Overview
""Buy this book and make sure that your doctor reads it too!"" - Dr Steve Gilbert, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland ""Phil's book has everything necessary to help people with chronic pain change their life. To live, thrive and not just survive. A must-read for people in pain: learn to live again."" - Linz Stevens, living well despite chronic pain. Chronic pain is much more common than you might think - it affects nearly one-fifth of the population. Chronic pain is defined as any pain that continues for longer than three months. It has a variety of causes including arthritis, back pain, fibromyalgia, accidents or operations, although sometimes there is no apparent cause. Many people suffering from chronic pain have been told by medical professionals that 'I'm sorry, there's nothing more we can do for you', leaving them feeling abandoned and isolated. If you have been told this, or you think this news may be in your future, then this book is for you. Self-management is an important approach to coping better and managing this long term condition. Written with humour, and making use of cartoons and line drawings, this book encapsulates 20 years of pain management courses given by Phil Sizer at Pain Association Scotland to patients, GPs, and other health professionals. Divided into three sections (Understanding, Managing, Coping) Its approach is based on a holistic, bio-psycho-social model of health including CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), positive psychology, relaxation, hypnotherapy, motivational interviewing and coaching. Topics include: introduction by Pain Association Scotland understanding chronic pain - definitions, acute vs chronic pacing - how to avoid over-doing realistic goal-setting stress management relaxation and sleep dealing with flare-ups diet and foods to avoid coping with unhelpful thinking (racing mind, anxiety and negative thoughts) challenging limiting beliefs relationships with others accepting help importance of humour - attitude and values being a person not a condition If you can learn how to make changes and live better with your pain, things will improve, be different, and most importantly, so much better.
Full Product Details
Author: Phil Sizer
Publisher: John Murray Press
Imprint: Sheldon Press
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.166kg
ISBN: 9781847094797
ISBN 10: 1847094791
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 13 June 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Language: English
Reviews
People living with chronic pain face many challenges on a daily basis. This book will be the most important tool they will have in their possession. They should take it with them everywhere... I recommend this book to all I know who are living with chronic pain. * John Lindsay, former Hospital Chief Executive, Dublin * A lovely book, with a gentle and encouraging style. A welcome addition in the desert of kindly, supportive self-management books for chronic pain. -- Dr Frances Cole, author of Overcoming Chronic Pain I found it to be engaging, easy to read and easy to understand. And pain is a complex issue which requires a lot of understanding... a must-have for healthcare providers everywhere. -- Dr Rob Lawson, Chairman British Society of Lifestyle Medicine This book is simple to read, will help patients to live well with their pain, reconnect with their own values, and change the direction their pain seems to be driving them in. -- Dr Christopher Coe, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management The lived experience of those with chronic pain who have been helped by Phil shines through, and will inspire hope in others that they too can reclaim what matters to them. I strongly recommend this book both to patients affected by chronic pain and clinicians who look after them. -- Dr Fraser Birrell, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University A fantastic resource for people with pain, those close to them and also for professionals. -- Dr Steve Gilbert, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland
I found it to be engaging, easy to read and easy to understand. And pain is a complex issue which requires a lot of understanding... a must-have for healthcare providers everywhere. -- Dr Rob Lawson, Chairman British Society of Lifestyle Medicine This book is simple to read, will help patients to live well with their pain, reconnect with their own values, and change the direction their pain seems to be driving them in. -- Dr Christopher Coe, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management The lived experience of those with chronic pain who have been helped by Phil shines through, and will inspire hope in others that they too can reclaim what matters to them. I strongly recommend this book both to patients affected by chronic pain and clinicians who look after them. -- Dr Fraser Birrell, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University A fantastic resource for people with pain, those close to them and also for professionals. -- Dr Steve Gilbert, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland
A lovely book, with a gentle and encouraging style. A welcome addition in the desert of kindly, supportive self-management books for chronic pain. -- Dr Frances Cole, author of Overcoming Chronic Pain I found it to be engaging, easy to read and easy to understand. And pain is a complex issue which requires a lot of understanding... a must-have for healthcare providers everywhere. -- Dr Rob Lawson, Chairman British Society of Lifestyle Medicine This book is simple to read, will help patients to live well with their pain, reconnect with their own values, and change the direction their pain seems to be driving them in. -- Dr Christopher Coe, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management The lived experience of those with chronic pain who have been helped by Phil shines through, and will inspire hope in others that they too can reclaim what matters to them. I strongly recommend this book both to patients affected by chronic pain and clinicians who look after them. -- Dr Fraser Birrell, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University A fantastic resource for people with pain, those close to them and also for professionals. -- Dr Steve Gilbert, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland
This book is simple to read, will help patients to live well with their pain, reconnect with their own values, and change the direction their pain seems to be driving them in. -- Dr Christopher Coe, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management The lived experience of those with chronic pain who have been helped by Phil shines through, and will inspire hope in others that they too can reclaim what matters to them. I strongly recommend this book both to patients affected by chronic pain and clinicians who look after them. -- Dr Fraser Birrell, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University A fantastic resource for people with pain, those close to them and also for professionals. -- Dr Steve Gilbert, Staff Specialist in Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Former Lead Clinician for Chronic Pain in Scotland
Author Information
Phil Sizer has a passion for bringing the topics of pain management to life. His programs, which combine techniques from several important therapeutic approaches, have helped hundreds of people in thousands of sessions. He has been running Pain Management courses in Scotland for over 20 years.
