Pain Relief Without Drugs

Product Description

In 1989 following surgery for a back injury Jan Sadler was left in constant pain with no hope of any further conventional treatment & no adequate prescription drug therapy. Rather than settle for a life of chronic suffering she gave up her career teaching English & began an investigation into the self-treatment of her pain. Building on her skills as a teacher she incorporated the pain management techniques she discovered into programmes that would help other sufferers learn how to cope with pain & find truly effective relief from its debilitating effects. Sadler shows how we can reduce pain's grip by changing our personal reactions to the pain we are feeling. Chronic pain keeps our attention fixed firmly on our anguish which then feeds the painful reaction back into our perception of being in pain creating a vicious cycle. By allowing our reaction to become one of relaxation & acceptance the pain is dramatically lessened both by the absence of a negative perception & by the infusion of relaxation into the point of pain. In Pain Relief without Drugs Sadler provides easy-to-use self-help techniques that offer support & understanding in breaking pain's cycle
- from relaxation, visualisation & breathing techniques, to setting goals, building self-esteem, & coping with pain flare-ups.

Includes:: a 55-minute CD of the author's key techniques for controlling pain. Jan Sadler is author & coordinator of the highly successful Pain Support website (www.painsupport.co.uk) & the author of Peaceful Sleep & The Five Feel-Good Factors. Her pain management programmes have been adopted by pain & stress management clinics in hospitals & support groups throughout the world.