Functional Medicine Reality Podcast

35. Mobility vs. Stability: What Your Pain Treatment Might Be Missing, with Dr. Mike Melander

August 9, 2026·58 min
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If you've done months of physical therapy or chiropractic care and your pain still hasn't moved, you're not imagining it, and you're not doing it wrong. Something in the plan was probably missing from day one. Why this episode matters: Most pain treatment starts with the same assumption: get stronger. But strength only works within the range of motion you actually have access to. If a joint can't move the way it's supposed to move, no amount of strengthening will fix it, and in some cases, i...

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