Integrative Pain Medicine: The Science And Practice Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine In Pain Management

E-Book Overview

This important book fills a need in the developing area of Pain Medicine, providing physicians with an up-to-date resource that would detail the current understanding about the basic science underlying the mechanism of action of the various CAM therapies used for pain, summarizing the clinical evidence both for efficacy and safety, and then end with practical guidelines about how such treatments could be successfully and safely integrated into a Pain practice.

E-Book Information

• Series: Contemporary Pain Medicine

• Year: 2,008

• Edition: 1

• Pages: 580

• Pages In File: 575

• Language: English

• Identifier: 978-1-58829-786-0,978-1-59745-344-8

• Doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-344-8

• Cleaned: 1

• Paginated: 1

• Org File Size: 82,292,615

• Extension: pdf

• Tags: Pain Medicine Neurology Rheumatology Internal Medicine Psychiatry Anesthesiology

• Toc: Front Matter....Pages I-XIVFront Matter....Pages 1-1Legal and Ethical Issues in Integrative Pain Management....Pages 3-16Front Matter....Pages 17-17Basic Mechanisms of Pain....Pages 19-61The Functional Neuroanatomy of Pain Perception....Pages 63-83Neuroimaging for the Evaluation of CAM Mechanisms....Pages 85-106Integrating Dry Needling with New Concepts of Myofascial Pain, Muscle Physiology, and Sensitization....Pages 107-121Potential Role of Fascia in Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain....Pages 123-132Biochemical and Nutritional Influences on Pain....Pages 133-172Exercise Testing and Training in Patients with (Chronic) Pain....Pages 173-191Front Matter....Pages 193-193Meditation and Chronic Pain....Pages 195-209Adjunctive Hypnotic Management of Acute Pain in Invasive Medical Interventions....Pages 211-224Energy-Based Therapies for Chronic Pain....Pages 225-241Tai Chi in Pain Medicine....Pages 243-258Yoga in Pain Management....Pages 259-284Contemporary Aquatic Therapy andPain Management....Pages 285-306Osteopathic Medicine in Chronic Pain....Pages 307-331Chiropractic Pain Management....Pages 333-351Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork in Integrative Pain Management....Pages 353-377Acupuncture in Pain Management....Pages 379-416Nutrition and Supplements for Pain Management....Pages 417-445Botanicals in the Management of Pain....Pages 447-470Front Matter....Pages 193-193Chinese Herbal Medicine for Pain....Pages 471-493Front Matter....Pages 495-495Integrative Pain Medicine Models....Pages 497-545Integrative Medicine....Pages 547-570Back Matter....Pages 571-579