Taming Chronic Pain A Management Guide for a More Enjoyable Life (Guide to Chronic Pain Management, Fans of Life After Pain or Pain Free)

An author and scientist shares how she learned to live well with chronic pain in this candid, practical guide to chronic pain management. Living with chronic pain effects far more than just your physical health. Every aspect of life is hampered by discomfort, and daily activities involve an ongoing negotiation between spontaneity and self-care. But it is possible to live a life beyond pain. Taming Chronic Pain provides a practical approach to pain management by someone who truly understands what it's like. Amy Orr explores the kind of struggles that only a fellow sufferer would recognize. She also discusses aspects of chronic conditions that most of us never consider. With humor and brutal honesty, she provides practical tips based on extensive research on every aspect of long-term physical suffering. The result is a straightforward and effective approach to pain management.

Life Beyond Pain

"Clear, engaging, and with the authenticity of personal experience." — Patricia Morley-Forster, MD, FRCPC Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Founder Status; Professor Emerita Dept of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, Western University, London, Canada; 2013 Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Gold Medal Winner

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Long-term pain management.  Living with pain offers more than just physical challenges. For those of us navigating the treacherous waters between self-care and normal daily life, there are an overwhelming number of obstacles to overcome.  Taming Chronic Pain  takes a brutally honest—and at times humorous—look at the major issues associated with long-term pain management, offering practical advice, insight, exercises and discussion of everything from basic scientific knowledge to the psychological effects of chronic pain.

Written by a Fellow Pain Sufferer.  While dealing with her own chronic pain, Amy has done years of extensive research on every aspect of long-term physical suffering. Her scientific skills and personal experience have given her the expertise to provide this somewhat tongue-in-cheek, knowing glimpse into the many areas of living with chronic pain that no one but a fellow sufferer would recognize. Taming Chronic Pain  clarifies with easy to understand diagrams and cartoons.

Taming Chronic Pain  is a must-have for any chronic pain sufferer. Discover:

• Tools to help you live your life with chronic pain, whether back, neck, or shoulder pain; arthritis; migraines; or nerve pain
• A helpful approach to pain management that takes medicine, meditation, and psychology into account
• Lifestyle suggestions to lessen the effects of pain
• Tips and tricks for managing relationships while managing pain, and advice for caregivers

Readers of books like  Mind Over Mood,   Pain Free, or  7 Steps to a Pain-Free Life  will find answers, companionship and more in  Taming Chronic Pain.

Living with pain offers more than just physical challenges, and for those navigating the treacherous waters between self-care and normal daily life there are an overwhelming number of obstacles to overcome, not least the vast amount of misinformation available. Scientific, meditative and narrative volumes exist for those living with chronic ill-health but few address the wide range of practical and emotional issues faced by the in-pain. Taming Chronic Pain takes a brutally honest and at times humorous look at all of the major issues associated with long-term pain management, as written by a fellow sufferer, and offers practical advice, insight, exercises and discussion of everything from basic scientific understanding to the knock-on psychological effects. Readers of this book will benefit from a no-holds-barred, well-rounded and relatable discussion of everything they are struggling to face and everything they haven't thought of yet. "A Well-Rounded Approach: Living with pain offers more than just physical challenges. For those of us navigating the treacherous waters between self-care and normal daily life, there are an overwhelming number of obstacles to overcome. The Pain Management Handbook takes a brutally honest--and at times humorous--look at the major issues associated with long-term pain management, offering practical advice, insight, exercises and discussion of everything from basic scientific knowledge to the psychological effects of chronic pain."-- Amazon Amy Orr, a passionate writer and scientist with an extensive history of living with, researching, and understanding pain disorders, takes a brutally honest and at times humorous look at all of the major issues associated with long-term pain management and offers practical advice, insight, exercises, and discussion of everything from basic scientific understanding to issues sufferers haven't even thought of yet