Back Pain

Back Pain: The Facts is aimed at people who want to help themselves. Affecting nearly everyone at some time in their lives, 40% of people will have experienced some form of back pain within the last year, with around 5% of sufferers taking time off work within the last month. Long-term back pain causes a great deal of distress and unhappiness, affecting work life, income, home life, relationships, fitness and mood.Back Pain: The Facts uses clear, succinct chapters to give advice about every aspect of managing back pain, as well as answering frequently asked questions from sufferers. A key element is empowerment through understanding why back pain starts and why it persists. There are chapters promoting stretching, exercise, relaxation, communication, and advice on sexual relations, as well as considerable on emphasis on helping with thoughts and feelings.

Zusammenfassung

Back Pain: The Facts provides the reader with an in-depth understanding of why chronic back pain develops and what makes it persist. Practical help is given to promote self-management with advice on stretching, exercise, relaxation, and managing thoughts and feelings associated with long term pain.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Suzanne Brook, Brook Suzanne, Clare Daniel, H. Clare Daniel, Daniel Clare, John Lee, John/ Brook Lee
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.11.2009
• EAN: 9780199561070
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956107-0
• Seiten: 176
• Serien: The Facts; The Facts
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik; Ratgeber > Gesundheit; Medizin und Gesundheit: Ratgeber, Sachbuch, Rheumatologie, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, MEDICAL / Rheumatology, Popular medicine & health, Pain & pain management, Pain and pain management, Rheumatology, Popular medicine and health, MEDICAL / Pain Management