Chronic pain is a silent epidemic, with one in five people suffering in their day-to-day life.
An indispensible guide to understanding why your pain persists, what is going on inside your body and the symptoms that pain triggers, Manage Your Pain presents possible medical treatments and guides you through practical exercises for daily life. Dr Nicholas and Dr Molloy's strategies make it possible to set short and long term goals that will minimise the impact of pain on both work and leisure. In short, this book offers clarity and control.
- Draws on the authors' extensive experience and the latest research
- Clearly explains the causes of pain
- Offers positive and practical ways to minimise the impact of pain
- Revised and updated
- Includes a chapter on pain management for older people
Highly qualified and experienced medical professionals who specialise in pain management, the authors of this book offer complementary specialisms, ensuring that the widest range of treatments are covered.
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Manage Your Pain
Practical and Positive Ways of Adapting to Chronic Pain
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Topic
MedicineSubtopic
Anesthesiology & Pain ManagementTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- 1 : What is Chronic Pain?
- 2 : Questions You May Have
- 3 : What’s Going On In Your Body When Pain Is Chronic?
- 4 : What X-rays, CT and MRI Scans Tell Us
- 5 : Working with Your Doctor
- 6 : Treatments for Chronic Pain
- 7 : Using Pacing To Overcome The Effects Of Chronic Pain on Activities
- 8 : Setting Goals
- 9 : Recognising And Overcoming Obstacles To Change
- 10 : Stretching and Exercising
- 11 : Challenging Ways of Thinking About Pain
- 12 : Using Relaxation
- 13 : Attentional Techniques – Distraction and Desensitising
- 14 : Improving Sleep
- 15 : Stress and Problem Solving
- 16 : Interacting with Those Around You
- 17 : Dealing With Flare-Ups and Set-Backs
- 18 : Pain and Work
- 19 : Pain Self-Management for Seniors
- 20 : Keeping It Up
- Final Check
- Glossary
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- Copyright
- Excerpt
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