Download or read book The Painful Truth written by Lynn Webster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common medical problem in America today, chronic pain is more prevalent than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. Yet tens of millions of people struggle with pain because they can't find someone who understands how much pain affects their lives--and because they live in a culture where pain is dismissed. Internationally recognized pain specialist Dr. Lynn Webster validates the debilitating nature of pain, offers practical answers, and helps you become a catalyst for changing the way pain is viewed in society. Drawing on his years of experience and the inspirational stories of others, he explores: - What a difference it makes to be heard - Why pain is much more than a symptom of disease - The benefits and risks of opioid prescriptions - How cultural attitudes toward pain affect us - The role of a caregiver in the journey of pain and recovery - How, even in the worst pain situations, you can have a fulfilling life The Painful Truth offers a path toward awareness, hope, and healing.
Download or read book The Truth about Chronic Pain written by Arthur Rosenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2004-12-29 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's all in your head. "Learn to bear it." "That drug will make you a junkie."For the more than 75 million Americans affected by chronic pain, these are fighting words.Despite extraordinary medical progress in recent years, millions of people, debilitated by the pain of incurable cancer, crippling arthritis, unremitting headaches, and a host of degenerative disorders, continue to suffer needlessly. Here, in their own words, are the stories of more than forty people whose lives are dictated by pain-patients, healthcare professionals, ethicists, social commentators, and scientists-shining a powerful searchlight on America's most misunderstood health problem.The Truth About Chronic Pain reveals why pain is so often ignored or under-treated. Among the reasons are the widespread belief that pain is a sign of weakness and the unfounded fears that properly administered painkillers will cause addiction. As bureaucrats, doctors, and pharmacists become adversaries in the War on Drugs, people in pain are often denied the relief they need.The voices on these pages are an eloquent testament to individual courage and a powerful plea to medical institutions, political leaders, and insurance companies to implement effective solutions to the problem of pain.
Download or read book Under the Medical Gaze written by Susan Greenhalgh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-05-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling account of the author's experience with a chronic pain disorder and subsequent interaction with the American health care system goes to the heart of the workings of power and culture in the biomedical domain. It is a medical whodunit full of mysterious misdiagnosis, subtle power plays, and shrewd detective work. Setting a new standard for the practice of autoethnography, Susan Greenhalgh presents a case study of her intense encounter with an enthusiastic young specialist who, through creative interpretation of the diagnostic criteria for a newly emerging chronic disease, became convinced she had a painful, essentially untreatable, lifelong muscle condition called fibromyalgia. Greenhalgh traces the ruinous effects of this diagnosis on her inner world, bodily health, and overall well-being. Under the Medical Gaze serves as a powerful illustration of medicine's power to create and inflict suffering, to define disease and the self, and to manage relationships and lives. Greenhalgh ultimately learns that she had been misdiagnosed and begins the long process of undoing the physical and emotional damage brought about by her nearly catastrophic treatment. In considering how things could go so awry, she embarks on a cogent and powerful analysis of the sociopolitical sources of pain through feminist, cultural, and political understandings of the nature of medical discourse and practice in the United States. She develops fresh arguments about the power of medicine to medicalize our selves and lives, the seductions of medical science, and the deep, psychologically rooted difficulties women patients face in interactions with male physicians. In the end, Under the Medical Gaze goes beyond the critique of biomedicine to probe the social roots of chronic pain and therapeutic alternatives that rely on neither the body-cure of conventional medicine nor the mind-cure of some alternative medicines, but rather a broader set of strategies that address the sociopolitical sources of pain.
