Talking Back - How to Overcome Chronic Back Pain and Rebuild Your Life

Talking Back teaches people who are disabled by chronic back pain how to put their lives back together again. The book is packed with lessons learned from thousands of real experts: people who did it themselves!

List of contents

Preface
Chapter 1. Nobody Knows Your Pain the Way That You Do
Chapter 2. You Can't Get What You Want 'Til You Know What You Want
Chapter 3. The Medical Office Visit
Chapter 4. Drugs
Chapter 5. Relaxation
Chapter 6. Acute and Chronic Pain
Chapter 7. Wellness
Epilogue
Suggested Readings
Appendix A
Appendix B
Index
About the Author

About the author

Rowland G. Hazard, MD is emeritus professor of orthopedics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He has devoted his over 30-year clinical and research careers to the understanding and care of people who are disabled by chronic low back pain. He has been a pioneer in the field of rehabilitation, and he is internationally known for developing the goal achievement model for overcoming painful disability.

Product details

• Authors: Rowland G. Hazard
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2022
• EAN: 9781538176009
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7600-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Subjects: Guides > Health; HEALTH & FITNESS / Pain Management, Popular medicine & health, Pain & pain management, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Pain and pain management, Popular medicine and health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Musculoskeletal, Coping with / advice about the back and back problems, physical therapy;work loss