If you missed last week’s webinar on Relieving Pain Through Laughter, the recording is now available. In addition, here is a list of resources for people living with chronic pain:

Books

  • Explain Pain, 2nd (2014) David Butler and G. Lorimer Moseley. NOI Publications.
  • Painful yarns, Metaphors & stories to help understand the biology of pain. (2012). G. Lorimer Moseley.
  • The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer. (2014). GL Moseley & DS Butler.
  • Your Fibromyalgia Workbook, A Neuroscience Approach to the Understanding and Treatment of Fibromyalgia. (2013). Adriaan Louw.   Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products.
  • Why Do I Hurt? A Patient Book about the Neuroscience of Pain. (2013). Adriaan Louw.  Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products.
  • Mindfulness for Beginners: Reclaiming the Present Moment and Your Life. (2011). Jon Kabat-Zin, Sounds True, Inc.
  • Managing Pain Before It Manages You, 4th (2016) Margaret A. Caudill.  Guilford Press (workbook).
  • The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques to Release Your Body’s Own Medicine.  Movement, Massage, Meditation, Breathing.  (2013). Roger Janke. HarperCollins Publishers.
  • The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide for You and Your Doctor. (2016). Ginevra Liptan, Ballantine Books.
  • Passage Meditation- A Complete Spiritual Practice: Train your Mind and Find a Life that Fulfills.  (2016).  Eknath Easwaran.  Nilgiri Press.
  • The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity.  (2015).  Norman Doidge.  Penguin Books.

National Pain Websites

  • The American Chronic Pain Association: theacpa.org
  • National Fibromyalgia Association: fmaware.org
  • Tame the Beast- educational site about pain. tamethebeast.org
  • The Arthritis Foundation: arthritis.org (includes link to local exercise classes for people with pain issues).
  • Recovery Strategies: Your Pain Guidebook. (Free guidebook available for download.) greglehman.ca

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