Books – Health – Pain
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A Day without Pain by Mel Pohl and Mike Donahue
A holistic approach to confronting chronic pain
Pain is one of the most important and urgent issues facing the world today. Millions are afflicted with pain, and it is the most frequent reason Americans seek medical attention annually. More than 50 million people in the United States suffer from chronic pain. In fact, pain is a worldwide pandemic with no end in sight.
In a conversational and easy-to-read format, A Day Without Pain reviews the physical and psychological problems associated with pain, as well as ways to assess it. It also examines methods to treat pain in a comprehensive holistic manner so that health and function can be restored without the use of prescription painkillers.
Paperback, 200 pp, $27.99. Buy
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Instant Relief by Peggy Brill
A renowned physical therapist helps you get rid of your pain in just 10 seconds. In this one-of-a-kind book, Peggy Brill, acclaimed author of The Core Program, shows you how to find relief from chronic and everyday aches and pains as well as all those stress-related pains that can attack so suddenly–whether you’re at work, in a car or a plane, at home with your kids, recovering from surgery, or relaxing in bed. Instant Relief provides 100 clearly illustrated, easy-to-do 10-second exercises that provide immediate therapy for every part of your body–from your head to your toes. – Does your upper body ache after hours of hunching over a report due by the end of the day? Try doing the Brill Chicken. For extra relief, there’s the Dead Brill Ch
, 221 pp, $11.95. Buy
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Reversing Chronic Pain by Maggie Phillips
Reversing Chronic Pain helps readers forge a powerful partnership between the body and mind, heart and spirit to initiate a new chain of relief and balance. Each chapter presents a body-centred skill set that can be mastered through a broad menu of practice exercises. The resulting interlinked somatic building blocks help readers shift from physical pain to body awareness, and from unstoppable suffering to heart-felt connection.Self-treatment is the entire focus of this book. While most other pain methods stress compliance with medications or other interventions administered by professionals including physical therapy, acupuncture, or biofeedback, Phillips’ plan puts special tools in the hands of readers, provides them step-by-step methods
Paperback, 240 pp, $34.95. Buy
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Muscular Retraining for Pain-free Living by Craig Williamson
Craig Williamson, a Portland, Maine-based physical therapist, has treated people with persistent muscle pain for over twenty years in fact, he cured his own. In Muscular Retraining for Pain-Free Living he details the five following causes of muscle pain: dysfunctional movement patterns muscle contractions and reactions to injuries alignment problems psychological causes (known as psychogenic pain) and kinesthetic dysfunction. Of the five, Williamson has found in his clinical practice that a lack of kinesthetic awareness, or the ability to sense your own body movements accurately, is the most important – and most overlooked – cause of persistent pain. Kinesthetic awareness is vital to muscle flexibility, strength, relaxation, and postural al
Paperback, 240 pp, $31.95. Buy
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The Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain and Suffering by Richard B. Patt and Susan S. Lang
Intended for patients and caregivers on all aspects of cancer pain. This book illuminates the reasons why patients are so often undermedicated, and demonstrates that properly medicated patients are able to resume active lives and marshal strength to fight their disease, while those in chronic pain may jeopardise their potential for recovery
Paperback, 464 pp, $29.95. Buy
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Stress Free for Good by Frederic Luskin and Kenneth Pelletier
We live in an age of stress. Constant stress significantly affects our ability to lead healthy and happy lives at work and home. We struggle with stomach pain, headaches, mood swings, fatigue, depression, high blood pressure, and even heart failure. Stress damages our physical and emotional well-being, our relationships, and our productivity. Dr. Fred Luskin and Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier spent years at the Stanford University School of Medicine developing ten proven skills for eliminating the stress, anxiety, and pain that occur in daily life. Delivering sound advice, Stress Free for Good is easy to use and starts working immediately. This is the last stress aid you will ever need.
