A groundbreaking mind-body protocol to heal chronic pain, backed by new research.

Chronic pain is an epidemic. Fifty million Americans struggle with back pain, headaches, or some other pain that resists all treatment. Desperate pain sufferers are told again and again that there is no cure for chronic pain.

Alan Gordon, a psychotherapist and the founder of the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles, was in grad school when he started experiencing chronic pain and it completely derailed his life. He saw multiple doctors and received many diagnoses, but none of the medical treatments helped. Frustrated with conventional pain management, he developed Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a mind-body protocol that eliminated his own chronic pain and has transformed the lives of thousands of his patients.

PRT is rooted in neuroscience, which has shown that while chronic pain feels like it's coming from the body, in most cases it's generated by misfiring pain circuits in the brain. PRT is a system of psychological techniques that rewires the brain to break out of the cycle of chronic pain.

The University of Colorado-Boulder recently conducted a large randomized controlled study on PRT, and the results are remarkable. By the end of the study, the majority of patients were pain-free or nearly pain-free. What's more, these dramatic changes held up over time.

The Way Out brings PRT to readers. It combines accessible science with a concrete, step-by-step plan to teach sufferers how to heal their own chronic pain.

There is no need to spend billions of dollars looking for a cure for chronic pain. The solutions have been known for decades with many people breaking free from its grip.

Unfortunately, mainstream medicine has and continued to ignore the physiological and neuroscience data that has revealed the answers. Chronic pain is a complex neurological problem, which is, ....an embedded memory that becomes linked with more and more life experiences, and the memory can't be erased.

Back in Control provides a framework for you to understand the nature of chronic pain and will allow you to find your own solution based on well-established practices. Since it is a complex problem and you are a unique human being, the one person that can solve it is you. The principles apply to chronic pain involving any part of the body or organ system. The process evolved from the author's own 15-year experience with severe chronic pain.

The concepts provide a context of care and connect you with other highly-regarded professionals who are pioneers in the efforts to change the pain treatment paradigm. Some of them include Dr. John Sarno, author of Mind Over Back Pain; Dr. Howard Schubiner, who wrote Unlearn Your Pain; Dr. David Burns, a Stanford psychiatrist and author of Feeling Good; Dr. Fred Luskin who performed research on forgiveness at Stanford and authored Forgive for Good; David Allen who authored a brilliant book on organizing your life, Getting Things Done; and Dr. Anthony DeMello, whose last memoirs are presented in The Way to Love, which introduces you to the healing power of awareness.

The essence of solving physical or mental pain is connecting you to your own capacity to heal, which allows you to feel safe. Your body's chemistry is optimized with profound effects on your pain and sense of well-being. These concepts have been deeply researched by Dr. Steven Porges, the originator of The Polyvagal Theory.

Step into your new life with this largely self-directed process. An action plan is presented on Dr. Hanscom's website, www.backincontrol.com.

Learn how to relieve chronic pain for good with this life-changing New York Times bestselling book.

Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. Musculoskeletal pain disorders have reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with most doctors failing to recognize their underlying cause, leaving patients desperate-and still in agonizing pain. Dr. Sarno reveals how many painful conditions-including most neck and back pain, migraine, repetitive stress injuries, whiplash, and tendonitises-are rooted in repressed emotions, and shows how they can be successfully treated without drugs, physical measures, or surgery.

Broken down into three sections, Dr. Sarno takes the reader through the psychology, physical manifestations, and treatment of Mindbody Disorders.

Informative and accessible, The Mindbody Prescription is a revelatory book that gives hope to long-sufferers of physical pain-that they may regain a feeling of comfort and safety in their bodies.

My life was filled with excruciating back and shoulder pain until I applied Dr. Sarno's principles, and in a matter of weeks my back pain disappeared. I never suffered a single symptom again...I owe Dr. Sarno my life. - Howard Stern

With a fresh approach to a common problem, this self-help guide to overcoming back pain advocates adopting the natural, healthy posture of athletes, young children, and people from traditional societies the world over. Arguing that most of what our culture has taught us about posture is misguided--even unhealthy--and exploring the current epidemic of back pain, many of the commonly cited reasons for the degeneration of spinal discs and the stress on muscles that leads to back pain are examined and debunked. The historical and anthropological roots of poor posture in Western cultures are studied as is the absence of back pain complaints in the cultures of Africa, Asia, South America, and rural Europe. Eight detailed chapters provide illustrated step-by-step instructions for making simple, powerful changes to seated, standing, and sleeping positions. No special equipment or exercise is required, and effects are often immediate.

