The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit: 10 Simple Steps to Ease Your Pain [Paperback]

CONGRATULATIONS! Picking up this book shows you want to help yourself feel better. That’s the first step toward having less pain and using less pain medication. You are not alone. About 100 million Americans—one in three people—have ongoing pain. It can be mild or very strong, come in waves or always be present, be simply annoying or make your normal life hard to live. Pain is the most common reason people visit their doctor. Many people mistakenly believe that chronic pain is best treated simply by taking powerful painkillers, also known as opioids. But people who think pills are the only answer are mistaken, because the best treatment for chronic pain includes much more than pills. In fact, the most important part of pain treatment isn’t your medication or even your doctor: it’s YOU. This book gives you the right road map and skills to help you reduce your own pain, so you need less medication. It is a formula for success—your own personal pain relief kit.

"A superb self-help book that uses cognitive-behavioral principles to guide recovery from chronic pain. Easy to read and to implement the exercises, this brief and focused text will provide both the information and the how-to-do-it that chronic pain sufferers can utilize to restore normal activities.” —John Loeser, MD, Professor, University of Washington, Past President, American Pain Society and, the International Association for the Study of Pain

 

 

 

 

“Pain, fear of pain, and pain pills form a vicious cycle. This book, written by a real expert, can help you break the cycle. Small, doable steps lead away from pills, lessen the pain, and diminish much of the fear. All this leads to a fuller, more productive and more joyful life. Go for it! You have nothing to lose but your pain, and so much to gain.” —Kate Lorig , DrPH, director and professor emeritus, Stal#K