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For patients with chronic pain, a guide to understanding their condition, the medical system's traditional treatments, and what other choices they have.
Are you suffering from chronic pain? Do you feel that everyone, including your physician, thinks you are crazy? Are your loved ones and friends tired of hearing you complain? Are you becoming more depressed and anxious because of your pain? Do you find that you are isolating yourself from others? Are you sick of taking pain medications? Do you question whether injections or surgery are right for you? Is the medical system frustrating you or letting you down? Are you searching for a better way to address your pain?
Answering yes to any of these questions means you are part of the very serious pain epidemic in our society. You are not alone! Millions are suffering. The United States is the most advanced society in the world; yet, the majority of pain medications, procedures, and surgeries are not solving this rampant problem.
Paindemic will open your eyes to what you should know. Too many unnecessary and risky interventions are being done with little benefit and at great expense. It's time to gain a better perspective to guide you down a more rational path to address and improve chronic pain—even low back pain. Ignorance is not bliss. What you don't know about your pain could hurt you.
"A brutally honest portrayal of our current sick care medical model. No other book gives you such an in-depth and thought-provoking overview of how pain should be assessed and treated. Dr. Cady has truly outdone herself!"—Jamie L. Guyden, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician
Are you suffering from chronic pain? Do you feel that everyone, including your physician, thinks you are crazy? Are your loved ones and friends tired of hearing you complain? Are you becoming more depressed and anxious because of your pain? Do you find that you are isolating yourself from others? Are you sick of taking pain medications? Do you question whether injections or surgery are right for you? Is the medical system frustrating you or letting you down? Are you searching for a better way to address your pain?
Answering yes to any of these questions means you are part of the very serious pain epidemic in our society. You are not alone! Millions are suffering. The United States is the most advanced society in the world; yet, the majority of pain medications, procedures, and surgeries are not solving this rampant problem.
Paindemic will open your eyes to what you should know. Too many unnecessary and risky interventions are being done with little benefit and at great expense. It's time to gain a better perspective to guide you down a more rational path to address and improve chronic pain—even low back pain. Ignorance is not bliss. What you don't know about your pain could hurt you.
"A brutally honest portrayal of our current sick care medical model. No other book gives you such an in-depth and thought-provoking overview of how pain should be assessed and treated. Dr. Cady has truly outdone herself!"—Jamie L. Guyden, MD, Integrative Medicine Physician
For patients with chronic pain, a guide to understanding their condition, the medical system's traditional treatments, and what other choices they have.
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About the author
Melissa Cady, D.O., an osteopathic physician certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, mentors students, writes health-related articles, and speaks for local groups and conferences. Dr. Cady can relate to her own subject matter, as she has endured and managed her own chronic pain. Her strong desire to overcome it has made Dr. Cady a passionate patient advocate for optimizing health through alternative means while minimizing excessive and unnecessary medical interventions.
Melissa Cady, D.O., an osteopathic physician certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology, mentors students, writes health-related articles, and speaks for local groups and conferences. Dr. Cady can relate to her own subject matter, as she has endured and managed her own chronic pain. Her st...
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