Parks, E. (2020). Chronic pain rehabilitation: Active pain management that helps you get back to the life you love. Manitou Springs, CO: Wondering Words Media.
Chronic Pain Rehabilitation: Active Health Management to Help You Get Back to the Life You Love is about understanding how chronic pain develops and gives you ways you can manage the pain and get back to the life you love. Written in accessible language, you will learn how the
brain and body produce pain, how the nervous system can be rewired, and how you can move forward with your life. This book will be the guide you need to get your life back. You will learn:
- The different types of pain and their causes
How to calm down your overactive nervous system and reduce your pain - The three steps to active pain management that will get you moving again
- How to manage the stress that comes with chronic pain
- How to move forward when pain is getting in your way
- How to actively rewire your brain
Following the core principles of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, you will learn how to let go of what is getting in your way, stay connected to the present moment, and move forward with your life.