Managing Pain Before It Manages You

Features a program to help reduce chronic pain, including understanding the causes of chronic pain, recognizing what increases and decreases pain symptoms, and making informed decisions about medications and therapies.

Hundreds of thousands of readers have found help and hope for getting their lives back from chronic pain in this empowering workbook. Top pain specialist and physician Margaret A. Caudill spells out 10 steps that can radically change the way pain sufferers feel--both physically and emotionally. From finding the best treatments to coping with flareups, solving everyday problems, and harnessing the power of relaxation techniques, the book is packed with tested solutions that users can tailor to their own needs. The fully updated fourth edition incorporates important advances in pain management and mind-body medicine. It features new content on mindfulness, a "Quick Skill" section in each chapter with simple exercises that can have an immediate impact, updated supplementary reading and resources (including smart phone apps), and more. Practical tools include MP3 audio downloads and easy-to-use worksheets that purchasers can now download and print.

Imagine finding a way to reduce the amount of time you spend in doctor's offices, and to decrease the discomfort, depression, and anxiety associated with chronic pain. In «MDBR»Managing Pain Before it Manages You, Margaret A. Caudill offers just that\m-\a program designed to help you develop skills for coping with pain so you can enjoy a fuller life. Carefully conceived from the author's many years of working with chronic pain sufferers, this program has been proven effective and is currently in use at the Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and the Hitchcock Clinic in Nashua, New Hampshire. Participants report that they have been able to take control of their pain and cut their doctor visits by more than one-third for up to two years following the program!.

Chronic pain has a multitude of causes, many of which are not well understood or effectively treated by medical therapies. Individuals with chronic pain often report that pain interferes with their ability to engage in occupational, social, or recreational activities. Sufferers' inability to engage in these everyday activities may contribute to increased isolation, negative mood and physical deconditioning, which in turn can contribute to their experience of pain.Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) has been proven effective at managing various chronic pain conditions, including rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, chronic back pain, and tension/migraine headache. The CBT treatment engages patients in an active coping process aimed at changing maladaptive thoughts and behaviors that can serve to maintain and exacerbate the experience of chronic pain. Overcoming Chronic Pain, Therapist Guide instills all of these empirically validated treatments into one comprehensive, convenient volume that no clinician can do without. By presenting the basic, proven-effective CBT methods used in each treatment, such as stress management, sleep hygiene, relaxation therapy and cognitive restructuring, this guide can be used to treat all chronic pain conditions with success.TreatmentsThatWorkTM represents the gold standard of behavioral healthcare interventions! DT All programs have been rigorously tested in clinical trials and are backed by years of research DT A prestigious scientific advisory board, led by series Editor-In-Chief David H. Barlow, reviews and evaluates each intervention to ensure that it meets the highest standard of evidence so you can be confident that you are using the most effective treatment available to date DT Our books are reliable and effective and make it easy for you to provide your clients with the best care available DT Our corresponding workbooks contain psychoeducational information, forms and worksheets, and homework assignments to keep clients engaged and motivated DT A companion website (www.oup.com/us/ttw) offers downloadable clinical tools and helpful resources DT Continuing Education (CE) Credits are now available on select titles in collaboration with PsychoEducational Resources, Inc. (PER)

Chronic pain is a silent epidemic, with one in five people suffering in their day-to-day life.An indispensible guide to understanding why your pain persists, what is going on inside your body and the symptoms that pain triggers, Manage Your Pain presents possible medical treatments and guides you through practical exercises for daily life. Dr Nicholas and Dr Molloy's strategies make it possible to set short and long term goals that will minimise the impact of pain on both work and leisure. In short, this book offers clarity and control.- Draws on the authors' extensive experience and the latest research - Clearly explains the causes of pain - Offers positive and practical ways to minimise the impact of pain- Revised and updated - Includes a chapter on pain management for older people

Change your brain, change your pain with this powerful, evidence-based workbook. If you’re struggling with chronic pain, you’re not alone: more than one hundred million Americans currently live with chronic pain. Yet, despite its prevalence, chronic pain is not well understood. Fortunately, research has emerged showing the effectiveness of a treatment model for pain management grounded in biology, psychology, and social functioning. In this groundbreaking workbook, you’ll find a comprehensive outline of this effective biopsychosocial approach, as well as scientifically supported interventions rooted in cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you take control of your pain—and your life! You’ll learn strategies for creating a pain plan for home and work, reducing reliance on medications, and breaking the pain cycle. Also included are tips for improving sleep, nutrition for pain, methods for resuming valued activities, and more. If you’re ready to take your life back from pain, this workbook has everything you need to get started.

All children have a right to appropriate prevention, assessment andcontrol of their pain. Managing Pain in Children is anevidence-based, practical guide to care in all areas of children'spain management, providing nurses and other health carepractitioners with the skills and expertise necessary to managechildren's pain effectively. The text first explores the relevant anatomy and physiology ofchildren, the latest policy guidelines surrounding pain managementand ethical issues involved in managing children's pain. It thengoes on to look at the various pain assessment tools available forchildren and non-drug methods of pain relief. The text then goes onto apply these pain management principles to practice in relationto acute pain, chronic pain, palliative care and the management ofprocedural pain. Each of these chapters covers the evidence base,assessment techniques, pain relieving interventions, and guidancefor best practice in both hospital and community settings. Special features: Practical and accessible, with 'best practice' points in eachchapter Written in the context of latest policy developments Provides the necessary evidence-base for care throughout With contributions from experts in the field

Practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain. Chronic pain has been described as a silent epidemic. More than one in ten people - over ten per cent of the population - suffer from persisting pain. Over the last month, how often have you: 1. taken pain killers so you could do something you know would stir up your pain? 2. completed a task, regardless of pain, then 'paid' for it later with more pain? 3. found that pain is interfering with your sleep, work, sport and social activities? 4. had one or more long rest periods during the day because of your pain? 5. felt you cannot go on as your pain gets worse 6. worried that your doctors have 'missed something'? 7. been told to 'live with the pain' but not shown how to do it? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, then MANAGE YOUR PAIN will help to improve your life. All too frequently, chronic pain cannot be successfully treated - and drugs are not always the answer. But the combination of approaches provided by MANAGE YOUR PAIN can help you learn to minimise the impact of pain, and put persisting pain where it belongs - in the background of your life.