Amy Orr

Taming Chronic Pain (eBook, ePUB)

A Management Guide for a More Enjoyable Life

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mango Media
• Seitenzahl: 247
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781642500387
• Artikelnr.: 57142515

Autorenporträt

Amy Orris a passionate writer and scientist with an extensive history living with, researching, and understanding pain disorders. Trained as a physicist, Amy has battled medical systems on two continents and has participated in, run, and is affiliated with multiple support and educational groups for the chronically ill. Her past writing ranges from long-form fiction to short-term educational pieces on healthcare, medical issues, and technology, and she has a wide online audience for these pieces.A Brit living in Canada with her husband and rescue greyhounds, she spends much of her free time volunteering with animal rescue, her local women's shelter, and mental health groups.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword
Getting Started: There Is No Miracle
Part 1: The Basics
Chapter 1: Knowing Your Pain
Chapter 2: Talking to Your Doctor
Chapter 3: Age, Gender, and Pain
Chapter 4: Exercise and Pain
Chapter 5: Boundaries
Chapter 6: Resource Management
Part 2: Mind and Mood
Chapter 7: Concentration and Cognitive Abilities
Chapter 8: Anxiety
Chapter 9: Anger
Chapter 10: Shoulding and Expectations
Chapter 11: Consistency, Goals, and Giving Up
Chapter 12: Strength Euphoria and Setbacks
Chapter 13: Career
Chapter 14: Relationships
Part 3: Tools and Therapies
Chapter 15: Medications
Chapter 16: Mindfulness and Meditation
Chapter 17: Alternative Therapies
Chapter 18: Retraining Your Nervous System
Chapter 19: Support Groups
Chapter 20: Planning for the Future
Who Wants a Paint-by-Numbers Life Anyway?
Addendum: For Caregivers
Summary of Important Lessons
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About the Author