[Pain Management] Great Resource for Chronic Pain: Managing Pain Before It Manages You

[Justin]

Managing Pain Before It Manages You, Third Edition (Paperback)
by Margaret A. Caudill MD PhD MPH (Author), Herbert Benson MD (Foreword)

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Imagine finding a way to spend less time in doctors’ offices, and to decrease the discomfort, depression, and anxiety associated with chronic pain. Managing Pain Before It Manages You offers just that--a program to help you reduce your pain and learn coping skills to get your life back. Developed over the author’s many years of working with chronic pain sufferers, this program has been proven effective. Program participants report that they have been able to take control of their pain and cut their doctor visits by more than one third! Straightforward and compassionate, this hands-on guide provides detailed information plus step-by-step techniques and activities that help you:

• Understand the causes of chronic pain
  
• Recognize what increases and decreases your pain symptoms
  
• Reduce your pain and emotional distress
  
• Learn effective problem solving
  
• Make informed decisions about medications and nutritional therapies
  
• Incorporate relaxation, meditation, and gentle exercise into your daily routine
  
• Communicate effectively about your pain
  
• Set realistic goals

New to the Third Edition

Thoroughly revised and updated, the third edition includes the latest information on medications and other clinically proven treatment strategies, expanded coverage of specific pain disorders, and a new appendix featuring Internet resources. Plus, readers can download free MP3 audio files of three of the guided relaxation exercises in the book (one hour total).

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• Link to limited preview on Google Books: Managing Pain Before It Manages You
  
• Amazon: Managing Pain Before It Manages You, Third Edition

[ajj1001]

... is this one. It is a little heavy going as it is written for medical practitioners but if you want to spend some time researching into pain theories it is great. It also describes how multi disciplinary pain management teams and programmes work.

Pain Management: Practical applications of the biopsychosocial perspective in clinical and occupational settings.

by Chris J. Main PhD FBPsS (Author), Michael J. L. Sullivan PhD (Author), Paul J. Watson PhD BSc(Hons) MSC MCSP (Author)

• ISBN-10: 0443100691
• ISBN-13: 978-0443100697