You Can Conquer Pain by Chaitow, Leon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Dedication Contents Introduction Understanding Your Pain

What is Pain? The Pain Experience Meet the Nervous System Central Sensitization Central Habituation The Stress Effect Help Your Body to Help Itself Inflammation is Good for You The Path to Recovery Keeping a Pain Journal

Positive Attitudes

Turning the Mental Key Exercise: Unlock Your Potential Family Resilience Mind Over Matter Affirmations Making It Happen Exercise: Problem Solving

Finding Peace

Release Your Muscles to Release Your Mind Exercise: Progressive Muscular Relaxation Exercise: Autogenic Training Better Breathing Exercise: Breathing to Relax – Relaxing to Breathe Exercise: Pursed-lip Breathing – Encouraging the Diaphragm Exercise: The 7-11 Stress-buster The Power of Meditation Exercise: Introduction to Mindfulness Exercise: Repeat Yourself Calm Exercise: Inspired Meditation The Mind’s Eye Exercise: Washing Away Pain Exercise: Visualizing Your Pain Healing Sounds Exercise: Body Tuning Sleeping with Pain

Bodywork and Rehabilitation

Healing Touch Exercise: A Massage to Relieve Backache Trigger Points Positional Release Exercise: Finding a Position of Ease Stretching Exercise: The Triangle Posture Staying in Shape Exercise: Take a Balanced Approach

Complementary Therapies

Energy and Harmony Light and Colour Hydrotherapy Exercise: Constitutional Hydrotherapy Nature’s Bounty Healing Scents

Eating Well

Inflammation and Diet Other Diets and Pain The Exclusion Zone Supplements

Types of Pain

Reading the Signs Common Pains A Pain-by-Pain Directory

Headaches Jaw, Face and Tooth Pain Exercise: A Triathlon for Your Jaw Neck and Shoulder Pain Exercise: Rebalance Your Posture Arm and Hand Pain Exercise: “Tennis Elbow” Relief Backache Exercise: Stretching Your Back Chest Pain Bladder, Prostate and Abdominal Pain Gynecological and Childbirth Pain Bodywide Pain

A Work in Progress Further Reading References Picture Acknowledgments Copyright