Live pain free! Now fully updated and revised throughout, this million-copy bestseller will help you feel and move better.

This book is extraordinary, and I am thrilled to recommend it to anyone who's interested in dramatically increasing the quality of their physical health.--Tony Robbins

With a new foreword by John Lynch, Hall of Fame NFL safety and general manager of the San Francisco 49ers

Can gentle exercise help with chronic pain? Yes! That is the revolutionary message of the Egoscue Method, a breakthrough system for eliminating musculoskeletal pain without drugs, surgery, or expensive physical therapy. Developed by Pete Egoscue, an internationally renowned physiologist and injury consultant to some of the most successful performers in all walks of life, the Egoscue Method has helped millions of people with an astounding success rate of over 90 percent. The Method uses a series of gentle exercises and carefully constructed stretches called E-cises to teach the body to return to its natural, pain-free state. Inside, you'll find detailed photographs and step-by-step instructions for dozens of E-cises specifically designed to provide quick and lasting relief of

- joint discomfort, including back and neck pain; achy knees, hips, and shoulders; arthritis; and injured ankles.
- muscle and soft-tissue problems, including rotator cuff injuries, tendinitis, and common foot ailments.
- shooting pains, including sciatica and carpal tunnel syndrome.
- and much more, including headaches, vertigo, and fatigue.

With this book, you're on your way to regaining the greatest gift of all: a pain-free body!

With humor, empathy, and expertise, a Black, femme, disabled, and neurodivergent physical therapist retraces their journey through a weaponized fitness culture, sharing an alternative path to honor all bodies and needs.

An inclusive, full-color guide to improving mobility, building strength, and increasing flexibility for every body and any size, shape, and ability

Here's an idea: exercise should be enjoyable--not punishing, elitist, or overly competitive. Nor should gym work cause us harm or bring us shame.

Part exercise manual and part workbook, Movement for Every Body celebrates this approach and champions an inclusive movement practice for anyone who doesn't fit the typical fitness mold and doesn't wish to-- who refuses burdensome narratives that tell them they're broken and need to be fixed, cured, or mended to be whole.

With journaling and reflective prompts and activities; helpful tips covering accommodations, mobility aids, and self-advocacy strategies; and highly adaptable exercise demonstrations reflecting a broad range of body types, physical abilities, and mobility aids, Movement for Every Body provides the instruction and validation needed to redefine our approaches, goals, and pleasures around exercise and ability.

Free yourself from chronic pain with this powerful, evidence-based workbook.

Do you suffer from back, knee, or neck pain, migraines, arthritis, fibromyalgia, or any other condition that causes chronic discomfort? Have you searched far and wide for answers, hoping against hope to find lasting relief--only to find yourself disappointed and in pain again? This discouraging cycle can be as damaging to your quality of life as the pain itself, especially if your pain has been minimized or disregarded. If you're tired of running into roadblocks when it comes to finding real solutions, it might be time for a new approach. It's time to leverage the natural power and flexibility of your brain, so you can finally free yourself from chronic pain and take charge of your life.

At the heart of this groundbreaking workbook is pain reprocessing therapy (PRT)--the most effective current treatment for chronic pain. PRT is a highly streamlined, evidence-based method that actually retrains the brain to accurately interpret sensory signals from the body, interrupting the perpetual pain cycle so you can find some relief. You'll begin by exploring the ins and outs of how pain works, with special emphasis on understanding the critical relationship between pain and fear. You'll also discover a wealth of in-the-moment tips to help you quickly recognize the aspects of life that trigger or aggravate your pain--so you can handle it quickly, healthily, and move on with less pain.

