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Manage your pain : practical and positive ways of adapting to chronic pain / Dr Michael Nicholas, Dr Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin, Lee Beeston ; forword by Charles Pither FRCA.

Sufferers of chronic pain learn how to adapt their lives and negotiate their discomfort with the techniques illustrated in this book. A wide range of approaches for managing persistent pain are described, offering chronic pain sufferers options that take into account the level of pain and lifestyle. Based on two highly successful multidisciplinary pain-management programs in the UK and Australia, the suggestions demonstrate awareness of current medical thinking and draw on the latest scientific research. For people who do not wish to rely on prescribed drugs, an integrated method is used, including physiotherapy and psychological techniques. This new edition is fully revised and updated to include a special chapter on pain management for the elderly, as well as clearly explaining the causes of pain and providing steps that anyone can take to minimize the impact of persistent pain on a sufferer's life, work, and leisure.
Author: Nicholas, Michael, 1951-
Revised, updated and expanded edition.
Published: London : Souvenir Press, 2011.
xiv, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm

Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 MIC - Available - 153743796

An introduction to coping with insomnia and sleep problems / Colin A. Espie.

Poor sleep can have a huge impact on our health and wellbeing, leaving us feeling run-down, exhausted, and stressed out. This self-help guide explains the causes of insomnia and why it is so difficult to break bad habits. This updated edition gives you clinically proven cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques for improving the quality of your sleep.
Author: Espie, Colin A.
2nd edition.
Published: London : Robinson, 2017.
ix, 77 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm

Gerrards Cross Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.849806 ESP - Available - 153754217

Pain is really strange / Steve Haines ; art by Sophie Standing.

'How can I change my pain experience?', 'what is pain?', 'how do nerves work?'. Answering these questions and more, this research-based book reveals just how strange pain is and how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects. With gentle humour, it explains pain in an easy-to-understand way and explores our remarkable ability to retrain the brain.
Author: Haines, Steve, 1966-
First edition.
Published: London : Singing Dragon, 2017.
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 HAI - Available - 153779191
Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 - Available - 153810746

Go your Crohn way : a gutsy guide to living with Crohn's disease / Kathleen Nicholls.

'Go Your Crohn Way' offers a frank account of life with Crohn's disease. Told with humour and honesty, Kathleen Nicholls' friendly understanding will help banish the feelings of isolation so often caused by chronic illness, and encourage you to be truly candid with the people who do need to know that you are not at all 'fine'.
Author: Nicholls, Kathleen D.
Published: London : Singing Dragon, 2016.
201 pages ; 20 cm

Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.196344 - Available - 153810827

How I rescued my brain : a psychologist's remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma / David Roland.

'How I Rescued My Brain' is the story of David Roland's neurological difficulties and his remarkable cognitive recovery. It is also an account of a journey to emotional health and wellbeing.
Author: Roland, David, 1958-
Published: Melbourne : Scribe, 2015.
vii, 290 pages ; 21 cm

Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.19681 ROL - Available - 15374747X

How to feel better / Dr Frances Goodhart and Lucy Atkins.

In days gone by, people understood that a knock to your health takes its toll on your emotions, your relationships, your morale, your 'spirit'. But these days, we think that if the doctor has waved you off, then you are 'better'. We neglect what scientific studies show is a vital element of recovery: the emotional side of getting better. As a result, many of us struggle with hidden issues such as depression, stress and anxiety long after a health crisis. This book centres on the crucial, research-based truth that 'getting better' is not just about the body - emotions play a huge part.
Author: Goodhart, Frances
Published: London : Piatkus, 2015.
280 pages ; 20 cm

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0019 GOO - Available - 153743759
Lt. Chalfont Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - 616.001 - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 28 Nov 2021) - 95100000276751
Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0019 - Available - 153810734

Type 2 diabetes in adults of all ages : how to become an expert on your own diabetes

This title shows the reader everything they need to know about type 2 diabetes. Topics covered include monitoring, medication, healthy eating, exercise, illness, smoking, travel, blood glucose levels, and managing hypogycaemia.
Author: Fox, Charles, 1942 July 10-
Second edition / by Charles Fox BM, FRCP, Anne Kilvert MD, FRCP.
Published: Bridgwater : Class Publishing, 2014.
xvii, 299 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
1 reserve

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.462 FOX - Onloan - Due: 10 May 2024 - 153754770
Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.462 FOX - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - 153754229

Self-management of long-term health conditions : a handbook for people with chronic disease / Kate Lorig, DrPH [and five others].

Filled with hundreds of proven tips, helpful suggestions and concrete strategies to deal with chronic illness, this book explains how to manage emotions and to live a productive life.
Author: Lorig, Kate
Third edition.
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Bull Publishing Company, [2014]
Published: ©2014
x, 358 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 28 cm
1 reserve

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.196044 LOR - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 153747420

Mindfulness for health : a practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing / Vidyamala Burch and Danny Penman ; foreword by Mark Williams.

