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The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life (APA Lifetools)
By Dennis C. Turk, Frits, Ph.D. Winter,
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Number Of Pages: 203
Publication Date: 2005-09
Sales Rank: 188777
ISBN / ASIN: 1591470498
EAN: 9781591470496
Binding: Paperback
Manufacturer: American Psychological Association (APA)
Studio: American Psychological Association (APA)
Average Rating: 5
Total Reviews: 5
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If you suffer from chronic pain, this proven 10-step program brings hope and relief, showing you how gradual changes in specific behaviors can lead to great improvements in your ability to cope. Psychologists Turk and Winters' recommendations are based on solid research that shows what works and on their success with thousands of patients. Unlike the authors of other pain books, they promise no miracle cures, but they do help you learn \"not to let your body push you around\" so life becomes enjoyable again. The key lessons in this book include • Uncovering some of the myths about pain and the deceptive ways it fools your body into unconstructive behavior • Pacing your activity, so you build strength without overdoing or underdoing it • Learning how to induce deep relaxation so you can begin to enjoy life again • Dealing with disturbed sleep and chronic fatigue • Improving your relations with family and friends, and soliciting support • Changing your habitual behaviors in ways that reduce pain • Combating the negative thinking that often accompanies pain • Regaining your self-confidence and trust in yourself • The power of goal-setting and humor • Dealing with the inevitable relapses and setbacks once improvement has set in Workbook exercises, behavior logs, and suggested readings help you integrate these lessons into your daily life and learn to live well despite pain.
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Date: 2007-01-09 Rating: 5
Review:
Should have had this book 5 years ago!
Regardless of the cause of your pain, mine has had me low for 5 years and I wish that someone had told me about this book right from the beginning.
I've learned a lot about the high cost of giving into pain by remaining inactive, and about the need for balance in everything, including activity and rest. Everyone with severe and chronic pain should have this book.
Date: 2006-11-10 Rating: 5
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For us with chronic pain
This book is written for those of us with persistant chronic pain. Written in the form of a workbook, it forces the reader to take a hard look at attitudes and behaviors that may worsen the pain levels. The book offers a perspective on the importance of \"pacing\" one's activities in a way that maximizes energy levels and minimizes pain levels. I would highly recommend this book for anyone coping with chronic pain.
Date: 2006-08-22 Rating: 5
Review:
Great book to take back your Power !
This book is an easy can do book for anyone suffering from pain and unable to get their life back. It not only teaches, but also reminds us of the life we had before pain took over our day to day living, leaving us embroiled in medication and non activity which just makes things worse. Get it. USE IT. Do not JUST READ it.
Date: 2006-02-23 Rating: 4
Review:
Solid information, readable text - and patient-centered
There are many pain management books on the market - often they offer the reader 'the cure', or 'ways to reduce your pain', leaving the person who follows the directions yet doesn't find their pain reduces feeling frustrated, helpless and often hopeless. This book is different. It acknowledges that pain interferes with so much in life, and offers sensible, research-based strategies that people can follow for themselves.
As a health professional, I would say that to follow this by yourself without support would be very difficult - because learning new skills may be relatively easy, but dealing with the thoughts and beliefs and habits of a life can be very difficult! This book strikes me as one that will be referred to by health professionals working with people experiencing chronic pain for many years.
My only suggestion for improvement would be to have a 'user manual' with areas for the person experiencing pain to complete. This would make the book less likely to be 'read' and put aside, and help the reader bring it to personal relevance.
Definitely recommended.
Date: 2005-11-14 Rating: 5
Review:
A ten-step program for learning to live and minimize chronic pain
Written by doctors with years of experience in the assessment and treatment of people with chronic pain, The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life is a ten-step program for learning to live and minimize chronic pain, emphasizing the importance of gradual behavior changes. Chapters discuss relaxation tips, ways to reduce fatigue, the importance of not allowing pain to sabotage personal relationships, making adjustments in behavior, bolstering self-confidence, coping with setbacks, and much more. The Pain Survival Guide also denounces common myths about pain, and emphasizes the following truths: pain is not a reliable signal of injury; the absence of injury or disease does not mean that one's pain is not real; pain should always be taken seriously; drugs are not always the best or only way to treat pain; and having pain for a long time does not mean that one's condition is beyond treatment. An index rounds out this highly accessible and practical and serious-minded resource. |
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