Got Back Pain?
Have you tried stretches, rest, and pain medication without success? Thinking about surgery?
The pain relief you seek might be closer than you think. In this short, researched book, Dr. Maloney explains how habitual pain responses can be caused by both physical and emotional triggers.
Move beyond stretching exercises and mental self-therapy to combine the best of both with new research on the programming of our muscles. Read Dr. Maloney’s review of the existing options and save yourself time, money and grief when you find your own path to healing.
When he was twelve years old, Christopher Maloney found out he had a “bad back.” But decades later Dr. Christopher Maloney, N.D., doesn’t live in chronic pain. He has worked for years to discover solutions beyond the conventional. In the process, Dr. Maloney discovered a map of back pain. He has used that map to help hundreds of people with back pain and now shares the map with the world.
Before he became a doctor, Dr. Maloney gave massages to friends and family members. In clinic, he became a sought-after last resort for unrelieved back and neck pain. As Dr. Maloney went into practice, he found that bodywork done over time with patient participation resulted in far better outcomes. In the process, patients released habitual responses that had troubled them for years.
Healing Your Back of Chronic Pain contains the research behind Dr. Maloney’s treatment of the back. It discusses the shortcomings of existing treatments and suggests combining treatments for better results. Dr. Maloney gives an overview of his map of the back, along with patient examples that worked. Then he gives advice on how to map your own back. Ever a realist, Dr. Maloney ends his book with ten things patients should try before resorting to surgery. Short, researched, and direct, Healing Your Back of Chronic Pain combines classic common sense with cutting-edge research.
By the time patients finish Healing Your Back of Chronic Pain, they should know why their current treatments haven’t worked long-term, how to combine treatments, and at come away with at least one new idea for relieving their back pain.
Genre: HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / Musculoskeletal
Just published. Takes Dr. Sarno's work to a new level, incorporating both emotional and physical triggers. His books rank in the top selling books for back pain.
Physical Pain Can Create Habitual Response
But if I've really done a number on the shoulder, I may spend an hour or more complaining and cajoling my injury to go away. My day will be profoundly affected. The shoulder might heal slowly, lingering for weeks, possibly creating a new set of habitual responses as I favor it and use my other arm.
Even when the shoulder heals, I will likely remember how I injured it. I may remember the feelings I had about the injury. My body may remember those feelings as being associated with tightening the muscles around the shoulder to protect it. If I'm not paying attention, every time I feel similar feelings my shoulder may tighten. The tightening of the shoulder may remind me of the past injury, triggering more of those feelings, and around we go in a dysfunctional loop.
Chronic Pain Can Rewire The Brain
None of this is speculation. We can see it happening in the brain. Chronic pain actually alters the brain. Brain cells are lost and remapped in specific areas for each different type of chronic pain. Each individual has a unique response to pain based on how they deal with it. But there is an overlap in the base of the brain that gives a unique “signature” to the brains of all chronic pain sufferers.(21)
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