Book beat chronic pain, an insider's guide book

Within this book is help for those with chronic pain who do not have information on drug free alternatives Often chronic pain sufferers search haphazardly for too long on their own to find the help they need While touching on a variety of methods Beat Chronic Pain An Insider s Guide is intentionally brief with short chapters as the capacity to concentrate and retain information is greatly reduced in those with pain The Introduction offers reasons why chronic pain is not always recognized described and treated Chapters have personal examples of the author finding a tool a method and using it to rebuild her life These tools can be used by anyone with chronic pain to improve chances of surviving the stress of constant pain and reclaiming one s life This book is an excellent resource for primary caregivers and for those who live with or interact regularly with chronic pain sufferers Included are suggested readings and resource contacts Beat Chronic Pain An Insider s Guide Return to Your Life Ways to Confront and Relieve Pain Through Avenues Other Than Drugs site_link post a commentI have read many books dealing with chronic pain however Maren O Mitchell s book will never leave my side It is a very dignified and personal account of the Author s struggle with debilitating chronic pain This is not a self pity book and this is not some book written by a well meaning MD who knows only the pain his her clients try to explain As a fellow sufferer of chronic pain I have steel rods in my lower back I can relate to Ms Mitchell s disappointment and reluctance for pain medication I like she am not able to tolerate most drugs and don t like having to rely on medication that doesn t really help anyway Through her poetry and prose I was invited into a world that I thought I had the only key This book is not just an account of the author s story This book will help anyone who silently suffers both emotionally and physically from constant pain I have already begun to incorporate several of the techniques discussed in the book and have found them to be quite helpful Beat Chronic Pain An Insider s Guide is filled with a wealth of information including but not limited to alternatives to traditional treatments nutritionthe importance of sleep and tremendous insight into how we can not just live but actually thrive Mitchell s book will inspire those of us who live with constant pain as well as caregivers Aware of the difficulty chronic pain sufferer s have with focus and concentration Mitchell keeps her chapters short and concise Her poetry sprinkled throughout the book is a delight and gives the reader a intimate relationship not just with the author but with their own pain as well I highly recommend this book to anyone who lives with severe pain on a day to day basis Particularly those like myself who changed their life to accommodate the pain Maren O Mitchell shows us there is hope for fun again and to never give up Paperback This is such a beautiful and useful book It s written from a deeply personal viewpoint with hard won grace Paperback