Format:
1 online resource (233 pages)
ISBN:
9780190619701
Series Statement:
Brain and Life Bks.
Content:
Navigating Life with Chronic Pain provides accessible, comprehensive, and up-to-date information about the challenges patients, family members, and caregivers face when confronted by chronic pain, showing that no two pain experiences are the same. The authors expertly guide the reader through current approaches, to diagnoses including a review of diagnostic tests, and discuss a comprehensive, integrated approach to chronic pain treatment. Through the use of patient stories, you get real-world experiences and advice on navigating the day-to-day challenges, associated with chronic pain like exercising and nutrition, using non-opioid drugs, deciding when surgery is the best option, how to maintain intimacy with a partner, and how to manage caregiver burnout.
Content:
Cover -- Navigating Life with Chronic Pain -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part I Learning about Your Pain and How to Treat It -- 1. Understanding Your Pain -- What Is the Difference between Acute and Chronic Pain, and Why Does It Matter? -- You Are Not Alone -- How the Brain Interprets Pain -- How the Brain Modifies Pain -- Will My Chronic Pain Improve? -- 2. What to Expect during a Doctor's Appointment -- Why Do I Need to Complete All of These Forms? -- Talking with Your Doctor about Chronic Pain -- Diagnostic Tests That Your Doctor May Request -- Summary -- 3. Taking Control of Your Life -- Pain Affects Both the Body and the Emotions -- The Unseen Enemy -- Sleep Disturbances -- 4. Reclaiming Your Body -- Inactivity -- Loss of Flexibility -- Exercise as a Prescription -- Other Problems Caused by Immobility -- The March of a Thousand Miles Begins with a Single Step -- Feeling Better -- 5. Behavioral Approaches -- What Is the Biopsychosocial Model of Pain? -- The Pain Experience -- How Behavioral Approaches Can Help -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- Meditation and Mindfulness -- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy -- Hypnosis -- Exercise -- Biofeedback -- 6. Lifestyle Modifications -- What Is the Role of Exercise and Nutrition? -- Supplements -- What Are Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments? -- What Are Orthotic and Assistive Devices? -- What Are Environmental Modifications? -- 7. Nonopioid Pain Medications -- Medications-Why They Don't Always Work and How to Use Them Safely -- Common Pain Medications and Common Side Effects -- Medical Marijuana -- 8. Opioid Pain Medications -- A Brief History -- Why Do Opioids Work for Pain? -- Why Are Opioids So Controversial? -- What to Expect if Opioids Are Prescribed -- Confusing Concepts: Dependence, Addiction, Withdrawal, Tolerance, and Opioid-Induced Hyperalgesia.
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Additional Edition:
9780190619688
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780190619688
Language:
English
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