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We take sleep for granted. And it's easy to assume that our patients have trouble free sleep. But when you look at the stats of people suffering with disrupted sleep, we're going to have a number of people on caseload struggling with sleep. And that number goes way up if you're treating patients struggling with chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia, headaches, etc. The biopsychosocial model has been making more and more inroads into how we look at our treatment strategies, which is great. But, sleep health can often be forgotten. Patients struggling with disrupted sleep are going to have issues with memory and learning, motivation and mood, along with decreased healing and general immunity. Just think of how you perform after a night of poor, fragmented sleep. Now imagine your patients who may be experiencing multiple nights awake of disrupted sleep. From my experience, patients are looking for more than general sleep hygiene tips. And more often than not, this basic knowledge doesn't translate into any meaningful lifestyle change. What I discovered was that sleep education focused on the healthcare clinician was sparse. I wrote a book and created a set of resources that empowers you with the knowledge and tools to help your patients improve their sleep. The book is meant to be easy-to-read and digest. It's broken down into 9 chapters: Chapter 1: When Sleep Goes Wrong Chapter 2: Understanding Insomnia & Other Sleep Conditions Chapter 3: Drug Effects on Sleep Chapter 4: The Dance Between Sleep & Pain Chapter 5: Understanding Sleep Chapter 6: Evaluating Sleep Chapter 7: Insomnia Management Chapter 8: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Chapter 9: Conclusion & Next Steps

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Andrew Koppejan has a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy and is a registered physiotherapist and founder of ignitephysio, an online learning community. He has spent the better part of his medical professional life seeking to improve connection and collaboration between medical professionals for the benefit of patients. Certified in GunnIMS, Koppejan regularly works with chronic pain patients and has seen the powerful relationship between sleep and pain. Through over 170 academic articles, textbooks and popular sleep help books, Koppejan has sought answers to the enigmatic relationship between sleep and health, knowing already that ""healthy sleep equals a healthy body,"" but missing the ""why."" Health care providers are in a unique position to deliver the keys to great sleep health and this book is the perfect concise, practical handbook to do just that.

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