Rethink chronic pain : relieve suffering, heal your body, own your health
At a time when as many as 1 in 5 adults suffer from chronic pain, a medical doctor and proven pain expert offers an original guide to healing and recovery. Rethink Chronic Pain identifies the physical and psychological roots of pain and recommends not one single treatment (as the vast majority of advice does) but many: Dr. Gaétan Brouillard incorporates osteopathy, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, nutrition and natural products (including cannabis and CBD) into his tried-and-tested approach. He also draws on years of experience as an emergency room doctor, clinician, and researcher to explain scientific breakthroughs in pain treatment and how to use medicine and surgery when necessary. Readers will come away with new understandings of the body and mind--and new tools for healing chronic pain at its source.
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| Victoria | Available |
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| Subject |
| Pain. Pain > Treatment. Chronic pain. Chronic pain > Treatment. |
- ISBN: 9781771644631
- Physical Description 283 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Translation of: La douleur repensée. Includes index. |
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Table of Contents
Rethink Chronic Pain : Relieve Suffering, Heal Your Body, Own Your Health
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. 1 | |
| Chapter 1 | Understanding Pain | p. 11 |
| Pain is necessary | p. 12 | |
| Pain is personal | p. 13 | |
| Do we learn to feel pain? | p. 16 | |
| The financial burden of pain | p. 19 | |
| How pain affects our quality of life | p. 20 | |
| Chapter 12 | The Meaning of Pain | p. 21 |
| How pain makes us suffer | p. 22 | |
| A lesson from Buddhism | p. 24 | |
| A road we must travel, and a road to nowhere | p. 26 | |
| The duty of empathy | p. 28 | |
| The power to change | p. 30 | |
| Chapter 3 | Why Am I in Pain? | p. 33 |
| Biological and environmental causes of pain | p. 33 | |
| Pain and our emotions | p. 46 | |
| Chapter 4 | Pain Treatment Starts on Your Plate | p. 55 |
| Addicted to sugar | p. 56 | |
| Eat well for your health | p. 58 | |
| The diet-pain connection Natasha Azrak, Nutritionist, RD, IFMCP | p. 62 | |
| Take care of your teeth and gums | p. 78 | |
| Go veggie or eat meat? | p. 78 | |
| Chapter 5 | Natural Pain-Relief Solutions | p. 83 |
| The power of natural supplements | p. 83 | |
| Medical cannabis for pain relief | p. 89 | |
| Stay active, stay healthy | p. 98 | |
| Detoxify now | p. 107 | |
| Chapter 6 | Ways to Treat Pain | p. 115 |
| Pain medications | p. 115 | |
| Manipulation techniques | p. 125 | |
| Injections | p. 136 | |
| Acupuncture | p. 146 | |
| Magnetic field therapy | p. 152 | |
| Reflexology | p. 155 | |
| Thermal treatment | p. 157 | |
| Hypnosis | p. 157 | |
| Surgery | p. 158 | |
| Chapter 7 | The Psychology of Pain | p. 159 |
| Pain and depression | p. 159 | |
| Where stress fits in | p. 163 | |
| Let there be light! | p. 166 | |
| The importance of sleep | p. 166 | |
| Using neurobiofeedback | p. 167 | |
| Chapter 8 | Making Pain Easier to Live With | p. 171 |
| Think creatively | p. 172 | |
| Free yourself from toxic thoughts and guilt | p. 174 | |
| Think your way out of suffering | p. 175 | |
| Why is it so hard to detach yourself from pain? | p. 176 | |
| Learn to think bright, healing thoughts | p. 178 | |
| Creative visualization | p. 180 | |
| Meditation | p. 190 | |
| The opportunity of pain | p. 194 | |
| Conclusion | p. 199 | |
| Appendix: Pain Guide | p. 201 | |
| Arthritis and osteoarthritis | p. 203 | |
| Scar pain | p. 206 | |
| Fibromyalgia | p. 210 | |
| Headaches | p. 223 | |
| Neck pain | p. 230 | |
| Neck trauma (whiplash) | p. 232 | |
| Scoliosis | p. 234 | |
| Herniated discs | p. 236 | |
| Epicondylitis (tennis elbow) | p. 239 | |
| Carpal tunnel syndrome | p. 241 | |
| Algodystrophy | p. 244 | |
| Sciatica | p. 246 | |
| Sprains and pulled muscles | p. 249 | |
| Peripheral neuropathy | p. 251 | |
| Morton's neuroma | p. 253 | |
| Plantar fasciitis and heel spurs | p. 254 | |
| Acknowledgments | p. 257 | |
| Notes | p. 259 | |
| Index | p. 277 | |
| About the Author | p. 283 |
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