The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life

If you suffer from chronic pain, this proven 10-step program brings hope and relief, showing you how gradual changes in specific behaviors can lead to great improvements in your ability to cope. Psychologists Turk and Winters' recommendations are based on solid research that shows what works and on their success with thousands of patients. Unlike the authors of other pain books, they promise no miracle cures, but they do help you learn "not to let your body push you around" so life becomes enjoyable again.

Workbook exercises, behavior logs, and suggested readings help you integrate these lessons into your daily life and learn to live well despite pain.

Dr. Dennis C. Turk has been involved in the assessment and treatment of people with various chronic pain conditions for over 25 years. He is the John and Emma Bonica Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Research and director of the Fibromyalgia Research Center at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Turk has published more than 380 articles and chapters in scholarly journals and books. In addition, he has written or edited 12 volumes on different aspects of pain and chronic illness including Health, Illness and Families; Handbook of Pain Assessment; and Bonica’s Management of Pain. He is an advisor to the National Fibromyalgia Association and the American Chronic Pain Association, both groups of people with chronic pain and their families. Dr. Turk is currently the president of the American Pain Society and editor-in-chief of The Clinical Journal of Pain.

Dr. Frits Winter is head of his own pain clinic near Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Dr Winter was president of the Dutch chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (1994–2002). He has been involved in pain management throughout his long academic career and is the author of several self-help books, including his best-selling book De Pijn de Baas (How to Beat Pain, 7th Edition). This book has become a standard resource in Dutch pain management programs. Dr. Winter is a teacher of postgraduate courses at the University of Groningen in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and has taught postgraduate courses at the University of Djakarta and Soerabaja in Indonesia.