Download or read book The Truth about Chronic Pain Treatments written by Cindy Perlin and published by Morning Light Books. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't let your doctor talk you into unnecessary surgery or dangerous drugs to treat your chronic pain. There are safer, more effective ways to achieve relief from your suffering. This book is a guide to the treatments that will lead you to a pain-free life." P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book The Painful Truth written by Lynn R. Webster and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic pain affects 1 in 3 Americans and exerts more than a $600-billion drain on the economy annually. It is the largest invisible epidemic in the land. Having treated thousands of patients with chronic pain-often when they were at their most vulnerable-Lynn R. Webster, M.D., continues to believe there is hope. Ultimately, a cure for pain will require more research, better therapies, and improved policies. But healing can begin today with a broad-based approach to treatment, including compassionate support from those closest to the ones who are hurting. The Painful Truth is an intimate collection of stories about people living with disabling pain, their attempts to heal, and the challenges that we collectively face in helping them live meaningful lives. As a physician who has treated people with chronic pain for more than thirty years, Dr. Webster reveals the difficulties that patients face in dealing with chronic pain in a society that is often shamefully prejudiced against those who are most in need of our empathy. He shares how such biases also affect medical professionals who treat patients with chronic pain.
Download or read book The Painful Truth written by Lynn Webster and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common medical problem in America today, chronic pain is more prevalent than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes combined. Yet tens of millions of people struggle with pain because they can't find someone who understands how much pain affects their lives--and because they live in a culture where pain is dismissed. Internationally recognized pain specialist Dr. Lynn Webster validates the debilitating nature of pain, offers practical answers, and helps you become a catalyst for changing the way pain is viewed in society. Drawing on his years of experience and the inspirational stories of others, he explores: - What a difference it makes to be heard - Why pain is much more than a symptom of disease - The benefits and risks of opioid prescriptions - How cultural attitudes toward pain affect us - The role of a caregiver in the journey of pain and recovery - How, even in the worst pain situations, you can have a fulfilling life The Painful Truth offers a path toward awareness, hope, and healing.
Download or read book Living with Chronic Pain Second Edition written by Jennifer P. Schneider and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain—but with the right management and treatment plan, you don’t have to be one of them Chronic pain can be a symptom of a variety of illnesses, injuries, or chronic conditions. From back pain to migraine headaches to arthritis, from sports injuries to cancer, chronic pain can afflict anyone at any age. It is one of the most frequently under-treated conditions and, even worse, many doctors simply ignore it. Chronic pain specialist Dr. Jennifer Schneider offers expert advice and guidance to the millions of Americans who suffer with chronic pain. In Living with Chronic Pain, you’ll learn: • How to choose a pain specialist doctor • The latest information on the warnings and recalls of popular Cox-2 inhibitor and NSAID painkillers such as Vioxx • The truth about opioids and why they are under-prescribed • The most up-to-date non-drug approaches to pain management including physical therapy, massage therapy, acupuncture, brain stimulation, biofeedback, counseling and more • Details on clinical trials, the new analgesics and cutting-edge endorphin research Now updated with the latest information about medications and treatments, the second edition of Living with Chronic Pain is essential reading for anyone suffering with or treating this debilitating condition.
