The Back Pain Helpbook
Published on 9. April 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-7382-0112-2 (ISBN)
Description
An estimated 8 million Americans require medical care or time off from work because of back pain each year. Despite advances in modern medicine, there is no cure for back pain and the most commonly prescribed remedy for this painful and debilitating condition is long-term self-management.A self-care program for better living, The Back Pain Helpbook includes mind-body methods for relaxation such as breathing and meditation techniques, strategies for combating the depression and fear that often accompany chronic pain, a comprehensive program for fitness including strengthening and stretching exercises, recommendations for prescription and over-the-counter drugs to ease back pain, advice for when to see your doctor and how to get the most out of those visits, tips for engaging in daily activities from sleeping to working to sex, and guidelines for avoiding flare-ups or managing them when they occur.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7382-0112-2 (9780738201122)
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James E. Moore, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist in the Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Virginia Mason Medical centre in Seattle, WA and a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and behavioural Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Kate Lorig, R.N., Dr.P.H., directs the Arthritis Self-Management Patient Education Project at the Stanford University Arthritis centre. Michael Von Korff, Sc.D. is a Senior Scientific Investigator at the centre for Health Studies at Grouop Health Cooperative of Puget Sound in Seattle, WA, and an Affiliate Professor in the Departments of Health Services and Psychiatry and behavioural Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Virginia M. Gonzalez, is a Health Educator at the Stanford Patient Education Research centre. Diana D. Laurent, M.P.H. is a Health Educator at the Stanford Patient Education Research centre.