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"Chronic pain is an epidemic. 50 million Americans struggle with back pain, headaches, or some other pain that resists all treatment. Desperate pain sufferers are told again and again that there is no cure for chronic pain. Psychotherapist Alan Gordon was in grad school when he started experiencing chronic pain and it completely derailed his life. He saw multiple doctors and received many diagnoses, but none of the medical treatments helped. Frustrated...
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Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"In the tradition of Wheat Belly and Grain Brain; No Grain, No Pain demonstrates the proven link between a gluten-heavy diet and chronic pain and discomfort--and offers a groundbreaking, 30-day, grain-free diet plan to help you heal yourself from the inside out. More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain according to an Institute of Medicine report released in 2011. For many, chronic pain is part of an autoimmune disease, but all too...
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Dudley Court Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Proven, practical, easy-to-follow program to reduce and even eliminate chronic muscular pain through simple movements and and home care. Demonstrates how Integrated Positional Therapy (IPT) effectively treats pain patterns caused by injury, stress, repetitive strain, postural distortion and chronic neuromuscular conditions. Includes specific wellness plans for: headache, neck and shoulder pain, low back pain, thoracic muscle strain, hip pain, knee...
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Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"Pain, suffering, and stress can be intolerable, but it doesn't have to be this way. You Are Not Your Pain reveals a simple set of mindfulness-based practices that you can incorporate into daily life to relieve chronic pain and the suffering and stress of illness. Clinical trials show that mindfulness meditation can be as effective as prescription painkillers and enhance the body's natural healing systems. It also significantly reduces the anxiety,...
8) Healing pain: the innovative, breakthrough plan to overcome your physical pain & emotional suffering
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Rodale
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
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Out of 238 million American adults, 100 million live in chronic pain. When inadequately treated, it undermines the body and mind. Indeed, the risk of suicide for people in chronic pain is twice that of other people. Far more than just a symptom, chronic pain can be a disease in its own right-- the biggest health problem facing America today. Foreman offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic pain crisis, from neurobiology to public...
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New Harbinger Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"In this workbook, you'll find an eight-step, integrative approach drawing on both modern western medicine and the ancient wisdom of the yoga tradition. The gentle poses and practices in this book are informed by a state-of-the-art understanding of physiology, and can be safely used to help alleviate pain associated with several common health problems, such as arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, and more"--Amazon.com.
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ProQuest LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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"This thesis explores how complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) may be utilized by an individual with chronic pain, and is a contribution to the gap in academic literature between medical studies and disability studies. Almost twenty years of the researcher's lived experiences are analyzed from an autoenthnographic perspective, including documenting immersion into different CAM therapies, and two interviews to examine perspectives in memory...
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Hazelden
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"The incidence of chronic pain has taken on epidemic proportions. The common response of traditional medicine has been to prescribe opioid painkillers, which can lead to overdose and addiction. Over the past ten years, Dr. Peter Przekop has developed a revolutionary alternative program to manage pain that goes well beyond the short-term relief of prescription painkillers. Przekop discovered that pain can become chronic, not just because of the trauma...