Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief, 3rd Edition: How to Better Manage Pain and Regain Function - Hardcover

by Wesley P. Gilliam (Author), Bruce Sutor (Author)

Are you tired of living with chronic pain? Do you want to move past it and live a full, meaningful life? Then this comprehensive guide from chronic pain experts at Mayo Clinic is for you.

• The brain's role in the experience of pain
• How behaviors and beliefs affect pain
• How to shift the focus away from pain and toward a focus on living well
• The benefits and risks of medications, injections and other medical treatments
• The role of pain specialists, pain clinics and pain rehabilitation programs
• Exercise as a key part of pain management
• Balance and moderation as key habit sustainers
• The power of a positive approach

Author Biography

Wesley P. Gilliam, Ph.D., L.P., is a board-certified clinical health psychologist in Mayo Clinic's Department of Psychiatry and Psychology and an assistant professor of psychology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. He is the clinical director of Mayo Clinic's Adult Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Center program. His expertise is in treating chronic pain and his interests include health psychology and behavioral medicine, and the effects of long-term opioid use for chronic pain. His areas of clinical research include biopsychosocial conceptualizations of chronic pain, the degree to which psychosocial factors influence acute and chronic pain intensity, underlying pathways by which psychosocial factors exert such effect, and the degree to which these factors predict response to chronic pain treatment.