Managing Pain Before It Manages You, 4th Edition

Join the hundreds of thousands of readers who have found help and hope for getting their lives back from chronic pain in this empowering workbook. Top pain specialist and physician Margaret A. Caudill spells out 10 steps that can radically change the way you feel–both physically and emotionally. Dr. Caudill provides state-of-the-art information about the causes and treatment of pain and guides you to:

• Identify what increases and decreases your symptoms.
• Reduce your pain and emotional distress.
• Make informed decisions about medications and nutritional therapies.
• Benefit from relaxation (including audio downloads), meditation, and gentle exercise.
• Communicate effectively about your pain.
• Learn essential skills for coping and problem solving.
• Set and meet doable personal goals (you can download and print additional copies of the worksheets as needed).

The fully updated fourth edition incorporates important advances in pain management and mind–body medicine. It features new content on mindfulness, a “Quick Skill” section in each chapter with simple exercises that can have an immediate impact, updated supplementary reading and resources (including smartphone apps), and more.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Beginning To Take Control Of Your Pain
Chapter 2. Understanding Pain
Chapter 3. The Mind–Body Connection
Chapter 4. The Body–Mind Connection
Chapter 5. The Power Of The Mind
Chapter 6. Adopting Healthy Attitudes
Chapter 7. Nutrition And Pain
Chapter 8. Effective Communication
Chapter 9. Effective Problem Solving
Chapter 10. The End Of The Beginning
Appendix A. Common Chronic Pain Conditions
Appendix B. Complementary Alternative Medicine
Appendix C. Working Comfortably at a Computer
Appendix D. Managing Osteoarthritis Pain with Medicines: A Review of the Research for Adults
Appendix E. Electronic Resources
Appendix F. Worksheets and Other Materials