On Embodied Brains with Nick Potter

About this episode

This episode features an interview with Nick Potter, a consultant Osteopath discussing the connections between hypermobility, ADHD, and chronic pain.

Questions, suggestions, or feedback? Send us a message! Welcome to the Where Shall We Meet podcast. Our guest this week is Nick Potter, who is a consultant Osteopath at King Edward the VII hospital, in London. He researches “Bendy Bodies, Bendy Brains”: studying the relationship between hypermobility, ADHD, anxiety, and nervous-system regulation He is the author of The Meaning of Pain: A Radical New Approach to Overcoming Chronic Pain, which has been translated into several languages. His boo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Omid Ashtari, Natascha McElhone

Guest: Nick Potter

Topics covered

• hypermobility
• ADHD
• anxiety
• nervous-system regulation
• chronic pain

Keywords

• Osteopath
• hypermobility
• ADHD
• anxiety
• nervous-system regulation
• chronic pain
• Nick Potter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: King Edward the VII hospital

Books & works: The Meaning of Pain: A Radical New Approach to Overcoming Chronic Pain

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