A
practical, effective, and inspiring guidebook for dealing with chronic
pain
• Explains how to reduce pain’s grip on the body and
mind by changing your personal reaction to pain
• Presents successful strategies from the author’s
25 years of coping with her own pain
• Includes 55-minute CD of author’s key techniques
for controlling pain
In 1989, following surgery for a back injury, Jan Sadler was left in
constant pain, with no hope of any further conventional treatment and
no adequate prescription drug therapy. Rather than settle for a life of
chronic suffering, she gave up her career teaching English and began an
investigation into the self-treatment of her pain. Building on her
skills as a teacher, she incorporated the pain management techniques
she discovered into programs that would help other sufferers learn how
to cope with pain and find truly effective relief from its debilitating
effects.
Sadler shows how we can reduce pain’s grip by changing our
personal reactions to the pain we are feeling. Chronic pain keeps our
attention fixed firmly on our anguish, which then feeds the painful
reaction back into our perception of being in pain, creating a vicious
cycle. By allowing our reaction to become one of relaxation and
acceptance, the pain is dramatically lessened, both by the absence of a
negative perception and by the infusion of relaxation into the point of
pain. In Pain
Relief without Drugs, Sadler provides easy-to-use
self-help techniques that offer support and understanding in breaking
pain’s cycle--from relaxation, visualization, and breathing
techniques to setting goals, building self-esteem, and coping with pain
flare-ups. The author’s 25 years of coping with her own pain
and 16 years of teaching pain management techniques result in a book
that is filled with practical activities and possibilities for a better
life. The book is accompanied by a 55-minute CD narrated by the author
of key techniques for controlling pain.
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Pain Relief without
Drugs
A
Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain and Trauma
by
Jan Sadler
Healing
Arts Press, 2007.
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