In many cases, traditional approaches to chronic pain--drugs, physical therapy, medical procedures--just don't work. Sufferers fritter away their lives and their savings accounts on one ineffective treatment after the next, trying to get relief from pain--but sometimes the pain never goes away. This discouraging cycle can be as damaging as pain itself. To address this problem, the most current approaches to pain management encourage living well despite pain. Distilled from the very best of these techniques, this little book offers ten simple, effective solutions for thriving despite chronic pain. Readers will get a quick introduction to the physiology of pain. Then it's down to the business of better well-being: Readers learn tips for getting better sleep, ways to build a strong support system, and techniques for overcoming fear, anxiety, and depression. They discover better ways to communicate with doctors about their problems and find out which treatment options are likely to do them the most good. With the advice in this book, readers can move from a debilitating cycle of pain to a full and rewarding life. --- from the publisher |
