Back in the saddle!
It’s been a couple of months since I’ve updated Ask Dr. P. You see, I’m one of those individuals who has multiple interests. We’re living in interesting times, where access to information is becoming easier and easier especially with the arrival of AI, especially ChatGPT, Gemeni, Claude and others.
In fact, I’ve been dabbling with ChatGPT, using it to answer questions about Biology (I teach Biology at the high school level) and I must say, I am very impressed with the results I get.
When the Google search engine came out, it took a couple of years for Google to be universally used. I believe that with ChatGPT, it’s going to take much less time before everyone is used to it, and starts depending on it.
The more you use it, the better you get at it– you’ll get a hang of how to articulate your questions, and a sense of what it can help you with:
- an email to someone?
- an important letter to a business?
- a business proposal?
- a college admissions essay?
- a recommendation for a European travel itinerary?
and…recommendations on how to heal pain and injury?
The big question on everyone’s mind is, how disruptive will ChatGPT be? Will it enable people to avoid visiting websites like Ask Dr. P to get the information they are looking for?
I think “yes,” ChatGPT, once people are familiar with using it, will at some point become the world’s most visited website. Imagine getting accurate (in most cases; still evolving), concise explanations on how to overcome a problem/ challenge. Will a future version of ChatGPT generate its own videos to accompany its explanations? I think so.
But until then, I will continue to post content on how people can self-manage pain and injuries. I believe that most people still trust humans, and/or connect and learn from them better (as long as they are genuine and qualified) than some online software.
Remember, the means to achieve a pain-free life that are available to you, that don’t include visiting a doctor are:
- Diet and Nutrition
- Exercise and Stretches
- Manual Therapies
- Devices and Supports
I produce videos on my YouTube channel in each of these self-help categories.
If you are experiencing chronic aches and pain affecting your back, neck, joints, muscles and tendons then I can teach you how to effectively eliminate or minimize its impact on your life.
My next project is to complete my Ask Dr. P Home Page that indexes all the body parts, and how to relieve or eliminate pain in each of those regions, so please stay tuned.
