How to manage, reduce and control chronic pain
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Hello subscriber,
Mayo Clinic wants to share with you advances for treating arthritis, migraines, low back pain, fibromyalgia, and painful illness and injury. Plus understanding pain is key to controlling it. The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief brings you all this and more.
Mayo doctors know how pain interferes with sleep, work, social life and simple daily life. We help our patients meet these challenges every day, and we'd like to help you, too.
This book is based on the take-charge approach to managing chronic pain practiced at Mayo's Comprehensive Pain Rehabilitation Center. Inside this book you'll find thorough, easy-to-read information about the same solutions we offer to our patients.
If you've suffered with too many headaches, put up with too many days of joint or back pain, or taken enough pain pills, we wrote this book for you! We believe that once Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief is in your hands, you'll be better able to manage your pain.
- How to relieve your pain with today's most-effective pain therapies
- How to control your pain so that it doesn't interfere with daily living
- How to manage your pain with the lowest effective dose of medication
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Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief will help you improve your personal health and quality of life while you work to reduce your pain. The chapters outline what our doctors, nurses, and physical and occupational therapists have found works best — after experience with thousands of patients — to minimize the emotional, physical and financial costs. - Pain is expensive — an estimated $6,350 per year for each of America's 100 million pain sufferers. That covers medication, lost productivity and more. Use the solutions provided in this book to reduce the costs of pain for you and your family.
- Not all pain meds come in pill form. You may benefit from injections, medication pumps or even nerve stimulators.
- At one time, folks just had to learn to live with their pain. Today, the availability of pain specialists and pain centers helps millions. Learn how to find the right specialist or clinic for you and get the most out of all they have to offer.
- Complementary and alternative therapies such as massage, meditation, acupuncture and yoga bring relief to many. Used alongside conventional medicine, these options can help get your pain under control.
Much of this book focuses on specific pain management strategies that can help you better understand and manage your pain. Each small step will boost your self-confidence and strengthen your faith in your abilities. By learning how to manage your pain, you can reclaim your life and get back to being the person that you used to be.
The book offers insights and remedies for many types of pain, including not only the many forms of arthritis, but also fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, TMJ, shingles, overuse strain issues and more.
For only $21.95 take advantage of advances to bring your pain under lasting control.
Yours in good health,
Barbara K. Bruce, Ph.D. Tracy E. Harrison, M.D. Medical Editors |
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