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Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Wave
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the United States. Twenty percent of American adults accept back spasms, throbbing joints, arthritis aches, and other physical pain as an inevitable consequence of aging, illness, or injury. But the human body is not meant to endure chronic pain. Miranda Esmonde-White has spent decades helping professional athletes, ballet dancers, and Olympians overcome potentially career-ending injuries...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Interweaving first-person reflections on her own battle with chronic pain, incisive reportage from leading-edge pain clinics and medical research, and insights from a wide range of disciplines--science, history, religion, philosophy, anthropology, literature, and art--Thernstrom shows that when dealing with pain we are neither as advanced as we imagine nor as helpless as we may fear.
Author
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"This 10 lesson self management program offers strategies for coping with chronic pain. Despite recent advances in the study of pain, there is still no medical treatment, alternative therapy, or herbal concoction that eliminates all pain for all people all of the time. In this book, you will learn to make adjustments to your daily patterns-from your activity choices to your sleep, eating, interactions with others, and even your thoughts-so you can...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Now fully updated and revised throughout, Pete Egoscue's breakthrough system for eliminating chronic pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Starting today, you don't have to live in pain. That is Pete Egoscue's revolutionary message. Developed through his work as a physiologist and sports injury consultant, Pain Free offers a revolutionary regimen of quick stretches and strength-building exercises that will cure chronic pain,...
Author
Publisher
WestBow Press, a division of Thomas Nelson & Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"For those trying to weather through the storms of life, Grace Rockwell offers encouragement by sharing her own experiences and what she has learned from them. Growing up with chronic pain and in a negative environment, where she was often rejected and alone, Grace learned to put her trust in the Lord. No matter what storms she faced, or how much pain she endured, Grace always came back to the Lord for help. Grace's experiences will encourage you...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"A holistic guide to coping with chronic pain, written by a woman suffering from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; book aims to provide strategies for mitigating the emotional, financial, and social consequences of living with debilitating pain"--
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An "investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades ... [examines] all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery"--Dust jacket flap.
"In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling...
10) Restore your life from chronic pain: find lasting relief from arthritis, headache, and back pain
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A doctor's guide to tools and techniques for taming all kinds of pain. You can understand and manage your intractable pain using the ABC method in this transformative chronic pain book. Chronic pain is common. Millions suffer from chronic back pain, fibromyalgia, headaches, and many other forms of chronic, intractable pain, and can't find relief after years of treatment. Chronic pain suffers don't have to hurt alone. With Restore Your Life from...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Written by a medical expert trained as an anesthesiologist, An Anatomy of Pain is the first book to clearly explain the current issues and complexities surrounding the treatment of pain and how society deals with those in pain, as well as how our bodies relate to pain. Common conception still equates pain with tissue damage but that is only a very small part of the story--the organ which produces pain is the brain. Case studies show that a woman...
Author
Publisher
The Macmillan company
Pub. Date
1944.
Language
English
Description
In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, one of the most renowned Christian authors and thinkers, examines a universally applicable question within the human condition: "If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?" With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature....
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Why would a loving and powerful God allow so much pain and suffering? In WHY SUFFERING? Ravi Zacharias and Vince Vitale carefully walk you through a variety of responses that considered together provide a clear, comprehensive, and convincing answer. Responses like: Where there is the possibility of love, there has to be the reality of freedom, and therefore the possibility of pain. Wishing God had made a different world is to wish yourself out of...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
English
Description
Future-proof your body and relieve chronic pain resulting from sitting, slouching, and other bad lifestyle habits with this easy-to-perform set of daily stretching and exercise routines - from an innovative physical therapist who coaches dozens of celebrity clients. What if we could easily acquire long-lasting protection for our bodies and escape the chronic pain caused by our sit-all-the-time, slouch-too-much lifestyles? Vinh Pham is a world-class...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Pain, suffering, and stress can be intolerable, but it doesn't have to be this way. [This book presents a] set of mindfulness-based practices that you can incorporate into daily life to relieve chronic pain and the suffering and stress of illness"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Taylor Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
In this completely updated edition, Gayle Backstrom, who has FM, and Dr. Bernard Rubin explain and demystify this chronic muscle pain syndrome. Taking into account the latest research findings on fibromyalgia, Backstrom and Rubin seek to educate and assist the layperson in recognizing and treating this condition.
Author
Publisher
FaithWords, a division of Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In his most personal offering yet, Bishop Jakes tells crushing stories from his own journey -- painful experience of learning his young teenage daughter was pregnant, the agony of watching his mother succumb to Alzheimer's, and the shock and helplessness he felt when his son had a heart attack. Bishop Jakes wants to encourage you that God uses difficult, crushing experiences to prepare you for unexpected blessings. If you are faithful through suffering,...
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