Thank you for your interest in a World of HURT Course: “Foods” A Non-Pharmacy Intervention for Pain & Chronic Illness coming to Kaiser Permanante in Hillsboro, Oregon!

You can attend the course in person or live stream virtual through zoom. The course will run on Pacific Standard Time and will take place 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM on Friday March 6. 2026

Who Should Attend: Physical and Occupational Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Medical Doctors, Psychologists, Athletic Trainers, Massage Therapists, Personal Trainers, and any other practitioners who are involved in treating musculoskeletal pain and prescribing exercise.

There is not a prerequesite or requirement to attend this course. Our hope is that you will take the individual courses that you need for your own clinical practice and professional development.

Special Opportunity: There will also be a 2 day Central Nervous System Course the 2 days after on March 7-8 (offered in person and virtually). If you would also like to attend this course too please see course link on course calendar to sign up. There will be a special gift to participants including “World of Hurt Swag” if you sign up for all three days!

Continuing Education: Physical Therapists and Occupational Therapists in Oregon approval for 7 CEUs pending approval. All information needed for course submission in any state for any healthcare profession will be provided to each participant. World of HURT Courses have been accepted in many states by many professions including DC, ATC, Personal Trainer, OT, Psychology, MD, RN, ND, etc.

Course Description: This one-day course will fine tune clinical reasoning for the selection of foods as a non-pharmacy intervention for pain, chronic illness and disease. If you have ever suspected that not everyone should eat the same thing or do the same exercise, you are right! In fact, what food we absorb well and how our bodies handle stress differs in phases of healing and wellness. Your stage of inflammation, recovery and wellness reflect your internal chemistry. It is the key that unlocks the mysteries of disease, pain, longevity, fitness, emotional strength, and how we heal. The food you eat determines your susceptibility to illness and prevents the most troubling health diseases. Foods are the most frequently introduced chemicals to the body and considered an intervention for pain and disease.  The chemical reactions brought into the body through foods can be positive or negative. In conjunction with the healthy state of the liver and gut, they can alter the response to treatment for pain and chronic illness.  Recent ongoing literature suggests a non-pharmacy intervention for pain and disease, in the area of healthy eating including a whole food plant-based diet. The function of the liver, the microbiome of the gut, and the integrity of the gut lining play an integral role in inflammation. Whole food plant-based eating offers an individualized lifestyle health plan that is right for your patients. Gentle detox and balancing protocols for the liver, adrenal glands, gut, and thyroid can reactivate an immune system causing remission to many autoimmune and neurological diseases. The inflammatory mechanism may have a chemical component systemically in the tissues, such as, cytokines, lipopolysaccharides, chronic infection or histamine, etc.  The patient’s inflammatory symptoms can reflect the immune system’s stress and inability to heal the body.  A person with an autoimmune condition will have more pre-existing inflammatory molecules present in the body compared to a person without.  Therefore, an intervention focused on foods can alter the rate of healing and the overall outcome.  The “Root Cause” to the inflammatory cascade and immune system stress response identified within the foods people select can be the missing link to sustained benefits from pain and remission for chronic illness.  The World of Hurt “Foods” course will introduce an eclectic scientific based framework involving the four blood types O, A, B, and AB, ketogenic diets, and whole food plant-based eating to individualize food selection for healthy immune systems.  In addition, fundamental protocols for the liver, adrenal glands, thyroid and gut to promote a healthy immune system will be discussed. Each person can greatly benefit from its own exercise regimen, meal plans, and vitamin supplements, that can be identified within this simplistic framework.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

1) Distinguish patient lifestyle, dietary, and disease characteristics that would benefit from a “Foods” intervention care plan.

2) Discuss the difference and application of high protein, low carbohydrate, ketogenic, blood type, and whole food plant-based eating plans.

3) Describe a framework of assessment to guide healthy lifestyle eating as a treatment for pain, disease management and prevention.

4) Interpret when to recommend advanced protocols for immune system health.

Course Agenda:

8:00 Course Introduction 

8:15 Lecture: What patient characteristics requires a “Foods” approach? 

9:00 Lecture: Lifestyle eating plans and what does the evidence conclude? 

10:00 Break 

10:15 Lecture: Proteins, Fats, Carbohydrates the Real Deal 

11:15 Workshop: World of Hurt “Foods” Framework to Heal 

12:00 Lunch 

1:00 Workshop: Patient Education Materials 

1:45 Lecture: Lab tests and values for healthy immune system 

2:30 Break 

2:45 Lecture: Advance protocols for healthy immune system 

3:30 Lecture: Self-monitoring and Prevention 

4:15 Debrief Day: Question & Answers 

4:30 Adjourn 

Student Pricing: If you are a current student in a healthcare program, please use STUDENTKAISERFOODS as the promo code to attend the course for $99.

Audit: If you have taken the Foods course already and would like to audit the course please email worldofhurt2@gmail.com for the audit promo code.

Early Bird Until December 8th = $25 off. Use promo code EARLYBIRDFOODS at checkout.

The book “a World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain” collaborates two proven mechanism classification systems to treat the Pain Continuum from Acute to Chronic. Collaborating the best of pain science education, specific exercise prescriptions and healthy lifestyle eating recommendations. These Words Moves and Foods interventions effectively treat musculoskeletal and neurological pain and spasticity based on the dominating peripheral or central mechanism. The principles from a World of HURT has been widely tested, used in many health care systems and private clinical settings, multidiscipline seminars, and university curricula. Clinicians, payers, and patients all benefit from the common language and insight provided by this resource. Six training courses assure a mechanism classification approach into clinical practice.

The course material is taught from the book a World of HURT: A Guide to Classifying Pain” © 2023, World of Hurt LLC. It is not required to purchase the book prior to the course, but it is recommended. Purchase a World of Hurt Book: Click Here.

Course PDF: Documents will be emailed from the worldofhurt2@gmail.com email 5 days prior to the course. It is recommended to bring a copy of the PDF to the course by printing or electronically so that you can take notes and reference the PDF during the course.

Course Questions: Please don’t hesitate to reach out via email at worldofhurt2@gmail.com for any questions or concerns.