How to Actually Heal After Trauma! | EP 157

How to Actually Heal After Trauma! | EP 157

What does healing after trauma actually look like? After spending two emotional episodes discussing trauma, PTSD, abuse, and the body's stress response, Brandi and Mandy shift the conversation toward practical recovery. They discuss prayer, gratitude, identity, community, nervous system regulation, epigenetics, generational trauma, journaling, triggers, and how to recognize real progress in the healing journey. This episode is for anyone who has experienced trauma, feels stuck, or wants practical encouragement for moving forward. Listen if you're interested in: Trauma recovery, PTSD healing, Emotional wellness, Faith and healing, Nervous system regulation, Generational trauma, Practical recovery tools. 📍 Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center 🎙️ Powered by Frederick Podcast Network 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into real health topics, practical advice, and functional wellness strategies. Be sure to check out our other platforms for more information about health and wellness! YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@RealChiropractic Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/midatlanticclinic/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/midatlanticcc/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realchiropracticmacc

Trauma Might Be the Culprit!? | EP 156 Part 2

Trauma affects far more than your emotions—it changes your brain, nervous system, immune system, hormones, digestion, and even your physical health. In this episode, we explore PTSD, forgiveness, chronic stress, childhood trauma, emotional healing, and the powerful role faith can play in recovery. Our guest shares an incredible personal story of surviving trauma, navigating PTSD, learning forgiveness, and finding hope through Jesus Christ. We also discuss how trauma can lead to chronic pain, digestive problems, adrenal fatigue, anxiety, memory issues, and disease while explaining the science behind the body's stress response. If you've ever struggled with trauma, emotional wounds, chronic stress, anxiety, or want to better understand how trauma affects the body, this conversation offers practical insight, hope, and encouragement. Timestamps: 00:00 DISCLAIMER 00:48 Levels of Forgiveness 07:31 Finding Jesus in Trauma 11:53 Don't Think Trauma Effects You? 17:08 How Trauma Effects Neurons 23:26 Extreme Fight or Flight 32:00 Memory After Trauma 36:26 The Biggest Tool 43:35 Ending 👇 Subscribe for weekly episodes covering chiropractic, natural health, functional wellness, longevity, and drug-free solutions. 📍 Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center 🎙️ Powered by Frederick Podcast Network 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into real health topics, practical advice, and functional wellness strategies. Be sure to check out our other platforms for more information about health and wellness! YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@RealChiropractic Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/midatlanticclinic/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/midatlanticcc/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realchiropracticmacc

Chest Pain, Migraines, Jaw Clenching? Trauma Might Be the Culprit | EP 156 Part 1

Trauma affects far more than your emotions...it can change your nervous system, hormones, immune system, digestion, and even chronic pain. In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, Dr. Amir Rashidian, Brandi Rashidian, and trauma recovery specialist Mandy Rhinecker explain how trauma becomes stored in the body, why symptoms like migraines, TMJ, fibromyalgia, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain develop, and what healing can actually look like. You'll discover the science behind the fight-or-flight response, nervous system regulation, generational trauma, forgiveness, stress hormones, and practical steps toward emotional and physical recovery. If you've struggled with unexplained health problems or know someone recovering from trauma, this conversation could change the way you think about healing. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:06 FPN 01:46 Our Goal 02:19 Welcome Mandy! 08:38 What is Trauma? 13:55 Disassociation 16:13 Can you help me...? 22:51 Finding Jesus Story 27:05 Continues next week! 👇 Subscribe for weekly episodes covering chiropractic, natural health, functional wellness, longevity, and drug-free solutions. 📍 Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center 🎙️ Powered by Frederick Podcast Network 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into real health topics, practical advice, and functional wellness strategies. Be sure to check out our other platforms for more information about health and wellness! YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@RealChiropractic Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/midatlanticclinic/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/midatlanticcc/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realchiropracticmacc

The Medical Treatments We Can't Believe Were Real | EP 155

Medical history is filled with treatments that doctors once believed were revolutionary.. but many are now considered shocking, dangerous, or even deadly. In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, Dr. Amir Rashidian and Brandi Rashidian explore bloodletting, mercury treatments, lobotomies, cocaine in medicine, thalidomide, penicillin, and how medical science continues to evolve. Could some of today's accepted treatments be viewed the same way in the future? In this episode we discuss: ✔ Bloodletting and George Washington ✔ Mercury as medicine ✔ The shocking history of lobotomies ✔ Cocaine as a medical treatment ✔ The thalidomide tragedy ✔ The accidental discovery of penicillin ✔ Medical mistakes that changed history ✔ Why science continues to evolve ✔ Critical thinking in healthcare We also finish the episode with a fun discussion featuring a special guest who gives his hilarious opinions on some of history's strangest medical practices. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Intro 00:37 FPN 01:26 Crazy Forms of Medicine 12:54 Accident Invented Lobotomy 16:28 Disaster That Changed Safety 21:57 Most "Exciting Medical Discovery" 26:33 Greatest Accident in Medical History 30:15 Cyrus Interview 38:31 Next Time! 📍 Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center 🎙️ Powered by Frederick Podcast Network 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into real health topics, practical advice, and functional wellness strategies. Be sure to check out our other platforms for more information about health and wellness! YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@RealChiropractic Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/midatlanticclinic/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/midatlanticcc/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realchiropracticmacc

Why Modern Medicine is Full of "Happy Accidents" | EP 154

In this episode of the Real Health Podcast, Dr. Amir and Brandi Rashidian take a hilarious and eye-opening "blast from the past" look at some of the most bizarre medical discoveries, historical health fads, and scientific blunders. We dive deep into why nutrition science constantly evolves (the famous Egg Wars and Margarine vs. Butter debates) and question what modern health trends future generations might laugh at 100 years from now. Plus, we explore the powerful "Biology of Belief" how placebos work even when you KNOW they are placebos, and what it truly means to trust the brilliant design of your body. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Welcome to Real Health 00:41 - Frederick Podcast Network 00:53 - Our Purpose 01:21 - Chicken or The Egg 06:05 - Dr Drank WHAT? 12:52 - Dr's Smoking? 19:13 - Great Margarine Disaster 24:49 - Accidental Inventions 26:30 - Dancing Plague 1518 32:10 - Radioactive Products 39:22 - Phineas Gage 42:52 - Placebo That Worked 47:48 - ...what for weight loss?? 49:26 - Closing 📍 Mid-Atlantic Chiropractic Center 🎙️ Powered by Frederick Podcast Network 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into real health topics, practical advice, and functional wellness strategies. Be sure to check out our other platforms for more information about health and wellness! YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@RealChiropractic Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/midatlanticclinic/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/midatlanticcc/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@realchiropracticmacc