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Abstract
Pain is the single most common reason for patients to consult a CAM practitioner. This essential new book provides concise evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in relation to pain. Each section has a clear and accessible design to enable quick decision-making, and includes an analysis of the most up-to-date research available.
- Provides a single authoritative reference source on CAM for pain for healthcare professionals
- Takes a systematic and evidence-based approach
- Offers concise information on CAM diagnostic methods and treatments for pain
- Summarises clinical trial data on the effectiveness of CAM for specific areas of pain
- Alerts readers to areas where CAM may present risks
- Weighs the benefits and risks of each CAM treatment in relation to pain
- Includes CD-ROM for easy searching of the text
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Complementary Therapies for Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Approach | iii | ||
| Copyright Page | iv | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Contributors | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | viii | ||
| Foreword | ix | ||
| Preface | xi | ||
| Glossary | xv | ||
| DEFINITIONS OF GENERAL TERMS | xv | ||
| ABBREVIATIONS OF FREQUENTLY USED TERMS | xv | ||
| DEFINITIONS OF PAIN TERMS | xvi | ||
| PATIENTS’ LANGUAGE OF PAIN | xvii | ||
| SECTION 1: Using the book | 1 | ||
| THE BOOK AT A GLANCE | 2 | ||
| METHODS | 2 | ||
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 5 | ||
| BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MAIN REFERENCE SOURCES | 15 | ||
| SECTION 2: General topics | 19 | ||
| COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – AN OVERVIEW | 20 | ||
| THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PAIN | 34 | ||
| MEASUREMENT OF PAIN | 37 | ||
| CURRENT MEDICAL CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 46 | ||
| PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 51 | ||
| ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 56 | ||
| ANTHROPOSOPHIC CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 57 | ||
| AYURVEDIC CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 61 | ||
| CONCEPTS OF PAIN IN SPIRITUAL HEALING | 65 | ||
| CONCEPTS OF PAIN IN HOMEOPATHY | 70 | ||
| NATUROPATHIC CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 77 | ||
| OSTEOPATHIC CONCEPTS OF PAIN | 84 | ||
| CONCEPTS OF PAIN IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE | 91 | ||
| SECTION 3: Therapies | 95 | ||
| ACUPUNCTURE | 96 | ||
| ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE | 102 | ||
| AROMATHERAPY | 103 | ||
| AUTOGENIC TRAINING | 106 | ||
| AYURVEDA | 108 | ||
| BIOFEEDBACK | 110 | ||
| CHIROPRACTIC | 112 | ||
| CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY | 116 | ||
| FELDENKRAIS | 119 | ||
| HERBALISM | 120 | ||
| HOMEOPATHY | 124 | ||
| HYDROTHERAPY AND BALNEOTHERAPY | 126 | ||
| HYPNOTHERAPY | 130 | ||
| IMAGERY | 132 | ||
| KINESIOLOGY | 135 | ||
| MASSAGE | 137 | ||
| MEDITATION | 140 | ||
| MUSIC THERAPY | 142 | ||
| NATUROPATHY | 146 | ||
| NEURAL THERAPY | 148 | ||
| OSTEOPATHY | 150 | ||
| QIGONG | 152 | ||
| REFLEXOLOGY | 155 | ||
| RELAXATION THERAPY | 158 | ||
| SHIATSU | 160 | ||
| SPIRITUAL HEALING | 162 | ||
| STATIC MAGNETS | 164 | ||
| TAI CHI | 167 | ||
| YOGA | 169 | ||
| SECTION 4: Medicines | 175 | ||
| ARNICA | 176 | ||
| AVOCADO/SOYBEAN UNSAPONIFIABLES | 178 | ||
| CANNABIS | 179 | ||
| CAT’S CLAW | 182 | ||
| CHILLI | 184 | ||
| CHONDROITIN | 186 | ||
| COMFREY | 188 | ||
| DEVIL’S CLAW | 190 | ||
| EVENING PRIMROSE | 191 | ||
| FEVERFEW | 194 | ||
| GINGER | 195 | ||
| GLUCOSAMINE | 197 | ||
| GREEN-LIPPED MUSSEL | 199 | ||
| HORSE CHESTNUT | 201 | ||
| INDIAN FRANKINCENSE | 202 | ||
| LAVENDER | 204 | ||
| LEECHES | 206 | ||
| NETTLE | 207 | ||
| PEPPERMINT | 209 | ||
| RED CLOVER | 211 | ||
| S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE (SAM-E) | 212 | ||
| SHARK CARTILAGE | 214 | ||
| WILLOW | 216 | ||
| SECTION 5: Pain syndromes | 221 | ||
| ABDOMINAL PAIN | 222 | ||
| ANGINA PECTORIS | 226 | ||
| BACK PAIN | 230 | ||
| BURN PAIN | 235 | ||
| CANCER PAIN | 238 | ||
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | 242 | ||
| COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME | 245 | ||
| DENTAL PAIN | 246 | ||
| DEPRESSION | 248 | ||
| DYSMENORRHOEA | 255 | ||
| FIBROMYALGIA | 258 | ||
| HEADACHE | 263 | ||
| LABOUR PAIN | 269 | ||
| MASTALGIA | 273 | ||
| MIGRAINE | 275 | ||
| MINOR TRAUMA | 281 | ||
| MYOFASCIAL PAIN | 283 | ||
| NECK PAIN | 286 | ||
| NEUROPATHIC/NEURALGIC PAIN | 289 | ||
| OSTEOARTHRITIS | 292 | ||
| OTITIS MEDIA | 301 | ||
| PERI-OPERATIVE PAIN | 303 | ||
| PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASE | 308 | ||
| PROCEDURAL PAIN | 312 | ||
| RAYNAUD’S PHENOMENON | 315 | ||
| RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS | 317 | ||
| SHOULDER PAIN | 325 | ||
| TENNIS ELBOW | 327 | ||
| SECTION 6: Useful resources for pain management | 337 | ||
| USEFUL RESOURCES FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT | 338 | ||
| POSTSCRIPT | 340 | ||
| Index | 341 |