If your quest for relief has led to nothing but frustration, shame, stigmatization, and endless agony, the answers found in this friendly guide will illuminate a path away from pain and toward lasting comfort and peace of mind. Go ahead, take the first step.

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.

Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief 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 40 years.

Inside you'll find practical, easy-to-understand information to help you regain your function so that you can be more active, productive, and comfortable. This third edition of Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief includes the latest information on pain science and chronic pain management, including:

• The brain's role in the experience of pain
• How behaviors and beliefs affect pain
• How to shift the focus away from pain and toward a focus on living well
• The benefits and risks of medications, injections and other medical treatments
• The role of pain specialists, pain clinics and pain rehabilitation programs
• Exercise as a key part of pain management
• Balance and moderation as key habit sustainers
• The power of a positive approach

Use the thoroughly researched, effective, science-based methods contained here to start living better today.

Wise, visceral essays on navigating pain, sex, trauma, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and grief from queer, neurodivergent trauma-resolution guide Jessica Graham

In an unapologetic look at living well with trauma and chronic illness, writer and meditation teacher Jessica Graham offers smart, funny, raw, and mindful insights on untangling--and embracing--the messy realities of being a human alive on this planet today.

Graham gives us permission to accept care--and accept that it's okay to want care. They weave together personal stories and practical wisdom, offering their take on managing symptoms, getting creative, setting boundaries, and healing from ableist tropes like you don't look sick and we're all a little ADHD.

Graham also shares vulnerable personal history: The adverse childhood experiences that wired their body and brain. The workaholism and addictions that kept their pain lying just below the surface. How illness and trauma intersect to obscure the knowledge that we're each enough, wholly as we are.

This memoir explores the parts of chronic illness life that don't get enough airtime: How can we center sex and pleasure when pain gets in the way? How can we live well while living through late-stage capitalist hell? How can we come into relationship with our pain without falling prey to self-blame, magical thinking, or toxic positivity?

Wise and embodied, fearless and necessary, Being (Sick) Enough is both a wild awakening and a love letter to your whole self: the pains and suffering, joys and brightness, and vital connections that hold each of us as we navigate what it means to be here, like this, right now.

Dr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery.

Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. Sarno teaches you how to identify stress and other psychological factors that cause back pain and demonstrates how to heal yourself--without drugs, surgery or exercise. Find out:

• Why self-motivated and successful people are prone to Tension Myoneural Syndrome (TMS)
• How anxiety and repressed anger trigger muscle spasms
• How people condition themselves to accept back pain as inevitable

With case histories and the results of in-depth mind-body research, Dr. Sarno reveals how you can recognize the emotional roots of your TMS and sever the connections between mental and physical pain...and start recovering from back pain today.

Change your brain, change your pain with this powerful, evidence-based workbook.

If you're struggling with chronic pain, you're not alone: more than one hundred million Americans currently live with chronic pain. Yet, despite its prevalence, chronic pain is not well understood. Fortunately, research has emerged showing the effectiveness of a treatment model for pain management grounded in biology, psychology, and social functioning.

In this groundbreaking workbook, you'll find a comprehensive outline of this effective biopsychosocial approach, as well as scientifically supported interventions rooted in cognitive- behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and neuroscience to help you take control of your pain--and your life You'll learn strategies for creating a pain plan for home and work, reducing reliance on medications, and breaking the pain cycle. Also included are tips for improving sleep, nutrition for pain, methods for resuming valued activities, and more.

If you're ready to take your life back from pain, this workbook has everything you need to get started.

Change your brain, change your pain-that's the empowering message interwoven in this evidence-based workbook by pain expert Rachel Zoffness. Grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and neuroscience, this important workbook offer readers proven-effective pain management techniques, so they can break the pain cycle and live with greater joy and fulfillment.

A Pain Free You Awaits...

What if chronic pain isn't a sign of damage or illness? What if it's simply a misunderstanding by your over-protective brain about the condition of your body?

In Pain Free You, Dan Buglio shares how the brain's perception of either danger or safety is the direct switch that turns pain and other symptoms on or off. With this new understanding, you will learn how to finally reverse the chronic pain or ailments you've been suffering from.

