Douglas Nelson

The Mystery of Pain

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Working on the principle that the more you understand about pain, the more power you have to influence it; this book presents a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the scientific research into pain. It covers everything from the physical and psychological processes to the different types of pain and key issues such as social support.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 164mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781848191525
• ISBN-10: 1848191529
• Artikelnr.: 36773170

Autorenporträt

Douglas Nelson is a licensed massage therapist from Champaign, Illinois (USA) and has been in practice since 1977. In addition to his therapy clinic with multiple practitioners, his teaching institute (NMT MidWest) has conducted hundreds of seminars in Precision Neuromuscular Therapy to manual therapy providers in the USA and abroad.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Understanding that I Don't Understand. 1. A Deeper Understanding.
2. Alarms and Fires and Alarms Without Fires. 3. That Which Can be Known,
But Not Seen. 4. Nocere. 5. Modulation. 6. Central Sensitization. 7. When
the System Goes Awry: Sensitization. 8. Meaning and Context. 9. Attention.
10. Fear. Memory and Pain. Fear and Hypervigilance. Fear of Movement.
Diagnosis and Fear. 11. Placebo. 12. Trigger Points. 13. Phantom Limb. 14.
Social Support. 15. Fibromyalgia. 16. The Pendulum. Index.