There are some very good resources available to help you get started
with managing your pain or illness. Listed below are some of the ones we
particularly recommend.
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from Amazon
‘Full Catastrophe Living’ by Jon
Kabat-Zinn. This is based on Dr Kabat-Zinn’s extensive experience
running the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts
Medical Centre's in the USA. They run courses helping people with
chronic pain and stress to manage their lives.
‘Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse’ by Zindel V Segel,
Mark G Williams, John D Teasdale.
The above two books are the most directly aligned with the approach we take
and are well worth buying if you can manage to.
‘The Breathing Book’ by Donna Fahri. Many of our health problems stem
from, and are exacerbated by, poor breathing, This book offers a thorough
and excellent look at how we breathe, problems we may have and their
remedies. Includes exercises with very good instructions.
‘Heal Thy Self’ - lessons on Mindfulness in medicine by Saki Santorelli.
Saki Santorelli is a colleague of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s and they founded a very
successful stress reduction clinic in Massachusetts USA. (Published by Bell
Tower 2000)
Jan Sadler is a woman who has some good tape packs and has written a very
good book called ‘Natural Pain Relief’. This is particularly good on pacing.
(Element Books)
‘Pain - the science of
suffering’ by Patrick Wall. This is an interesting book from a
scientific point of view. Patrick Wall has been one of the major
researchers in the area of pain for over 40 years and was a leading
authority on the subject prior to his recent death.
‘Coping Successfully with Pain’ by Neville Shone. Sheldon Press.
‘Chronic Pain: The Complete Guide to Relief’
by Arthur C Klein. Pub,
Constable in conjunction with The Daily Telegraph.
This is an excellent book based on a survey done of 1000 people who had
devised methods to deal with chronic pain syndrome. It includes lots of good
practical advice including some very simple physical exercises.
‘Finding a Joyful Life in the Heart of Pain’ by Darlene Cohen. A
meditative approach to living with physical, emotional or spiritual
suffering’. This is written by a woman who has used Buddhist meditation to
cope with pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
BackCare - The National Organisation for Healthy Backs.
They publish a very good magazine and offer help lines etc.
Ph: 020 8977 5474
Fax: 020 8943 5318
e-mail: info@backcare.org.uk
16 Elmtree Rd
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 8ST
You can join the organisation for a small fee. It is worth while. www.backcare.org.uk
Qi Gong books
‘Secrets of Qi Gong’ by Angus Clarke, Helen Varley
‘The Way of Energy: Mastering the Chinese Art of Internal Strength with
Chi Kung exercise’ by Master Lam Kam Chuen.
‘The Way of Qi Gong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing’ by Ken
Cohen, Kenneth S Cohen