By overcoming 13 years of chronic back pain and sciatica and spending over 25 years researching mind-body recovery, Buglio has become a leading expert in the space. He has coached over 2,000 individuals directly through these concepts and helped many thousands more through over 5 years of posting daily online videos teaching these concepts. He has now amassed a worldwide audience of over 50,000 subscribers and counting.

The real-life experiences and feedback shared by his clients and viewers enable Buglio to continually adapt, refine, and improve his approach to recovery. But even as the world of mind-body connections grows, one concept always rings true: you can simplify and seemingly complex problem and make and make recovery simple and accessible. And Pain Free You can show you how.

In Pain Free You, you'll discover:

• The root cause of pain and symptoms and why they become chronic
• The wide variety of pain and symptoms that can be resolved with Buglio's approach
• How to assess your symptoms to know if this approach will work for you
• The simple solution to turn off your pain or symptoms once and for all

Pain Free You will forever change the way you view your brain and body. By understanding how the human system functions, you'll unlock the door to eliminating years-or even decades-of suffering. It's proven. It's reliable. It's predictable. It's your turn.

Take control of your recovery and regain the life you deserve. No drugs. No surgery. No endless procedures. Just real, lasting results.

Despite our perfect and ingenious human design, everyone--regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sport or athletic skill--develops muscular and postural imbalances over time . . . And they're all fixable.

It's time to lose your outmoded concepts about getting older. In fact, it's time to lose your out-of-date beliefs about the origins of muscle and joint injuries and afflictions altogether. Whether your goal is to finally cure your nagging pain and injuries and prevent them in the future, learn how to stay balanced and strong, break through to another level in your sport at any age, fix the flaws in your tennis game, or simply enjoy your body and your sport for life, Ageless, Painless, Tennis will provide the road map you're seeking.

You Can Heal from Chronic Pain

We've been sold a lie: The world tells us that pain is inevitable, that our bodies must break down as we age, and that there's nothing we can do about it. Researchers develop new drugs to manage our pain; surgeons dream up new techniques to repair worn-out joints. But we never truly feel better.

Here's the shocking truth: The vast majority of the pain that plagues our aging bodies is self-inflicted. It's caused by the way we use our bodies every day--the way we sit, the way we stand, the way we walk and run. But with simple exercises, anybody can learn to heal their chronic musculoskeletal pain, and prevent future pain, injury, and joint problems from developing.

The Pain Relief Secret explores the fascinating science of pain, and instructs readers in Clinical Somatics, a method of neuromuscular education that relieves chronic muscle tightness, restores natural posture and movement, and eliminates pain--all without medication or surgery. Students of Clinical Somatics have healed from chronic back pain, joint and nerve pain, scoliosis, and many other common pain conditions--all without medication or surgery.

Best of all, Clinical Somatics puts the power in your hands. You don't need special training or expensive repeat visits to a physical therapist. Clinical Somatics exercises are practiced on your own and in your very own home.

This is The Pain Relief Secret--your key to taking back your body from a lifetime of pain.

This book is great for anyone who has tried chiropractic treatments, naturopathy, yoga, physiotherapy, or massage therapy and still experiences chronic pain.

You will love this book if you are interested in:

• Yoga, Pilates, massage, or meditation




• Natural healing




• Curing sciatica, TMJ, iliopsoas syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, osteoarthritis pain, and other common pain conditions




• Lower back pain relief




• CARS (Controlled Articular Rotations) or FRC (Functional Range Conditioning)




• Thomas Hanna or Moshe Feldenkrais

A doctor's guide to tools and techniques for taming all kinds of pain. You can easily understand and manage your interactable pain using the ABC method in this transformative chronic pain book.

The 8th revised edition of this research-based manual describes how to use EMDR in the treatment of chronic pain. Includes a review of role of trauma and attachment problems in pain, neurological aspects of pain, Theoretical model of pain based on Accelerated Information Processing Model, step by step EMDR pain protocol, including detailed notes and tips for each stage, key differences between trauma protocol and pain protocol, advice about common blockages and how to deal with them, how to enhance client responsiveness to bilateral stimulation, how to develop strong affect-based resources for coping with on-going pain, adjunctive strategies and resources, assessment tools, information about dissociation and pain, numerous case-examples, and over 30 pages of photocopyable treatment aids and resources. After PTSD, pain is the most researched application of EMDR.