Download or read book The Pain Truth written by The Doctor and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystery of Chronic Pain is Unraveled in The Pain Truth Migraine, Back Pain, Tinnitus, Neck Pain, Fibromyalgia, Frozen Shoulder, Vertigo, Trigeminal Neuralgia and more are all forms of chronic pain, learn why standard medical treatments make them worse. This is a book about how to heal, not another pain management book that tries to convince you there is something wrong with your mind and you need to think differently. Chronic pain patients have a genuine physical condition requiring special treatment that current standard medical practices fail to provide. Truths are revealed such as: . Migraine is not a headache, it is inflammation of the brain. Reduce the inflammation and the migraines will cease. . Tinnitus is not a noise, it is the vibration of inflamed molecules. Reduce the inflammation and the ringing sound will stop. . Vertigo is not dizziness, it is the battle between your muscular system and gravity to keep you upright. Fix the muscular spasms and the vertigo will go away. . Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not a psychosomatic condition, it is a real physical condition and a form of chronic pain, as is Fibromyalgia. . Why all those expensive tests don't show anything wrong. Stop feeling depressed each time test results or MRI's show nothing. Stop feeling no-one believes you. There really is something wrong with you but it is at a cellular level where no X-ray or MRI can reach. The problem is physical, biological, no amount of psychotherapy or Cognitive Behavioral techniques will heal chronic pain, but the 7 Simple Steps will. Now you can stop trying to cope and start really healing. The reason medicine doesn't help? It doesn't know how! It's not taught in medical school and the establishment won't change its thinking. It offers pharmaceutical drugs which only provide temporary relief of pain and pose a serious risk of addiction. Pain is not a disease. It is the body's way of saying something is wrong. Chronic pain means something is continuing to be wrong within your body. The Pain Truth frees the patient from painful physical therapies and harmful exercises that only cause more pain. Use the 7 Simple Steps to finally begin the healing process, remove the painful inflammation producing stress, and activate cellular renewal for a whole new, pain free you. Common sense, simple to understand. It is essential reading for anyone in chronic pain. 'My patients tell me that their healing began once they learnt the truth. The mystery and the frustration melt away and at last they feel they have a positive plan for their future.' 'The Doctor'"
Download or read book The Pain Truth written by Nike Azoros and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Mystery of Chronic Pain is Unraveled in The Pain Truth Migraine, Back Pain, Tinnitus, Neck Pain, Fibromyalgia, Frozen Shoulder, Vertigo, Trigeminal Neuralgia and more are all forms of chronic pain,learn why standard medical treatments make them worse. This is a book about how to heal, not another pain management book that tries to convince you there is something wrong with your mind and you need to think differently. Chronic pain patients have a genuine physical condition requiring special treatment that current standard medical practices fail to provide. Truths are revealed such as: · Migraine is not a headache, it is inflammation of the brain. Reduce the inflammation and the migraines will cease. · Tinnitus is not a noise, it's the vibration of inflamed molecules. Reduce the inflammation and the ringing sound will stop. · Vertigo is not dizziness, it is the battle between your muscular system and gravity to keep you upright. Fix the muscular spasms and the vertigo will go away. · Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is not a psychosomatic condition, it is a real physical condition and a form of chronic pain, as is Fibromyalgia. · Why all those expensive tests don't show anything wrong. Stop feeling depressed each time test results or MRI's show nothing. Stop feeling no-one believes you. There really is something wrong with you but it is at a cellular level where no X-ray or MRI can reach.The problem is physical, biological, no amount of psychotherapy or Cognitive Behavioral techniques will heal chronic pain, but the 7 Simple Steps will. Now you can stop trying to cope and start really healing.The reason medicine doesn't help? It doesn't know how! It's not taught in medical school and the establishment won't change its thinking. It offers pharmaceutical drugs which only provide temporary relief of pain and pose a serious risk of addiction. Pain is not a disease. It is the body's way of saying something is wrong. Chronic pain means something is continuing to be wrong within your body. The Pain Truth frees the patient from painful physical therapies and harmful exercises that only cause more pain. Use the 7 Simple Steps, to finally begin the healing process, remove the painful inflammation producing stress, and activate cellular renewal for a whole new, pain free you. Common sense, simple to understand. It is essential reading for anyone in chronic pain. About the Author'The Doctor' is a genuine doctor forced to write anonymously due to the strict laws of his country. He is an acknowledged expert and leader in the field of chronic pain treatment. A former migraine, tinnitus, neck and back pain sufferer himself he was frustrated by the fact that he could not heal himself let alone his patients. His profession and years of medical training provided no solutions for the problem of chronic pain. His own pain battles eventually led him to a scientific discovery that finally provided a common sense, science- based solution. The physician healed himself. His migraines stopped, his tinnitus ceased, and his neck and back pain went away. When he applied his Principles to his patients, they also healed. 'The Doctor' then embarked on years of intensive research and re-training to become the world expert he is today. His journey,his methods, and his patients' stories are all told in The Pain Truth'My patients tell me that their healing began once they learnt the truth. The mystery and the frustration melt away and at last they feel they have a positive plan for their future.' 'The Doctor'
Download or read book The Truth about Chronic Pain written by Robyn DeSautel and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chronic pain written by Nick Lensing and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fast Facts written by Maria Soledad Cepeda and published by Health Press (NM). This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic (persistent) pain exacts an enormous toll in terms of social and economic costs and long-term suffering. Accurate diagnosis and successful management require a multidisciplinary approach often led by the frontline practitioner. This new addition to the Fast Facts Series is an essential read for all healthcare professionals. Three experts of international standing summarise key facts on mechanisms and assessment, describe the diagnosis and management of specific chronic syndromes and offer insight into future advances in how we will manage this debilitating disease in the future.
