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The pain epidemic : a guide to issues, symptoms, treatments, and wellness / Don Goldenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]Description: xiii, 203 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538138359
  • 1538138352
Subject(s):
Contents:
Chronic pain: a public health epidemic -- Mind and/or body -- Nature or nurture, and the gender gap -- Pain education and misinformation -- Fibromyalgia -- Migraine -- Tension headaches; jaw and facial pain -- Chronic low back and neck pain; the role of trauma and injury -- Complex regional pain and neuropathic pain -- Chronic bowel, bladder, and pelvic pain -- Arthritis and chronic pain -- Pharmacologic therapy -- The opioid crisis; cannabis -- Exercise -- Complementary and alternative medicine, including yoga, tai chi, and acupuncture -- Mind-body therapy -- Finding the right health-care team -- Your personal guide to managing chronic pain.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 616.0472 G618 Available 33111009771920
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.0472 G618 Available 33111010441372
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 616.0472 G618 Available 33111009026846
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Internationally-recognized pain expert Don Goldenberg helps readers better understand the intricacies of chronic pain through the lens of personal stories, including his own.



One out of three Americans lives with chronic pain. Pain is the number one reason we seek medical care and accounts for 40% of doctor visits. Chronic pain is the most common cause of work loss world-wide. The yearly cost of chronic pain in the United States is between $560-$630 billion, higher than that of heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined.



Despite this, physicians and the public are woefully ill-informed about chronic pain. The litany of self-help books available to the public are largely misleading, quick-fix, junk-science. Although there is a major push to better inform primary health-care providers on chronic pain, they have been provided no authoritative treatment of the subject.



The Pain Epidemic provides the latest medical information and pathways to better understanding and treatment of chronic pain. Dr. Don Goldenberg, an internationally known expert on pain, here discusses such hot topics as the opioid epidemic, mind/body interactions in chronic pain, and gender bias, as well as the role of cannabis and new potential pain treatment. Interested readers will come away with not only a better understanding of the pain epidemic but of pain itself.

"Written by an internationally recognized expert, this book uniquely blends the latest research and understanding of chronic pain with very personal stories, including those of the author, his wife, his patients, and historical figures"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronic pain: a public health epidemic -- Mind and/or body -- Nature or nurture, and the gender gap -- Pain education and misinformation -- Fibromyalgia -- Migraine -- Tension headaches; jaw and facial pain -- Chronic low back and neck pain; the role of trauma and injury -- Complex regional pain and neuropathic pain -- Chronic bowel, bladder, and pelvic pain -- Arthritis and chronic pain -- Pharmacologic therapy -- The opioid crisis; cannabis -- Exercise -- Complementary and alternative medicine, including yoga, tai chi, and acupuncture -- Mind-body therapy -- Finding the right health-care team -- Your personal guide to managing chronic pain.

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