Rethink Chronic Pain: Relieve Suffering, Heal Your Body, Own Your Health 9781771644648

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Rethink Chronic Pain: Relieve Suffering, Heal Your Body, Own Your Health
 9781771644648

Table of contents :
Introduction

CHAPTER 1: UNDERSTANDING PAIN

Pain is necessary

Pain is personal

Do we learn to feel pain?

The financial burden of pain

How pain affects our quality of life

CHAPTER 2: THE MEANING OF PAIN

How pain makes us suffer

A lesson from Buddhism

A road we must travel, and a road to nowhere

The duty of empathy

The power to change

CHAPTER 3: WHY AM I IN PAIN?

Biological and environmental causes of pain

Pain and our emotions

CHAPTER 4: PAIN TREATMENT STARTS ON YOUR PLATE

Addicted to sugar

Eat well for your health

The diet–pain connection by Natasha Azrak, Nutritionist, RD, IFMCP

Take care of your teeth and gums

Go veggie or eat meat?

CHAPTER 5: NATURAL PAIN-RELIEF SOLUTIONS

The power of natural supplements

Medical cannabis for pain relief

Stay active, stay healthy

Detoxify now

CHAPTER 6: WAYS TO TREAT PAIN

Pain medications

Manipulation techniques

Injections

Acupuncture

Magnetic field therapy

Reflexology

Thermal treatment

Hypnosis

Surgery

CHAPTER 7: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PAIN

Pain and depression

Where stress fits in

Let there be light!

The importance of sleep

Using neurobiofeedback

CHAPTER 8: MAKING PAIN EASIER TO LIVE WITH

Think creatively

Free yourself from toxic thoughts and guilt

Think your way out of suffering

Why is it so hard to detach yourself from pain?

Learn to think bright, healing thoughts

Creative visualization

Meditation

The opportunity of pain

Conclusion

Appendix: Pain Guide

Arthritis and osteoarthritis

Scar pain

Fibromyalgia

Headaches

Neck pain

Neck trauma (whiplash)

Scoliosis

Herniated discs

Epicondylitis (tennis elbow)

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Algodystrophy

Sciatica

Sprains and pulled muscles

Peripheral neuropathy

Morton’s neuroma

Plantar fasciitis and heel spurs

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

About the Author

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