Physical Pain

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder comprised of many symptoms and associated issues. The total complexity of this condition is such that it is often considered all-consuming. The day-to-day lives of people dealing with fibromyalgia are constantly affected on physical, mental, and emotional levels - often displacing all the dreams and aspirations once enjoyed before this unfortunate disorder took hold in the patient's life.

The pain you suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is not in your imagination. FMS is a real medical problem that can be as debilitating and demoralizing as it is mysterious. Fibromyalgia for Dummies, 2nd Edition, brings you the latest scientific findings on the symptoms and causes of this disease and guides you toward proven, practical steps you can take to reduce or eliminate FMS-related pain.

Do you suffer from chronic pain? If so, you're not alone. In fact, more than 100 million Americans deal with this life-changing issue every day. And if you're like most of them, you've tried all the normal "solutions": doctors, injections, medications, and surgeries. While these all have a place in healing, they have fallen short in dealing with the pain epidemic. So what can you do?

Injuries affect every athlete, from the elite Olympian to the weekend racer. In the moment, a traumatic crash, a torn muscle or a stress fracture can feel like the most devastating event possible. While some athletes are destroyed by the experience, others emerge from their recovery better, stronger and more confident than ever. The key to a swifter, stronger comeback is the use of mental skills: psychological tools that enable an athlete to take control of their recovery and ultimately use the experience to their advantage.

For countless women worldwide, the pain and difficulty of intercourse remains a silent burden, an unspoken agony. If you’ve ever felt broken or wondered if a solution exists, you're not alone. Vaginismus, a hidden affliction, has trapped many in a cycle of despair and solitude. As a seasoned pelvic health physical therapist, Sandi Smith has aided numerous women in their quest for answers, and now, she's bringing that expertise directly to you. This isn't just another resource—it fills a massive information void through her years of practice. "Painful Sex No More" is a comprehensive ...

Millions of women struggle needlessly with pelvic floor dysfunction, causing bladder urgency, urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and pelvic pain that interferes with sexual function and other daily activities. The topic of women’s pelvic health still suffers from taboo and stigma, making good information and real solutions hard to come by.

Feeling like your body is working against you? You’re not alone. Millions of people live with chronic inflammation, often without realizing the impact it’s having on their well-being – until the symptoms become too big to ignore. In fact, inflammation is estimated to be a factor in up to 80% of all major diseases. That’s a huge number. Whether it’s persistent joint pain that flares up unexpectedly or constant fatigue that leaves you drained, chronic inflammation can quietly shape your daily life.

Are you tired of living with chronic pain? Do you want to move past it and live a full, meaningful life? Then this comprehensive guide from chronic-pain experts at Mayo Clinic is for you. It explains how pain develops, how it can become chronic, and what you can do to free yourself from chronic pain's effects. The book is based on the take-charge pain management program at Mayo Clinic's Pain Rehabilitation Center that has helped thousands of people for over forty years.

Are you tired of dealing with constant fatigue, inflammation, or chronic conditions that seem to have no end? This Audiobook unveils the transformative potential of Methylene Blue as a groundbreaking treatment for mitochondrial dysfunction and a wide range of diseases. Backed by science and clinical evidence, this guide offers step-by-step protocols that harness Methylene Blue’s ability to restore cellular energy, combat neurodegenerative diseases, and improve overall well-being.

In Take Me Home from the Oscars, Schwab tells for the first time her story of living an amazing life in television while suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Schwab recounts with incredible honesty how on the same day she produced and appeared in a major makeover segment for Live with Regis & Kelly in New York and then raced to Chicago to appear on Oprah!, all while balancing medications to ward off the relentless pain that plagued her on-camera and off.

Learning to adapt to life after being diagnosed with chronic pain and illness is extremely difficult. Life as you knew it, along with your hopes and dreams for your life, literally gets turned upside down in an instant. This comes with a lot of deep complicated emotions from grief, sadness, anger, frustration to living in a constant state of uncertainty and stress. Most people assume that if you get sick, a medical professional like Dr. House will work endlessly until they have answers and a cure so you can go back to living the life you used to know.

When you live with back pain, you live with equally unbearable side effects. Anxiety. Depression. Fatigue. Hopelessness. You’re fighting a daily battle impossible to articulate and difficult to see. The list of remedies has been short, unappealing, and ineffective. So you’ve accepted pain. You’ve settled for it because you’ve had to. But you don’t have to anymore.

This book is written for you if you are a woman with fibromyalgia, ages fifty and better, who still has a lot of living to do. In Living Your BEST Life with Fibromyalgia, Dr. Robin Pfaff is your guide on the side, helping you to create your unique holistic game plan so you can love your life again. Throughout the book, you will learn skills and strategies to revitalize not only your physical well-being but also your emotional and mental wellness, your social well-being, and your experience of self-transcendence or spirituality.

From the doctors at Mayo Clinic, the top-ranked hospital in the US, this book is a complete guide to understanding and living with arthritis. Find the latest expertise on various forms of arthritis, medications, and other treatment options, and self care to successfully manage joint pain and continue an active life.

Your brain runs your life. When it works right, your body works right, and your decisions tend to be thoughtful and goal directed. Bad choices, however, can lead to a myriad of problems in your body. Studies have shown that your habits turn on or off certain genes that make illness and early death more or less likely. But you can master your brain and body for the rest of your life with a scientifically designed program: the Brain Warrior's Way.

Whether you suffer from chronic low back pain or you’ve recently hurt your back, you will know how that pain affects your daily life. Bye-Bye Back Pain: 9 Holistic Solutions for Relief from Sciatica, Lumbago, Slipped Disc, and Backache was written for those who: Suffer from chronic back pain and nagging discomfort that just won’t go away, have noticed a little nagging back pain and want to prevent a serious outbreak of pain, have seen multiple doctors, therapists, massage therapists, and chiropractors, and your pain is still there, and much more.

Did you know that the vagus nerve could be key to transforming physical and mental health? Physiotherapist and neurophysiology expert Jessica Maguire wants to help you understand the root cause of many of our health issues – our dysregulated nervous system. In The Nervous System Reset, Maguire explains why the vagus nerve is key to emotional, digestive and physical health, and how to engage it to help reset your nervous system.

Millions of people around the world are healing illnesses with cannabis. Nonetheless, many physicians remain reluctant to discuss cannabis medicine with their patients. And with so much conflicting misinformation from unreliable sources, finding out if cannabis could be an effective treatment for you or a loved one can feel nearly impossible.

This EDS Survival Guide will walk you through five keys towards acceptance, peace, and taking the right actions for your unique health challenges. If you have pain and problems from living with EDS, this book can offer you reflection, validation, and support. When you find yourself feeling like no one understands you, open this book and explore the five keys of thriving with EDS.

For patients with chronic pain and those who love them, an exploration of the causes of and treatments available for those with hypermobility.