Steve Haines

Pain is Really Strange

Graphic medicine
Illustrator: Standing, Sophie

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Understanding pain is a very good way of relieving it. This engaging, funny, and highly original research-based graphic book explains the nature of pain and how you can effectively relieve pain by changing your mind's habits.

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Produktdetails

• ...is Really Strange
• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 32
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 169mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 152g
• ISBN-13: 9781848192645
• ISBN-10: 1848192649
• Artikelnr.: 42297825

Autorenporträt

Steve Haines. Art by Sophie Standing.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction. Pain is really strange. Acute versus chronic pain,
definitions and some history of pain. Your brain's assessment of danger is
essential to the pain experience. 2. Pain is Complex. Your brain often
makes mistakes, chronic pain is a fault in the alarm system. 3. It Is Not
About The Tissues. Sensitisation in the nervous and immune systems and how
tissues heal in a few months. 4. How Do Nerves Work? Knowing how nerves
work helps understand chronic pain. 5. There Is Something You Can Do To
Change Your Pain Experience. Creativity, visualisation, movement, body
awareness, and skillfull language are tools to change pain. 6. References
are in footnotes in the book and in more detail on
www.painisreallystrange.com.