Paperback, 240 pp, $19.95. Buy
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HOUSE OF TINY TEARAWAYS
‘The key is to understand the long-term consequences of your parenting style. With every parenting decision you make today, you are sowing the seeds of the teenager of tomorrow.’ Dr Tanya Byron is renowned for changing families’ lives. In a unique TV series, The House of Tiny Tearaways, she helped parents dramatically turn around their family life when they checked in to the House with their children for six days of twenty-four hour observation and parenting support. Now, through her transformationl approach combining praise and play with clear boundaries, Dr Tanya shows all parents how they can enable their young children to grow and develop while enjoying their individuality. She encourages parents to understand the roots of teh issues th
Paperback, 160 pp, $32.95. Buy
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Conquering Your Childs Chronic Pain by Lonnie Zeltzer
A pediatrician looks at the causes and repercussions of chronic pain in children and offers a multidisciplinary approach–incorporating such alternative methods as yoga, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, and biofeedback, as well as relaxation techniques and medications–to help alleviate the problem. Original. 15,000 first printing.
Paperback, 320 pp, $20.95. Buy
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Living with Chronic Pain by Jennifer Schneider
“Living with Chronic Pain is essential reading for anyone suffering with this debilitating condition, their families and caregivers
Paperback, 280 pp, $26.95. Buy
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The Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain and Suffering
A revised edition of You Don’t Have to Suffer: A Complete Guide to Relieve Cancer for Patients and Their Families. Addressing the physical and psychological aspects of dealing with pain, the authors include details on medical treatments and medications as well as cognitive, psychological and spiritual approaches.
Hardback, 464 pp, $42.95. Buy
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Pain Free Arthritis by Harris H. McIlwain
An expert in pain relief serves up a seven-step program for reducing the pain associated with arthritis, discussing preventative and therapeutic exercise, a low-fat diet, alternative therapies, and the latest drugs
Paperback, 302 pp, $23.95. Buy
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PAIN, THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN by Marni Jackson
In this text, Marni Jackson us back into the history of pain and forward into the possibilities of pain genetics, Jackson brings us stories of both people in pain and the pain pioneers: eccentrics and artists, wrestlers and writers, psychologists and philosophers, nurses and doctors.
Paperback, 384 pp, $24.95. Buy
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The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis sets out to disentangle this knotty issue but adds that in the end no intellectual solution can dispense with the necessity of patience and courage.
Paperback, 176 pp, $19.95. Buy
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The Miracle of Msm: The Natural Solution to Pain by Jacob Stanley
MSM, or methylsulfonylmethane, is the first safe, natural, side-effect-free remedy for many types of pain and inflammatory conditions. In this authoritative look at MSM, Drs. Stanley Jacob and Ronald Lawrence reveal how to tap into the benefits of this amazing remedy.
Paperback, 272 pp, $20.95. Buy
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You Don’t Have to Suffer, A Complete Guide to Relieving Cancer Pain for Patients and Their Families by Susan S. Lang and Richard B. Patt
Starting with a review on why cancer pain is still an everyday tragedy when modern medical techniques can relieve it in almost every case, this book teaches families everything they need to know about cancer pain and its treatments
Paperback, 380 pp, $45.95. Buy
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Pain Free by Peter Egoscue
Egoscue’s revolutionary method shows how to eliminate pain–including back pain, TMJ, sciatica, bad knees, carpal tunnel syndrome, and pain that has been misdiagnosed as arthritis–without investing in expensive ergonomic devices or resorting to surgery or drug therapies
Paperback, 320 pp, $23.95. Buy
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Cancer Doesn’t Have to Hurt, How to Conquer the Pain Caused by Cancer and Cancer Treatment by Pamela J. Haylock and Carol P. Curtiss
People with cancer often suffer needlessly because of the belief that cancer and pain go hand-in-hand. This is simply not true – cancer pain can be relieved. Cancer Doesn’t Have To Hurt explains cancer pain, explores how it can affect recovery and describes how to find effective pain control
Paperback, 256 pp, $24.95. Buy
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Cancer Doesn’t Have to Hurt, How to Conquer the Pain Caused by Cancer and Cancer Treatment by Pamela J. Haylock and Carol P. Curtiss
People with cancer often suffer needlessly because of the belief that cancer and pain go hand-in-hand. This is simply not true – cancer pain can be relieved. Cancer Doesn’t Have To Hurt explains cancer pain, explores how it can affect recovery and describes how to find effective pain control
Paperback, 256 pp, $27.99. Buy
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Positive Options for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), Self-help and Treatment by Elena Juris
Provides: insights from medical and complementary practitioners; information about new therapies and experimental treatments; tips for modifying your lifestyle to manage your condition; and a comprehensive listing of resources for RSD patients
Paperback, 256 pp, $29.99. Buy
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