It’s 2025, and women are still fighting to be believed, especially in medicine. From being told “it’s all in your head” to waiting years for a real diagnosis, many women know the silent sting of being dismissed. This experience has a name: medical gaslighting — and it’s more common than you might think.

In this powerful episode of Get Back to Your Life®, we meet Jakki, a VSI patient, mental health counselor, former athlete, and mother of three who endured 24 years of pain, misdiagnoses, and blatant medical dismissal. But Jakki refused to accept “there’s nothing wrong.”

Her story is a testament to persistence: when no one could explain her pain, she enrolled in radiology courses just to read her scans. Eventually, she found her answer — and her healing — through a diagnosis of Bertolotti Syndrome with Dr. Colin Haines at VSI.

This is a breakthrough story for women everywhere. Jakki’s comeback story is one of strength, self-advocacy, and breakthrough — not just in her body, but in a system that too often turns down the volume on women’s pain.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What medical gaslighting looks and feels like

• Why being dismissed can be so dangerous

• How to advocate for yourself in the healthcare system

• The signs that it’s time to seek a second opinion

• How persistence - and the right doctor - can change everything

Whether you, too, have been talked over, brushed off, or are still searching for your own answers, this episode will stay with you. This is a story about validation, self-advocacy, hope and most importantly….solutions. And it demands to be heard.

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If you’ve been stuck in the endless loop of trying everything for your low back pain—with no lasting relief—this episode is for you.

You’ve done the massage guns. The YouTube stretches. The painkillers. Maybe even acupuncture, back braces, or chiropractors. And yet... your back still hurts.

You’re not imagining it. You’re not weak. And you’re definitely not alone.

Lower back pain affects 1 in 4 American adults and is the leading cause of disability worldwide. But here’s the real problem: most people are chasing temporary fixes that never get to the root cause of their pain. And in the process, they’re losing time, money, energy—and hope.

In this episode of Get Back to Your Life®, Dr. Yash Mehta, Interventional Spine & Sports Medicine at VSI, cuts through the noise. He breaks down what the latest research actually says about back pain treatments, and why many commonly recommended remedies just don’t hold up when it comes to lasting relief.

🎙️You'll learn:

• The real reason your pain keeps coming back

• Why so many common back pain treatments fail—and what to try instead

• The habits that will actually help you protect your spine for the long haul

• How to tell if your back pain is something more serious

• What it actually means to treat the root cause of chronic back pain

• When it’s time to stop experimenting and start seeing a spine specialist

If you’ve been told to just live with it—or worse, that it’s all in your head—don’t miss this.