Pain and Wellness with Dr Rao

About Pain and Wellness with Dr Rao

Dr. Sudhir Rao is a triple board-certified physician in pain medicine, anesthesiology, and functional medicine with 20 years of experience and 50,000+ patients treated. On this podcast, you will find honest, science-backed answers on chronic pain, back pain, sciatica, neuropathy, and nerve pain. Dr. Rao also covers regenerative medicine, including PRP, exosome therapy, and peptides, plus hormone replacement therapy, minimally invasive spine procedures, and functional medicine approaches to inflammation, fatigue, and brain fog. If you are dealing with pain that won't go away, exploring alternatives to surgery, or looking to optimize your health and longevity, this channel gives you real answers with zero hype. New episodes posted weekly.

Publisher

Sudhir Rao

Category

education · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 May 2026

Latest episode

1 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Give Me 8 Minutes Before You Agree to Spinal Fusion (And I’ll Show You What to Do Instead)

   📌 Learn more about Dr. Rao's integrative approach: https://www.raowellness.com There's one question that can tell you whether you actually need that spinal fusion. Most people never get to ask it before they agree to surgery. If injections stopped working and a surgeon's name just landed on your referral, watch this first. Every year, thousands of patients get pushed straight from injections to fusion without ever hearing about the steps in between, and that gap in information is costing peo...

2. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Neuropathy Medication Not Working? Do This Instead

   📌 Learn more about Dr. Rao's integrative approach: https://www.raowellness.com If your feet burn so badly at night that the sheets hurt, and your hands go numb for no clear reason, and Gabapentin or Lyrica isn't touching it, this episode is for you. There's a specific reason that medication isn't working, and it has nothing to do with the dose. It comes down to a test that was supposed to happen before the prescription was ever written. Most patients get handed a prescription at their first ...

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   17 Sept 2026

   The Breakthrough Treatments Replacing Spine Surgery in 2026

   📌 Learn more about Dr. Rao's integrative approach: https://www.raowellness.com Spine surgery used to be the only next step once injections stopped working. That's no longer true, and most patients never hear it. There is a whole tier of treatments sitting between injections and open surgery that can fix the actual problem instead of just masking it, using tools that barely leave a mark on the skin. In this episode, I'm going to walk through the minimally invasive procedures now replacing sp...