything.  That is where Body Function begins. That is Natural Healing. That is Structural Function. Structure affects function, and the nervous system runs the show.  Where is that in the Medical Establishment? Where is that in sick care? Nowhere. In this special Independence Day episode, I talk about America’s 250th birthday, the birth of Chiropractic, and why this Radical Science could only have come from a place built on freedom, invention, and the individual. We’ll get into the Historical Perspective, D.D. Palmer, Subluxation, Nerve interference, Health Freedom, and why Chiropractic is not medicine, not alternative medicine, and not medical imitation. Real Chiropractic was never about pain relief. It was never about acting more medical. It was never about adding machines, gadgets, therapies, or nonsense to something that was already complete in principle. The body needs no help. It needs no interference. That is the point. That is Real Chiropractic. That is Health Freedom. That is worth celebrating. Be well, Don Harte, D.C. Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

2 de jul de 202612 min
episode Medical Care the prime cause of the Alzheimer's Epidemic? Why Brain Health starts with Chiropractic Care artwork

Medical Care the prime cause of the Alzheimer's Epidemic? Why Brain Health starts with Chiropractic Care

Alzheimer’s. Dementia. Memory care.They tell you it is aging. They tell you to accept it, medicate it, manage it, and slowly watch the person you love disappear. But what if we are asking the wrong questions? What changed? The human brain did not suddenly become fragile. Aging itself is not new. What changed is the modern health model. Decades of repeated medical intervention, chemical exposure, and lifelong dependence on pharmaceuticals. Vaccines. Statins. Psych drugs. Anesthesia. Dementia medications. “Preventative” medicine that often seems to prevent health more than disease. Year after year, the body and nervous system are chemically manipulated, and then everyone acts shocked when cognitive decline becomes common. In this episode, let’s explore the Alzheimer’s epidemic, the rise in dementia diagnoses, and the uncomfortable question mainstream medicine rarely wants discussed. How much of today’s chronic cognitive decline may be iatrogenic, physician-caused damage and degeneration? And where is the spine in this conversation? Where is chiropractic care? Where is subluxation correction? Nowhere in the conventional medical model. But the brain does not function in isolation. The brain, spinal cord, and nervous system work together as one integrated system. Interference within that system matters. Stress on the nervous system matters. Function matters. This episode dives into brain health, medication risks, family advocacy, aging, and dementia prevention from a Real Chiropractic perspective. If someone you love is facing memory loss or cognitive decline, a parent, spouse, grandparent, or close friend, listen closely. This conversation may completely change how you think about Alzheimer’s, dementia drugs, aging, medical research, and the so-called experts. Be well, Don Harte, D.C.   Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

25 de jun de 202617 min
episode INTERVIEW: Back surgery, TMJ Surgery? She chose Chiropractic instead artwork

INTERVIEW: Back surgery, TMJ Surgery? She chose Chiropractic instead

You can look perfectly fine on the outside and still be in deep trouble on the inside. That is where Sandra Wainer was. On the outside, she looked fit. Active. Capable. Fine. On the inside, her body was in crisis. she was dealing with severe pain and mobility issues. She could barely turn her neck, sleep through the night, stand comfortably, or do the work she loved. Surgery was already on her mind, which is usually where people end up after being told their body is the problem instead of asking what is interfering with it. In this episode, I sit down with Sandra, a longtime practice member, to talk about what brought her to real chiropractic and what changed once she understood the connection between the spine, the nervous system, and the body’s ability to heal.   Sandra shares what it was like to finally discover subluxation and nervous system interference after years of struggling. She talks about the exam, the X-rays, the scans, and the moment things started to make sense. Imagine that, actually looking for the cause before cutting, drugging, or pretending the problem lives in a prescription pad. Medicine wants you to believe pain is the problem. That age is the problem. That the body is the problem. That surgery is inevitable. That lifelong decline is normal.  The truth is bigger than that so very different! If you have been told to manage the pain, accept decline, or hand your body over to the medical system, Sandra’s story is worth your attention. Listen in, open your mind, and hear what can happen when the nervous system is given room to express life.   Be well, Don Harte, D.C.   Warrior for Truth, Biological Justice and the Chiropractic Way! Connect with me: Website: https://www.chirodrharte.com/ [https://www.chirodrharte.com/]  Come Join THE HARTE OF CHIROPRACTIC Family! 21 Tamal Vista Blvd #170, Corte Madera, CA 94925 415/460-6527

18 de jun de 202620 min