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Overcoming Chronic Pain: A Books on Prescription Title Re-issue [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 132x200x22 mm, weight: 234 g, Illustrations
  • Serija: Overcoming Books
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Aug-2005
  • Leidėjas: Robinson Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1841199702
  • ISBN-13: 9781841199702
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 320 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 132x200x22 mm, weight: 234 g, Illustrations
  • Serija: Overcoming Books
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Aug-2005
  • Leidėjas: Robinson Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1841199702
  • ISBN-13: 9781841199702
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
A Books on Prescription Title

Take control of your life, take control of your pain

Chronic pain can be extremely debilitating, however it does not need to dominate your life. This self-help book is based on highly effective self-help methods developed by specialists and used in community and hospital pain-management programs. Your experience of pain can be greatly reduced by pacing daily activities, reducing stress, learning relaxation techniques and effective ways to cope with depression, anxiety, worry, anger and frustration. This easy-to-follow book sets out:



Why pain can persist when there's no injury or disease present

How to become fitter and pace your activities

Practical ways to improve sleep and relaxation

Returning to work, study and gaining a life you value

Recenzijos

An invaluable resource for all sufferers of chronic pain. -- Christine Padesky author of Mind Over Mood

Daugiau informacijos

A clinically proven self-help approach to pain management.
Acknowledgements vii
Foreword ix
Introduction xi
Peter Cooper
Introduction 1(22)
PART ONE What is Chronic Pain?
1 Understanding the impact of pain and making changes
23(14)
2 Understanding chronic pain and pain systems
37(16)
3 Understanding investigations for pain
53(8)
4 Understanding the roles of healthcare professionals
61(13)
5 Understanding medicines and using them better
74(23)
PART TWO Overcoming Chronic Pain
Introduction
97(3)
6 Setting goals
100(10)
7 Giving yourself rewards
110(7)
8 Understanding pacing skills
117(17)
9 Getting fitter and being more active
134(16)
10 Understanding problem-solving
150(8)
11 Understanding sleep and sleep problems
158(12)
12 Relaxation
170(7)
13 Pain, communication and relationships
177(16)
14 Managing depression, anxiety and anger
193(52)
15 Acceptance
245(13)
16 Maintaining progress and managing setbacks
258(7)
17 Looking to the future and managing work
265(14)
Useful information 279(10)
Wordlist 289(3)
Appendix 292(12)
Index 304
Frances Cole (Author) Dr Frances Cole was a GP and pain rehabilitation specialist. She developed the first UK primary and community care pain rehabilitation programme based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) principles in 1996. She developed a pain health needs assessment tool that won an NHS Modernisation award in 2005 and gained an NHS National Clinical Leaders Award in 2011. Frances is a past chair of the British Pain Society Pain Management Programme Special Interest Group whose current focus is on multidisciplinary pain management. Her current work is on digital self-management tools for pain including apps.

Helen Macdonald (Author) Helen Macdonald is a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist and university lecturer specialising in pain management. She obtained a Master's Degree in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, with a dissertation examining the effectiveness of assisted self-help for chronic pain. She was recognized as a Chartered Health Psychologist in 2004.

Catherine Carus (Author) Catherine Carus is a registered physiotherapist currently teaching at the University of Bradford, and she specializes in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal conditions.

Hazel Howden-Leach (Author) Hazel Howden-Leach is the author of Overcoming Chronic Pain, along with Frances Cole, Helen Macdonald and Catherine Carus. She works at the University of Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine as Educational Technologist/Technical Advisor, with respect to the development of health-related educational materials.