You Can Conquer Pain How to Break the Pain Cycle and Regain Control of Your Life

by Chaitow, Leon

• ISBN13: 9781780281216
• ISBN10: 1780281218
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-10
• Publisher: Watkins Publishing

Summary

Conquer pain without resorting to harmful medicines! That's the promise of this guide written by an internationally recognized expert on holistic health. It offers a wide range of natural approaches, including meditation, hypnotherapy, light and color therapy, herbalism, and more. A special directory lists advice on common problems such as headache, neck and shoulder pain, and backache, while self-help exercises and illuminating diagrams take readers on a step-by-step journey to a pain-free life.

Author Biography

Leon Chaitow is a registered osteopath and naturopath. He is the editor of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies and lectures internationally on both bodywork and general health topics from an integrated perspective. Author of more than 60 books, including Holistic Pain Relief, he is also senior lecturer and module leader at the University of Westminster, London.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 8
Understanding Your Pain	p. 10
What is Pain?	p. 12
The Pain Experience	p. 15
Meet the Nervous System	p. 18
Central Sensitization	p. 20
Central Habituation	p. 23
The Stress Effect	p. 25
Help Your Body to Help Itself	p. 28
Inflammation is Good for You	p. 30
The Path to Recovery	p. 32
Keeping a Pain Journal	p. 35
Positive Attitudes	p. 38
Turning the Mental Key	p. 40
Exercise: Unlock Your Potential	p. 43
Family Resilience	p. 44
Mind Over Matter	p. 46
Affirmations	p. 49
Making It Happen	p. 51
Exercise: Problem Solving	p. 55
Finding Peace	p. 56
Release Your Muscles to Release Your Mind	p. 58
Exercise: Progressive Muscular Relaxation	p. 61
Exercise: Autogenic Training	p. 62
Better Breathing	p. 64
Exercise: Breathing to Relax-Relaxing to Breathe	p. 67
Exercise: Pursed-lip Breathing-Encouraging the Diaphragm	p. 69
Exercise: The 7-11 Stress-buster	p. 71
The Power of Meditation	p. 72
Exercise: Introduction to Mindfulness	p. 73
Exercise: Repeat Yourself Calm	p. 75
Exercise: Inspired Meditation	p. 77
The Mind's Eye	p. 78
Exercise: Washing Away Pain	p. 79
Exercise: Visualizing Your Pain	p. 81
Healing Sounds	p. 82
Exercise: Body Tuning	p. 83
Sleeping with Pain	p. 84
Bodywork and Rehabilitation	p. 90
Healing Touch	p. 92
Exercise: A Massage to Relieve Backache	p. 96
Trigger Points	p. 99
Positional Release	p. 101
Exercise: Finding a Position of Ease	p. 102
Stretching	p. 103
Exercise: The Triangle Posture	p. 106
Staying in Shape	p. 108
Exercise: Take a Balanced Approach	p. 111
Complementary Therapies	p. 112
Energy and Harmony	p. 114
Light and Colour	p. 118
Hydrotherapy	p. 120
Exercise: Constitutional Hydrotherapy	p. 121
Nature's Bounty	p. 123
Healing Scents	p. 126
Eating Well	p. 128
Inflammation and Diet	p. 130
Other Diets and Pain	p. 134
The Exclusion Zone	p. 135
Supplements	p. 141
Types of Pain	p. 142
Reading the Signs	p. 144
Common Pains	p. 147
A Pain-by-Pain Directory	p. 149
Headaches	p. 149
Jaw, Face and Tooth Pain	p. 152
Exercise: A Triathlon for Your Jaw	p. 153
Neck and Shoulder Pain	p. 154
Exercise: Rebalance Your Posture	p. 155
Arm and Hand Pain	p. 156
Exercise: "Tennis Elbow" Relief	p. 157
Backache	p. 158
Exercise: Stretching Your Back	p. 160
Chest Pain	p. 161
Bladder, Prostate and Abdominal Pain	p. 162
Gynecological and Childbirth Pain	p. 164
Bodywide Pain	p. 166
A Work in Progress	p. 168
Further Reading	p. 170
References	p. 170
Index	p. 172
Picture Acknowledgments	p. 176
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