Managing Pain Before It Manage - Softcover

"Managing Pain before It Manages You is the most important, comprehensive, how-to workbook on pain management. Written by Margaret Caudill, an internationally recognized pain specialist, this manual offers practical knowledge and strategies for patients suffering with chronic pain and their caregivers. This authoritative reference brings together comparison and wisdom with a scientifically validated, holistic approach, plus all of the information, guidelines, and tools needed for effective pain management. An essential guide for patients, families, and clinicians!" --Carol Lynn Mandle, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor, Adult Health Department, Boston College, School of Nursing; Co-Director, General Mind-Body Program and Scientist, Mind-Body Medical Institute, Boston; Invited Faculty Associate for Research and Consultation, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston "At last, a volume that is practical, prescriptive, and clearly written for use by people who suffer from chronic pain! In Managing Pain before It Manages You, Dr. Margaret Caudill provides essential information for individual sufferers about factors associated with chronic pain, guidance for how to live with the myriad of problems created by these conditions, and a practical set of skills that can be easily learned and placed into practice. Dr. Caudill's narrative is crystal clear and insightful, demonstrating great empathy for pain sufferers. She has a knack for clearly and concisely discussing relevant information while anticipating readers' misconceptions and reservations, addressing them throughout the volume. This volume can be used by people with chronic pain on their own as well as an adjunct to treatments provided by professionals. If followed carefully, this volume will surely make a difference in the lives of those with diverse chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Margaret Caudill has produced an outstanding volume that will set the standard against which all future volumes targeting those with chronic pain will be judged." --Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D., Director, Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, & Behavioral Science, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center "Managing Pain before It Manages You is a well spring of wisdom and practical approaches that can help transform your life as well as your pain. Dr Caudill's enormous wealth of knowledge, extensive clinical experience, and compassionate understanding combine to make this the single best book on pain available today. It will surely become a classic. Caudill is one of the original pioneers in the holistic approach to pain management." --Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., President, Mind/Body Health Sciences, Inc., and author of Minding the Body, Mending the Mind (NY Times bestseller) and The Power of the Mind to Heal "A useful workbook for those suffering from unremitting chronic pain. It's a comprehensive guide for people who refuse to let chronic pain run their lives. It enables pain sufferers to take the management of their pain into their own hands." --Carol Warfield, M.D., Harvard Medical School; Director, Pain Management Center, Beth Isarel Hospital, Boston "Chronic pain is disabling for patients, frustrating for physicians (providers, health care professionals), and costly for the health care system. Managing Pain before It Manages You boldly demonstrates that there must be a better way. With compassion, proven effectiveness, and scientific validity, Managing Pain before It Manages You empowers patients to become active partners in their own health care. The result is a better quality of life for pain patients, less distressed physicians, and lower health care costs. Just as diabetics should not be without insulin (or patients with bacterial infections should not be without antibiotics), patients with chronic pain should not be without Managing Pain before It Manages You. Managing Pain before It Manages You is just what the doctor ordered, or should order." "Managing Pain Before It Manages You is strong medicine for relieving the pain of patient dissatisfaction and excessive utilization of patients with chronic pain in managed care organizations." --David S. Sobel, M.D., Director, Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region. Coauthor of The Healing Brain and Healthy Pleasures ""Managing Pain before It Manages You" is the most important, comprehensive, how-to workbook on pain management. Written by Margaret Caudill, an internationally recognized pain specialist, this manual offers practical knowledge and strategies for patients suffering with chronic pain and their caregivers. This authoritative reference brings together comparison and wisdom with a scientifically validated, holistic approach, plus all of the information, guidelines, and tools needed for effective pain management. An essential guide for patients, families, and clinicians!" --Carol Lynn Mandle, Ph.D., R.N., Associate Professor, Adult Health Department, Boston College, School of Nursing; Co-Director, General Mind-Body Program and Scientist, Mind-Body Medical Institute, Boston; Invited Faculty Associate for Research and Consultation, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston "At last, a volume that is practical, prescriptive, and clearly written for use by people who suffer from chronic pain! In "Managing Pain before It Manages You," Dr. Margaret Caudill provides essential information for individual sufferers about factors associated with chronic pain, guidance for how to live with the myriad of problems created by these conditions, and a practical set of skills that can be easily learned and placed into practice. Dr. Caudill's narrative is crystal clear and insightful, demonstrating great empathy for pain sufferers. She has a knack for clearly and concisely discussing relevant information while anticipating readers' misconceptions and reservations, addressing them throughout the volume. This volume can be used by people with chronic pain on their own as well as an adjunct to treatments provided by professionals. If followed carefully, this volume will surely make a difference in the lives of those with diverse chronic pain syndromes. Dr. Margaret Caudill has produced an outstanding volume that will set the standard against which all future volumes targeting those with chronic pain will be judged." --Dennis C. Turk, Ph.D., Director, Professor of Psychiatry, Anesthesiology, & Behavioral Science, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ""Managing Pain before It Manages You" is a well spring of wisdom and practical approaches that can help transform your life as well as your pain. Dr Caudill's enormous wealth of knowledge, extensive clinical experience, and compassionate understanding combine to make this the single best book on pain available today. It will surely become a classic. Caudill is one of the original pioneers in the holistic approach to pain management." --Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., President, Mind/Body Health Sciences, Inc., and author of "Minding the Body, Mending the Mind" (NY Times bestseller) and "The Power of the Mind to Heal" "A useful workbook for those suffering from unremitting chronic pain. It's a comprehensive guide for people who refuse to let chronic pain run their lives. It enables pain sufferers to take the management of their pain into their own hands." --Carol Warfield, M.D., Harvard Medical School; Director, Pain Management Center, Beth Isarel Hospital, Boston "Chronic pain is disabling for patients, frustrating for physicians (providers, health care professionals), and costly for the health care system. "Managing Pain before It Manages You" boldly demonstrates that there must be a better way. With compassion, proven effectiveness, and scientific validity, "Managing Pain before It Manages You" empowers patients to become active partners in their own health care. The result is a better quality of life for pain patients, less distressed physicians, and lower health care costs. Just as diabetics should not be without insulin (or patients with bacterial infections should not be without antibiotics), patients with chronic pain should not be without "Managing Pain before It Manages You." "Managing Pain before It Manages You" is just what the doctor ordered, or should order." ""Managing Pain Before It Manages You" is strong medicine for relieving the pain of patient dissatisfaction and excessive utilization of patients with chronic pain in managed care organizations." --David S. Sobel, M.D., Director, Patient Education and Health Promotion, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region. Coauthor of "The Healing Brain" and "Healthy Pleasures"

Features a program to help reduce chronic pain, including understanding the causes of chronic pain, recognizing what increases and decreases pain symptoms, and making informed decisions about medications and therapies.