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PT Elevated | Override Health | Jennie Shulkin

March 11, 2023 • Orthopaedics • Kory Zimney, Paul Mintken

Jennie Shulkin is a lawyer, co-founder and CEO of Override Health a multi-specialty chronic pain program. She was a division one athlete in college that suffered two traumatic brain injuries. Soon after she developed a complex chronic pain syndrome affecting multiple parts of her body. As best she could, Jennie continued living her life – pushing through Harvard Law School and building a career in law. All the while, she carried the burden of the agonizing, time-consuming, expensive, and both physically and emotionally painful journey of seeking pain relief. When each medication, intervention, and various other treatments failed, the treating providers shrugged, sent her away, and often told her she was “out of options.” Adding to the frustration, many of the doctors, physical therapists, and psychologists Jennie consulted treated her chronic pain no differently from acute pain and were therefore ineffective. Additionally, most had little interest in or time to communicate with other providers working with Jennie. The result was fragmented care, inconsistent messaging, and contradicting plans of action.

Jennie wanted a better way. Joining forces with her father, she began creating a solution that she and others in pain needed but did not exist elsewhere: a comprehensive, team-based approach to care that is implemented by providers who really understand chronic pain. Jennie lives with pain every day. But she has learned to stop cure-seeking – to stop putting life on hold until a pill, procedure, or doctor brings about the magic fix – and has found more effective ways to interact with the pain and build a fulfilling life. That is why Jennie and her father founded Override Health. Listen and learn more about the program.

Helpful research and training:
Override Health Website

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Helpful research and training:
Jennie Shulkin on LinkedIn
Override Health on Facebook
@OverrideHealth on Twitter
@overridehealth on Instagram
@PMintkenDPT on Twitter
@ZimneyKJ on Twitter
EIM Website – EvidenceInMotion.com

Kory Zimney

Kory received a Masters in Physical Therapy from the University of North Dakota in 1994. He completed his transitional DPT from Des Moines University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Physical Therapy from Nova Southeastern University in 2020. His dissertation focused on the construct of trust as part of the therapeutic alliance and its relation...

Paul Mintken

Paul has been a physical therapist since 1994 and has taught musculoskeletal content since 2004. His active research agenda focuses on conservative care for musculoskeletal disorders as well as spinal and extremity manipulation and dry needling.  He has over 65 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Current Roles: Evidence In Motion, Faculty Wardenburg Health Center at the...

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