Why does it still hurt? : how the power of knowledge can overcome chronic pain /
by Biegler, Paul.
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BookPublisher: London : Scribe UK, 2023Description: 304 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781914484155 (pbk.) :; 1914484150 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 616.0472 BIESubject(s): Chronic pain -- Treatment -- Popular works | Chronic pain -- Psychological aspects -- Popular works | Health and Fitness | Health and Wellbeing | Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology | Clinical & internal medicine | Pain & pain management | Popular science | NeurosciencesSummary: Almost half of adults in the UK suffer from chronic pain. Yet this is often unrelated to any physical injury. So why does it still hurt? Research over the last few decades shows that many of us are victims of a devilish trick of the nervous system: our brains prolong pain long after our bodies have healed from injury. This leads to hundreds of billions of pounds being spent each year on treatments that sometimes do nothing and sometimes make matters worse. Paul Biegler, a science journalist and former doctor who has been on his own pain journey, investigates the true source of chronic pain - our brain's so-called neuroplasticity - and emerging therapies that can rewire the brain and end suffering.
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Almost half of adults in the UK suffer from chronic pain. Yet this is often unrelated to any physical injury. So why does it still hurt? Research over the last few decades shows that many of us are victims of a devilish trick of the nervous system: our brains prolong pain long after our bodies have healed from injury. This leads to hundreds of billions of pounds being spent each year on treatments that sometimes do nothing and sometimes make matters worse. Paul Biegler, a science journalist and former doctor who has been on his own pain journey, investigates the true source of chronic pain - our brain's so-called neuroplasticity - and emerging therapies that can rewire the brain and end suffering.
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