Chronic pain is a silent epidemic, with one in five people suffering in their day-to-day life.
An indispensible guide to understanding why your pain persists, what is going on inside your body and the symptoms that pain triggers, Manage Your Pain presents possible medical treatments and guides you through practical exercises for daily life. Dr Nicholas and Dr Molloy’s strategies make it possible to set short and long term goals that will minimise the impact of pain on both work and leisure. In short, this book offers clarity and control.
– Draws on the authors’ extensive experience and the latest research
– Clearly explains the causes of pain
– Offers positive and practical ways to minimise the impact of pain
– Revised and updated
– Includes a chapter on pain management for older people
Highly qualified and experienced medical professionals who specialise in pain management, the authors of this book offer complementary specialisms, ensuring that the widest range of treatments are covered.
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Michael has been working in the pain field since 1980 as a clinical psychologist, educator, and researcher. Between 1988 and 1990 Michaelwas the inaugural director of the inpatient pain management programme (INPUT) at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. This programme was established with the support of the Kings Fund to evaluate the effectiveness of this form of pain management in the UK. The INPUT programme continues to achieve outstanding results and over the years it has received widespread international recognition. Since returning to Australia Michael joined the Pain Management and Research Centre at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney (with the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney), where he is now an Associate Professor. In 1994 Michael established the ADAPT programme at the Royal North Shore Hospital. This is based directly on the original INPUT programme in London and is achieving similar results. More recently, he has been involved in assisting the development ofsimilar programmes in Malaysia, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Singapore, as well as Australia. Michael has published over 120 papers in books and scientific journals, on the management of pain, and he has lectured on the field in many countries.