The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand--a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades--delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery.

In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine--often ineffective and sometimes harmful --exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system.

The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations.

The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers, and all types of health care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options--showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.

Join the hundreds of thousands of readers who have found help and hope for getting their lives back from chronic pain in this empowering workbook. Top pain specialist and physician Margaret A. Caudill spells out 10 steps that can radically change the way you feel--both physically and emotionally. Dr. Caudill provides state-of-the-art information about the causes and treatment of pain and guides you to:
*Identify what increases and decreases your symptoms.*Reduce your pain and emotional distress.*Make informed decisions about medications and nutritional therapies.*Benefit from relaxation (including audio downloads), meditation, and gentle exercise.*Communicate effectively about your pain.*Learn essential skills for coping and problem solving.*Use worksheets to help set and meet doable personal goals.
The fully updated fourth edition incorporates important advances in pain management and mind-body medicine. It features new content on mindfulness; a Quick Skill section in each chapter with simple exercises that can have an immediate impact; updated supplementary reading and resources, including smartphone apps; and more. At the companion website, you can access the audio tracks and download and print additional copies of the worksheets.

Finally, Fibromyalgia explained ...New book Fibrosuccess- Fibromyalgia Explained, Managed & Eliminated ......Fibrosuccess is just that success with Fibro Bigger font, easy to follow layout, easy to read, created for fibro readers. It is a concise how to that is a mind, body, spirit approach to resolving Fibromyalgia. The author Jemma Jacksen RCT CCT BSc was diagnosed, by two well known doctors, with fibro and found methods to help heal herself, one doctor was the very first to buy her Book. Fibromyalgia can be very debilitating and Jemma wishes to, through this very positive book, encourage you to believe you can heal and be pain-free again. 2/3 of the book is dedicated to helping fibro while last 1/3 is dedicated to simple psychotherapy and spiritual issues we all deal with in long term illness. The body and mind are treated as ONE, it is natural methods and more eastern medicine approach. Within the pages are inspirationally topics such as energy, stress, depression, insomnia, trauma and pain, etc and how to help them all. Jemma's points of view are unique and 'groundbreaking' as she Explains how fibro even comes to be (and plus why women are more affected) and duly how it can be fixed or alleviated. You may feel better within weeks to months using her simple plan. It is inexpensive too and she doesn't promote nor sell products. It is truly one knowledgeable woman's journey to get better and Jemma has pre-med studies from the elite University of British Columbia specializing in Agriculture (BSc (Agr) ). As well, Jemma is a Registered International Cardiac Technologist. She has a deep understanding of Anatomy, Physiology & Nutrition. Astounding recoveries and testimonials already reported and she just launched one month ago at UBC in June 2015. St. Pauls Hospital in Vancouver, at the Chronic Pain Clinic, is hoping to have her speak at the hospital about her recovery and methods to help those who suffer. She is also doing many other support groups speaking engagements in surrounding Vancouver. This book is just 290 pages, again easy to read and Jemma helps you by being slightly repetitious. Get your copy today and share with others and hopefully you too will experience recovery, at minimum you will gain from the spiritual insights and nuggets of wisdom within the pages. Jemma is very proud of this as it took her 5 years to write and she believes strongly, while not helping 100%, it may help many, like 25 % of sufferers of horrible fibromyalgia. This will be millions. Be one of the first to read it all. E-book and audio book avail by the end of the year but easiest to read in Print as you can flip back and forth and keep on deck as a reference. We get so comfortable with pain, we get stuck in suffering, We don't have to (jemma).....get better sooner rather than later, have hope, it can happen as it did for Jemma She is very generous to be putting this book and it's contents out to the world to help resolve pain. Is very good for helping arthritis too and Rheumatoid arthritis, ME, CFS, and maybe MS.