Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

vii

PART I

WHY DOES IT HURT? WHO CAN HELP?

 

Chapter 1

All About Pain

3

Chapter 2

the Right Doctor for You

14

Chapter 3

Diagnosing What’s Causing Your Pain

24

PART II

THERAPIES FROM A TO Z

 

Chapter 4

Tools for Managing Pain

35

Chapter 5

Exercise for Treating Pain   Elizabeth Pegg Frates, M.D.

47

Chapter 6

Tools for Reducing Stress

73

Chapter 7

Pain Medications

82

Chapter 8

Injections and Other Treatments

107

Chapter 9

Surgery

124

Chapter 10

Alternative Treatments

130

PART III

THE COST OF CHRONIC PAIN

 

Chapter 11

Covering the Cost of Pain: Insurance

143

Chapter 12

the Ins and Outs of Disability

147

Chapter 13

the Personal Cost of Pain: Relationships

159

Appendix

The Anatomy of the Back

163

 

Notes

175

 

Index

179