Why Do I Hurt?: A Patient Book About The Neuroscience Of Pain

Education and Pain Treatment Strategies to Help You Move and Function Better, Experience Less Pain, and Take Back Your Life Pain is a normal human experience and is a powerful motivator that encourages us to stop, pay attention to why we hurt, and take care of a problem. However, living in pain is not normal. Chronic persistent pain can be frustrating, scary and exhausting. If you are experiencing persistent pain and wondering why you hurt and what to do about it, this book was written to educate you on how the nervous system and the brain process information and contribute to your pain experience. The latest research shows that the more you know about pain and how it works, the better off you’ll be. Written by Adriaan Louw, a pain neuroscience expert and author of a comprehensive series of neuroscience books, this guide teaches the neuroscience of pain in easy-to-understand language and provides simple strategies to move and function better, experience less pain, and increase your ability and interest in participating in healthy exercises and movement. This book provides therapeutic neuroscience education to help you listen to your body, respond to your body’s messages in a healthy way, and set goals to start getting back to the activities that you find enjoyable and meaningful. In Why Do I Hurt? A Patient Book About The Neuroscience Of Pain you’ll learn: The role of the nervous system and the brain in the experience of pain How nerves work like an “alarm system” to alert your brain that there is a problem Common contributors to pain How pain in one area of the body affects other parts of the body How your body systems react to protect you How prolonged pain can cause symptoms like mood swings, appetite changes, fatigue, stomach sensitivity and more How to treat pain and take back your life Strategies for healthy exercise and how it can help reduce pain Lifestyle changes that can help treat pain including knowledge, breathing and relaxation, aerobic exercise, sleep and more How to set realistic goals and safely and effectively move towards them Written by Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD. Illustrated. Softcover; 54 pages.