My Pain Keeps Getting Dismissed!

Send us Fan Mail Fat patients with chronic pain are routinely sent away with a weight loss lecture. No examination, no blood tests, no referrals. In this episode, I introduce Suki, a teacher and mother whose two years of worsening hip and back pain have been dismissed at every turn, while her thinner colleagues walk away with physiotherapy and x-rays. I break down exactly what conditions get missed, why weight stigma is a clinical shortcut that the system is designed to profit from, and...

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My Pain Keeps Getting Dismissed! is an episode from The Fat Doctor Podcast by Dr Asher Larmie.

This episode is 28:58 long.

This episode was published on Jun 3, 2026.

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