Pain (eBook)

From Suffering to Feeling Better

Marie-Josee Rivard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
192 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-2817-2 (ISBN)

Infos

How can you hold out hope of a normal life when you are suffering? This is the challenge facing thousands of chronic pain sufferers. This book explains the psychological and physiological phenomenon of pain, informs readers about new therapeutic approaches to treating chronic pain and suggests effective pain management tools.

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Explains the science behind pain and the practical steps sufferers can take to treat pain and restore hope. Pain strikes all of us, but it becomes a recurring or constant condition for one in five people. For millions young and old, it is a difficult, day-to-day reality, and many sufferers have been left feeling more frustrated and helpless than ever, despite medical advances. Pain is a guide to understanding and treating all kinds of pain, and helping sufferers maintain hope for a normal life. In accessible chapters, this book explains how pain occurs at a fundamental level, both psychologically and physically, and what makes ordinary pain debilitating. Inside, you will find: A guide to pain management for sufferers and those close to them Vital information on the types of pain, the causes, and the treatments Concrete advice for controlling pain, understanding treatments, and living a normal life Testimonials from people who have taken control of their condition With a focus on the daily realities of suffering and recovery, Pain aims to inform readers about the therapeutic and psychological approaches to pain management. In addition, it offers concrete tools and strategies to help sufferers become experts on their own pain and guide their own treatment.

Autor

Marie-Josée Rivard has worked in the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit of the McGill University Health Centre since 2000. She works to raise awareness and correct myths about chronic pain among doctors, health professionals, and the general public. She lives in Montreal.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.12.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Your Health
• Co-Autor: Denis Gingras
• Übersetzer: Barbara Sandilands
• Vorwort: Yoram Shir
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Alternative Heilverfahren
• Schlagworte: Adapt • alter perception • balance your life • becoming the expert of your pain • challenging the pain • chronic pain • decreasing the fear of pain • Emotions • facing chronic pain • feeling better • helping yourself • live with • living a better life • Pain • pain management • pain management skills • pain relief • pscyhological pain treatments • Psychology • quality of life • reduce the impact • rethink • self-management • stop suffering and feel better • thoughts • understand pain to overcome it • working on the emotions of pain
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-2817-3 / 1459728173
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-2817-2 / 9781459728172