
The Journey to Pain Relief
A Hands-On Guide to Breakthroughs in Pain Treatment
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Through her extensive experience with pain clinics, author Phyllis Berger — a chronic pain sufferer herself — realized that pain relief was highly dependent on stress factors. She found relief could be more rapidly achieved by blocking pain with electrical currents and acupuncture, relieving anxiety and releasing emotions, and increasing pain-free movements with exercises, especially enjoyable exercises that build strength and endurance. Focusing on the brain and its complex chemical interactions and electrical circuitry, The Journey to Pain Relief provides solid information, advice, and treatment suggestions to empower both the chronic pain sufferer and the pain therapist. The author authoritatively describes ways to combine a wide range of treatments that tap into the body's inherent knowledge and ability to heal, increase exercise ability, stimulate the production of helpful chemical substances in the body, and encourage the positive attitudes that will bring many more patients to that often elusive destination of pain relief and control.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Foreword to the South African Edition
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Pain: The Never-Ending Story
- Chapter 2: Responses to Pain
- Chapter 3: Patient, Heal Thyself
- Chapter 4: The Placebo Effect and Alternative Treatments
- Chapter 5: The Physiotherapeutic Perspective
- Chapter 6: The Pain Pathways
- Chapter 7: What Is Acupuncture and How Does It Relieve Pain?
- Chapter 8: Electricity Can Heal
- Chapter 9: Modified Direct Current to Treat Pain and Enhance Health
- Chapter 10: Multimodal Approaches to Chronic Pain
- Chapter 11: Exercises and Advice for the Care of Your Back and Neck
- Chapter 12: Coping Skills
- Appendix A: Acupuncture Techniques for Specific Conditions
- Appendix B: Treatment with TENS
- Appendix C: Treatment with MDC
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Recommended Reading
- Resources
- Index