Chronic Pain Solution The Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing the Best of Alternative and Conventional Medicine

Name: Chronic Pain Solution The Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide to Choosing the Best of Alternative and Conventional Medicine
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ISBN: 9780553801835

ISBN-10: 055380183X

ISBN-13: 9780553801835

Edition: 2002

Authors: James N. Dillard, Leigh Ann Hirschman

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Every morning, more than 50 million Americans wake up to another day in pain. If you are one of them, you know the way chronic pain can take over your life: the lost work and missed pleasures, the harsh drugs or surgeries, the feelings of anger and frustration, the endless search from doctor to doctor. It doesn’t have to be that way. This remarkable book, by one of the leading pain specialists in America, puts in your hands the resources usually available only at the most sophisticated pain clinics. Recent research has shown that the solution to the puzzle of pain is almost never one “magic bullet” treatment. What works is a combination of therapies--often three or more--customized to…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/27/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Chronic Pain Solution


Understanding Pain


Six Myths That Can Keep You from Healing


The Yogi and the Anesthesiologist: Integrative Medicine in Action


Where Does It Hurt? The New Model of Pain


Take Control of Your Treatment


Evaluate Your Pain


Build Your Pain-Management Team


Create a Plan for Pain Control


Therapies


Move or Be Moved: Physical Therapies


Mind-Body Medicine


The Pain-Control Diet: Plus, the Top Twenty Supplements for Pain Relief


Distracting Your Nervous System from Pain


Energy Healing


Pain Pills and Other Pharmaceuticals


Deep Injections, Implants, and Surgery


Painful Conditions


How to Use This Part


Headache


Back Pain


Joint Pain


Irritable Bowel Syndrome


Neck Pain


Fibromyalgia


Chronic Sprains, Strains, and Tendinitis (Repetitive Strain Injuries)


Peripheral Neuropathies


Facial, Jaw, and Dental Pain


Pelvic Pain


Myofascial Pain Syndrome


Complex Regional Pain Syndrome


Special Considerations


Pain Management for Children, Pregnant Women, and the Elderly


Pain and Terminal Illness


"Is There Something I Can Do?" for Loved Ones of People in Pain


The Lessons of Pain


Suggested Exercises


Home Massage Techniques


Acupressure Maps


How to Work with Your Insurance Provider


Accreditation Societies, Professional Organizations, and Support Groups


Recommended Reading


Index


About the Authors