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Table of Contents
Validate Your Pain!
Exposing the Chronic Pain Cover-Up
Contents
Foreword
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xi
Introduction
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xiii
Acknowledgments
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xvii
The Authors
.....................................................................................................
xix
1 The
Power of Validation
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1
2 A Tale
of Chronic Pain
...................................................................................
11
3 Anatomy
of Pain 101
......................................................................................
21
4 The
Work-Up
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45
5 The
Doctors Know Best…Or Do They?
.......................................................... 63
6 "It’s
All in Your Head" and Other Popular Fairy Tales
....................................... 77
7 Narcotics
and the Fear of Addiction: Or Much Ado about Almost
Nothing ...... 109
8 Pain
Medications
............................................................................................
139
9 The
Psychology of Chronic Pain and Illness
.................................................... 185
10 Active
Physical Interventions
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213
11 Chiropractic
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239
12 Acupuncture
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247
13 Passive
Modalities
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253
14 Surgery
and Other Desperate Measures
....................................................... 273
15 The
Managed Care Experiment
.................................................................... 303
16 The
Doctor’s Dilemma
.................................................................................
329
17 Stacking
the Deck in Your Favor
................................................................. 335
Appendix A: Checklist for High-Quality Pain Care
............................................ 357
Appendix B: Exercise Progress Record
............................................................ 359
Appendix C: Other Surgical Interventions
......................................................... 363
Appendix D: References
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373
Index
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377
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