Manage your pain : practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain
Nicholas, Michael2001
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Chronic pain has been described as a silent epidemic, this book can help you learn to minimize the impact of pain, and put persisting pain where it belongs - in the background of your life.
Main title:
Manage your pain : practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain / by Michael Nicholas, Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin and Lee Beeston
Imprint:
Sydney Harper Collins 2001
Collation:
223 p.
Audience:
Tertiary
Contents:
What is chronic pain? -- Questions you may have -- What's going on in your body when you have pain? -- What X-rays, CT and MRI scans tell us -- Working with your doctor -- Treatments for chronic pain -- Using pacing to overcome the effects of chronic pain on activities -- Setting goals -- Recognising and overcoming the obstacles to change -- Stretching and exercising -- Challenging ways of thinking about pain -- Using relaxation -- Distraction techniques -- Improving sleep -- Stress and problem solving -- Interacting with those around you -- Dealing with flare-ups and setbacks -- Pain and work -- Maintaining the changes
ISBN:
9780733320880 (pbk)
Dewey class:
616.0472 MAN
Local class:
616.0472
Language:
English
BRN:
94513
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | NADO Collection | 616.0472 MAN | Available |