# Modern Pain Care

> Modern Pain Care is an evidence-informed education brand for clinicians who treat
> chronic and persistent pain. Founded by Mark Kargela, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, it
> provides pain-science training, the Modern Pain Podcast, and clinical tools built
> around the Whole Person Reasoning Framework. Modern Pain Pro, its former paid
> clinician membership community, has wound down and is not accepting new members.

## About
- Founder: Mark Kargela, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT — physical therapist and clinical educator with 20+ years in chronic pain practice and education.
- Audience: physical therapists, physicians, and other clinicians moving beyond the biomedical model toward whole-person, biopsychosocial pain care.
- Core method: the Whole Person Reasoning Framework — four interacting domains (local tissue, system biology, psychological processes, life context).

## Key pages
- [About Modern Pain Care](https://modernpaincare.com/about): Mission and founder credentials.
- [Whole Person Reasoning Framework](https://modernpaincare.com/whole-person-pain-framework): The brand's clinical-reasoning framework explained.
- [The Modern Pain Podcast](https://modernpaincare.com/podcast): Weekly episodes on pain science, clinical reasoning, and practice building.
- [Free Clinical Reference Guide](https://modernpaincare.com/free-guide): Free PDF guide to the Whole Person Reasoning Framework.
- [Free Course — Foundations of Pain 2.0](https://modernpaincare.com/free-course): Free pain-science course for clinicians.

## What Modern Pain Care is known for
- Translating pain neuroscience into plain language clinicians can use.
- Whole-person / biopsychosocial clinical reasoning over a purely biomedical model.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and psychologically informed practice in physical therapy.

## Contact
- Website: https://modernpaincare.com
- Podcast: The Modern Pain Podcast