# Chronic Pain: When Biomechanics Isn’t the Answer

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Podcast: [The Modern Pain Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376)
Published: 2026-03-01T16:00:00+00:00
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What if biomechanics isn’t the reason your patients improve? And what if your best “tool” isn’t a tool at all? In this episode, I sit down with exercise physiologist Samuel Bulten to unpack the identity shift many clinicians face when persistent pain doesn’t respond to traditional care. We discuss: Why biomechanics has a weaker link to pain than we were taughtThe ego trap of being the “fixer” in the roomHow ACT and psychologically informed care change clinical conversationsThe tension between...

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