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