Download or read book The Painful Truth written by Lynn R. Webster and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Webster puts a face on chronic pain through describing the lives of patients. 'The Painful Truth' opens readers' eyes to a population who are stigmatized and marginalized by society. Yet the work offers a path forward for those willing to engage in a crusade against our primal enemy: pain.
Download or read book Chronic Pain written by Kelly Gurnett and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone has experienced pain at one point or another, but disorders such as fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis cause severe, long-term pain that can greatly limit a person's everyday activities. Because the cause of this pain is not visible, many people do not fully understand these disorders. This volume dispels the myths surrounding chronic pain to give readers a better understanding of the daily struggles people who suffer from it face. Informative sidebars and detailed infographics help young adults learn how to support a loved one who is dealing with an invisible illness or cope with their own chronic pain diagnosis.
Download or read book Chronic Pain and the Family written by Julie K. Silver M.D. and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic pain is the leading cause of disability in the United States, affecting as many as 48 million people in this country alone. It can demoralize and depress both patient and family, especially when there is no effective pain control and no hope for relief. Improperly managed, chronic pain can lead to substance abuse (usually painkillers) and to acute psychological and emotional distress. Pain begets stress and stress begets pain in a wretched downward spiral. Silver reviews the causes and characteristics of chronic pain and explores its impact on individual family relationships and on the extended family, covering such issues as employment, parenting, childbearing and inheritance, and emotional health. Silver treats aspects of chronic pain not covered in a typical office visit: how men and women differ in their experience of chronic pain, the effect of chronic pain on a toddler's behavior or an older child's performance in school, the risks of dependence on and addiction to pain medications, and practical ways for relatives beyond the immediate family circle to offer help and support to the person in pain.
Download or read book Under the Medical Gaze written by Susan Greenhalgh and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-05-03 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an extraordinary book—riveting story, concise scholarship, experimental ethnography—and it is beautifully told. Greenhalgh makes a cogent and powerful analysis of the sociopolitical sources of pain through feminist, cultural, and political understandings of the nature of medical science and medical practice in the United States."—Sharon Kaufman, author of The Healer's Tale "Far above a simple telling of an illness, Greenhalgh takes the experience as a way to view gendered relations in medical care, the seduction of science for the physician and the patient, and the creation of facts and selves in the treatment of pain. She sets a new standard for the practice of autoethnography."—Virginia Olesen, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco "A compellingly told story that advances our understanding of the meaning of chronic illness, particularly for women. This work adds a new dimension to the genre of illness narratives."—Susan DiGiacomo, Series Editor, Theory and Practice in Medical Anthropology and International Health "A very useful and very well written book. . . . It states the issues in the culture of biomedicine field effectively and makes them relevant."—Arthur Kleinman, author of Writing at the Margin: Discourse between Anthropology and Medicine "A deeply troubling, meticulous account about the chasm between medical orthodoxy and the subjective experience of chronic illness. This courageous book is essential reading for physicians and the public at large."—Margaret Lock, author of Encounters with Aging: Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America
Download or read book Making Peace With Chronic Pain written by Marlene E. Hunter and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1996, Making Peace With Chronic Pain is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychiatry/Clinical Psychology.
