The above pain scale is by Allie Brosh
I promised a while back that I would share a few of my favorite "go to's" that I've found useful for patients to learn more about pain and how to get rid of it.
Here are a few below:-
1) Heal your pain now" by Dr Joe Tatta DPT, CNS
Part of my role as a physiotherapist is to explain pain and work with my patients to help them to reduce/remove it from their lives. When I came across the book (below), I was really pleased to see that it was a comprehensive "homework" resource that I could advise them to read between sessions.
This book is written to the lay person and will shows you how to move towards health and a life either free of pain or better management of pain. It contains Information, knowledge and advice on how to work in partnership with a therapist and also to take responsibility for your own health and healing.
A section of the book looks at how food can keep you in pain or how it can be anti inflammatory. It includes three different Nutritional protocols to aid promote healing, repair and provide energy for recovery.
The "core nutritional healing protocol", explains why cutting out processed food, adding omega 3 fatty acids add photo-nutrients can help decrease inflammation. Then for more difficult cases the "Gut healing protocol" will help show you why eliminating food culprits that can cause inflammation and pain (gluten, GMO's, sugar, dairy and eggs) can propel you on to greater healing. Last but not lease, for more chronic conditions that are resistant to improvement, it shows how a "ketogenic healing diet" (consuming more good fats, eliminating grains, legumes and starchy carbs) can help with even the most difficult of cases.
The book weighs up the benefits of movement for healing and explores resistance training, HIIT (High intensity interval training). It also looks at how pain can be changed/eradicated by looking at thoughts and beliefs about pain and by rewiring the brain (with such techniques as Graded motor imagery, visualization and healing intention).
2) "The Healing pain podcast by Dr Joe Tatta
On which he interviews expert guests on the cutting edge of pain science and treatment. His guest come from many and varied disciplines of pain medicine, Physiotherapy/Physical therapy, Nutrition, Psychology, Personal development, Exercise and fitness (and many others). I highly recommend this to both practitioners and patients.
3) Greenmedinfo
A repository of abstracts and articles on all natural health related research. You can look here for ones related to pain:-
http://www.greenmedinfo.com/search/google-cse#gsc.q=pain
4) Dr Mark Hyman.com
Website contains various programs, articles, recipes and podcasts on healthy living and healing. Go here to check out one on pain :- https://drhyman.com/blog/2010/04/20/natures-ibuprofen-pain-relief-from-within/
5) Dr Josh Axe
https://draxe.com/
Contains an A-Z of conditions, symptoms and natural treatment options and remedies.
If you love healthy eating it provides an abundance of recipes and nutritional information on a variety of foods. This web site also contains information on anatomy, exercises, fitness and natural treatment options for common injuries.
6) Pub Med.gov
...if you want to sink your teeth in to some more in depth articles, abstracts and research publications on practically any health related topic.
7) Natural Medicine Journal
This is the official Journal of the American Assocaition of Naturopathic Physicians
https://www.naturalmedicinejournal.com/blog-tags/pain
....Just a few to explore for the time being!
Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Until next time...
Jx
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