Discusses how to improve the quality of life while dealing with chronic pain, encouraging readers to incorporate effective treatment options and track each treatment for continued, incremental progress.

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. It explains how pain develops, how it can become chronic, and what you can do to free yourself from chronic pain's effects. The book is based on the take-charge pain management program at Mayo Clinic's Pain Rehabilitation Center that has helped thousands of people...

This comprehensive guide is designed to help everyone whose days are filled with chronic pain{u2014}the kind of pain that truly is a disease unto itself. Where does chronic pain come from, and why doesn{u2019}t it go away? Dr. Steven H. Richeimer, an eminent voice in the field of pain management, answers these and other fundamental questions about chronic pain. Board certified in pain medicine, anesthesiology, and psychiatry, he knows that the stress...