'Mindfulness for Health' reveals a series of simple practices that you can incorporate into your daily life to significantly reduce pain, suffering and exhaustion. Clinical trials show that mindfulness is at least as effective as the most commonly prescribed painkillers such as Tramadol and codeine. A recent study demonstrated that it is more effective than morphine. This book shares the secrets of the mindfulness-based approaches to pain and illness therapy.
Author: Burch, Vidyamala
Published: London : Piatkus, 2013.
xix, 268 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm + 1 CD

Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 615.8528 BUR - Onloan - Due: 01 May 2024 - 15375939X
Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 615.8528 PEN - Multi-part item (Set: 10 Sep 2013) - 151591585

The heart attack survival guide / Mark Greener.

This title aims to help people at high risk prevent their first or subsequent heart attack as well as helping those who experience a heart attack get back to a normal life as soon as possible. It shows that by combining drugs and lifestyle changes can help you survive - and prevent - heart attacks.
Author: Greener, Mark
Published: London : Sheldon, 2012.
xv, 142 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Overcoming common problems series

Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.123 GRE - Available - 153867401
High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.123 GRE - Available - 153867287

Arthritis : a practical guide to getting on with your life / Dr. Chris Jenner.

This text helps readers manage arthritis by becoming an expert patient. It shows that much of the pain is unnecessary and focuses on the many ways in which arthritis can affect daily life before leading the reader through options available to relieve suffering.
Author: Jenner, Chris
First edition.
Published: Oxford : How To Books, 2011.
ix, 258 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm.
How To self-help guide

Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.722 JEN - Available - 066566364
Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.722 JEN - Available - 153761916
Wendover Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.722 JEN - Available - 153762185

Arthritis : exercise plans to improve your life / Paula Coates.

More than 10 million adults consult their GP each year with arthritis & related conditions. This book will show you how to include a simple fitness programme in your life, while considering the specific challenges raised by arthritis. You will soon see the improvements in your overall health and wellbeing.
Author: Coates, Paula
Published: London : A. & C. Black, 2010.
119 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
Exercise your way to health

Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.722062 - Available - 153831682

Living with angina / Tom Smith.

This book explains the symptoms of angina, and describes how the heart works, and how it can go wrong. The author looks at how lifestyle and diet can affect the risks of developing angina, and describes how treatments work.
Author: Smith, Tom, 1939-
2nd ed.
Published: London : Sheldon, 2009.
x, 118 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Overcoming common problems series

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.122 SMI - Available - 153867307

The selfish pig's guide to caring : how to cope with the emotional and practical aspects of caring for someone / Hugh Marriott ; illustrations by David Lock.

Six million people in the UK provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives or neighbours. Oddly, though they are by definition anything but selfish, they are prone to feelings of guilt, brought on by isolation and fatigue. This book explores what carers and others should know about caring.
Author: Marriott, Hugh
Published: London : Piatkus, 2009.
382 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.1023 - Available - 153810783

Overcoming chronic fatigue : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques / Mary Burgess with Trudie Chalder.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a seriously debilitating illness characterised by extreme exhaustion and severe flu-like symptoms. This text provides a breakthrough self-help treatment for this major health problem.
Author: Burgess, Mary
[New] ed.
Published: London : Robinson, 2009.
xii, 258 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0478 BUR - Reading Well: Books on prescription - Available - 151833739
Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0478 BUR - Available - 151833752
High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0478 BUR - Available - 153743735
Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0478 BUR - Available - 151833553

An introduction to coping with depression / Lee Brosnan, Brenda Hogan.

Depression affects thousands of people in the UK. Written by experienced practitioners, this booklet explains what depression is & how it makes you feel. It will help the reader to understand their symptoms & is ideal as an immediate coping strategy & as a preliminary to fuller therapy.
Author: Brosan, Lee
Published: London : Robinson, 2007.
32 p. ; 30 cm.

Beacon Villages Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.8527 - Adult non fiction / Reading Well: Books on prescription - Available - 062165531
Long Crendon Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.8527 - Adult non fiction / Reading Well: Books on prescription - Available - 062165449

The carer's handbook : essential information and support for all those in a caring role / Jane Matthews.

Jane Matthews gives valuable and comprehensive advice into the whole range of carer's situations, whether that involves shopping for a housebound neighbour, or giving up work to care full-time for a disabled child or confused parent.
Author: Matthews, Jane, 1956-
Second edition, revised and updated.
Published: Oxford : How To Books, 2007.
x, 182 pages ; 24 cm

Iver Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 362.0425 - Available - 153810795

Overcoming chronic pain : a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques / Frances Cole ... [et al.].

Helping readers to overcome longstanding and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical, this work provides a clinically proven self-help approach to pain management based on the authors' work with sufferers at Bradford Hospital.
Published: London : Robinson, 2005.
xiv, 270 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 COL - Onloan - Due: 30 Apr 2024 - 153743747
Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 COL - Reading Well: Books on prescription - Available - 151835020
Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 COL - Available - 151835150
Burnham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 COL - Available - 151834848
Stokenchurch Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.0472 COL - Available - 151834861