Total Recovery - Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Pain and Depression

Zusatztext 67628455 Informationen zum Autor Gary Kaplan, D.O. is a clinical associate professor at Georgetown University, director of the Kaplan Center for Integrative Medicine, and author of Total Recovery: A Revolutionary New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Pain and Depression (Rodale, 2014). Founder of the Foundation for Total Recovery, his work has been featured in TIME magazine, the Wall Street Journal , Fox News 5, ABC's Good Morning America , CNN News, and NPR's Diane Rehm Show . He writes a regular column for MindBodyGreen and US News and World Report , and can also be found on Facebook and Twitter. Klappentext Why can't I get better? Did my doctors miss something? How can I recover? According to Dr. Gary Kaplan! conventional thinking about the nature of chronic pain and depression is essentially flawed. Although physicians continue to diagnose conditions like migraines! fibromyalgia! chronic fatigue! chronic back pain! depression! anxiety! and PTSD! a growing body of research shows that these are in fact symptoms of something else-a deep-rooted inflammation in the brain. This inflammation can affect the nervous system for months-even years-to devastating effect. In Total Recovery! Dr. Kaplan demonstrates that it is possible to quiet the inflammatory state at the root of chronic pain and depression! and lays out a revolutionary new medical approach to ending your suffering and reclaiming your health. Leseprobe CHAPTER 1 THE ONE-TWO PUNCH WHAT IF ASSAULTS ARE CUMULATIVE? Study the art of science. Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. — Leonardo da Vinci This was the moment he lived for. Perched on a single snowy peak surrounded by a formidable range of peaks yet to be conquered, Billy surrendered to gravity. Leaning forward, he slid quickly down the slope, faster and faster, casting plumes of powder in his wake. With so little effort—less than a thought—Billy was back where he belonged, carving up the mountain with carefree pirouettes, deep into the powerful compulsion that he and his snowboarding tribe called shreddin' the gnar. Like most 14-year-old snowboarders, he was still considered a "grommet," but Billy Kass could hold his own. His parents had given him his first Never Summer board when he was 5 and his brother, Travis, was 8. Like some kind of rite of initiation, Travis introduced Billy to the secrets of the mountain. Nodding for Billy to follow, Travis had shown him how to ride a slow S-curve to the bottom. He'd been following Travis ever since. The 3-year lead Travis had over Billy gave him a distinct advantage. At 16, Travis was all flash and fury. Billy was more wry and understated—not that he couldn't have been the one making noise, but that riff was already taken. So Billy played counterpoint. Gliding down the slopes together, they wove in and out like a perfectly syncopated song. Travis would line up a 180 "fakie," a 360, a 180, and Billy would intuitively echo the moves. Gillian, the boys' mom, had almost gone pro back in the day, and their dad, David, had managed to build a meaningful career in environmental science that kept him on the mountain and made skiing a constant part of his life. Travis and Billy dreamed of one day making their fortune together with an environmental tech start-up. At 14, Billy was more of an idea guy than Travis. As he swooped down the mountain, Billy realized that, of the two of them, he would probably be the one to come up with the brilliant tech idea they needed. He decided to mention that to Travis when they reached the lodge. The idea might not come to him for years, but there was no reason he couldn't start lording it over Travis now. First, he wanted to "jib" the 20-foot rail up ahead with an enticing 10- foot drop to flat. Le...

Product details

• Authors: Donna Beech, Gary Kaplan
• Publisher: Rodale USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2015
• EAN: 9781623365615
• ISBN: 978-1-62336-561-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 221 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Guides > Health