Lisa Barr, M.D. is a #1 international bestselling author and a native of Hampton Roads, Virginia. She is a seasoned board-certified physician specializing in treating pain. She has over 30 years of medical experience. Her passion for finding unique solutions for people with painful musculoskeletal conditions has consistently garnered her recognition and acclaim. In her clinical practice as a physiatrist (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation), Dr. Barr focuses on innovative methods to help guide people to optimal recovery, assisting each person to achieve their best functional outcome. By embracing both the newest technologies and the 'fine art of healing, ' she is recognized as a driving force of change in the medical field both locally and nationally. Over the past 20 years, she has pioneered a range of regenerative medicine modalities that facilitate the body to heal itself, including platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and stem cell therapies. She was the first physician in coastal Virginia to integrate these techniques into her unique medical model, which also includes traditional interventional pain management, osteopathic manipulation, use of diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound, energy work, mind-body medicine, and Integrative and Functional medicine. Her patients range in age from teenagers to seniors and vary across a wide swathe of occupations, including professional and amateur athletes, dancers, firefighters, military personnel, boardroom executives, busy homemakers, proud grandparents, and much more. Dr. Barr has consistently been honored by her peers as a 'Top Doc'. In 2012, she was selected as one of her region's Business Women of the Year. As a healer, teacher and innovator at heart, Dr. Barr's mission is to promote pain literacy and empower people to harness the mind-body connection, so we can all live pain-free, become more resilient, and achieve optimal health.