I bought this book for my son who is a Chiropractor. He uses it to show his patients where their particular problem is located in the illustrations. They love it and so does he.

Excellent reading and you can understand the description at the average reader.Pictures are entertaining and funny too. Again, for many levels of readers.

This is an informative and easily read book for anyone who has pain of an ongoing nature or knows someone who does. It has helped turn my life around!

I have lived with pain for 8 years but this book was only recently recommended to me by a physiatrist. No one before had ever mentioned it to me. I can only guess that this is because not enough professionals or patients know about this fantastic, thought-provoking, and healing book. I say healing because going through the medical system as a chronic pain patient is not easy. Instead of blaming the patient, these authors provide much needed understanding and support. Even better, this book takes complex and scientific information and turns it into a very readable but still totally enlightening experience. It really will explain your pain. Hopefully, by understanding pain better, we will be better able to cope with it. Sincerely, ourchronicpain.com

I have only read thirty pages so far, but I find the book very interesting. It contains many day to day exsamples of experiences that people (not only health professionals) can identify themselves with. It is also easy to read. I will keep on reading with interest!

AWESOME book. If you have chronic pain this is the book that explains how to get a handle on your pain by resetting your brains reaction to pain. Unbelievably helpful! I highly recommend this book. Since reading it and going to Pain classes on this book just once and I no longer spend my days in bed in pain. I am back to gardening, driving, and doing the housework. Gotta love a good thing!!

my title says it all. the most common question i get is "why does it hurt?" with this book, i can finally give my patients an evidence based answer.

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As a health professional who works mostly with clients with chronic pain, I LOVE this book. It is jargon-free and has some lovely, quirky illustrations that are quite useful. Most of my case load are able to take in some of the information. I know I've used my knowledge of pain whenever I've had injuries as well. It's not a book for health practitioners who want an academic text, it's a book to be used by anyone - and it does it's job brilliantly.I have also attended training put on by David Butler, the author. He's a fantastic speaker, very quirky and has some really hilarious anecdotes. He's a wonderful educator. I wish more people (especially health professionals!) were able to be educated about pain using the approach that David uses and educated their clients similarly. I hear so many stories from my clients about times they've been essentially dismissed with the phrase, 'it's all in your head' as though this means they've fabricated their pain or are crazy when neither are true. The approach in Explain Pain couldn't be further from this. It acknowledges that pain is very much real, whilst also explaining the neurophysiology behind it. A much better approach, and a better way of empowering people to be able to manage their pain through understanding it.

I am a physical therapist. I've recommended this book to patients with chronic pain and co-workers. It helps the patient feel validated. It increases healthcare provider's understanding, and it provides hope. One of the main premises of the book is - if you understand pain, you can learn to control it better. Reads more like a textbook than self-help book, which I really like.

If my doctors had told me just one tenth of what this book explains so lucidly, I believe my back pain could have been drastically improved many years ago. "Explain Pain" is really well written, very informative, beautifully illustrated and ... even funny. Simply put, it's complete course in understanding how pain works and how you can improve your pain situation. The book is way more expensive than other pain management books, and I pondered a while before ordering because of the price. But compared to what my pain costs financially in treatment, medication, complementary therapies ++ it's really not a lot of money. Actually, I believe this was a great investment. The day after I started reading "Explain Pain" I had a major pain flare, which I managed to stop without medication, simply using the stuff I learned from the book.

This book conveys a recent, surprising update on chronic injury-related pain. It convinces you that pain can assume a life of its own long after the original injury has healed or been resolved. A complex of nervous, inflammatory and endocrine systems, which emerged in response to the injury, continues sui generis to make you miserable.The authors adduce much information from psychology and neuroscience that leads to key conclusions. The approach to pain relief should change after a while from analgesics and passive physiotherapy to an adaptive program of gradually return to normal activity. This means systematic increase in negotiating pain-making movements while disregarding temporary pain increases. You have to try doing things that make symptoms worse for a bit. Shying away from challenges simply fixes expectations that you will remain hurt and invalided. A list of high quality references from peer-reviewed medical literature backs up the text.The book's content is presented on big, wide pages of jargon-free text and apealing illustrations, all packaged in a ring binder and cover flap that lets you keep your place easily while consulting cross-references elsewhere in the book that reinforce the current message. Brief reviews at the ends of chapters also boost memory.There are good reasons why this unusual book commands its premium price.

This is such a worthwhile investment if you're dealing with patients in pain. Written in a readable format, this is the product of highly qualified specialists in the field, and helps to clarify many of the more esoteric components of this complex subject.Explain Pain

I made the mistake of trying to read "Explain Pain" like a novel; it's not! Reading the book slowly & thoughtfully in small sections is best. There is a wealth of information here presented in a humorous and palatable way. Lots of good tips. Loads of insight I never would have been able to discern on my own. My life has improved because of this book.

This book is super easy to read and provides all the information needed for the pain sufferer,their family and carers in plain format in a simple unbiased way.The cartoons are fantastic and add a needed touch of light hearted humour.It is just as helpful for medical professionals.It is good to have in the book case to reread in part or whole as the need arises.

This book will help people living with pain learn how to deal with it in a non- traditional wholistic way. I highly recommend this book. Thank you.

I've been dealing with Chronic Pain for nearly a year and have been in physical therapy just as long. I've read every article I could find on the internet associated with Chronic Pain including those related to both the physical and emotional states you go through.This book, Explain Pain, was far and away the most helpful in crystallizing my experience and filling in the gaps that Doctors don't take the time to explain to you. Once you understand how pain works - the pain is less powerful.Every Physical Therapist (PT) should incorporate this book into their chronic pain patient's regiment. Your PT should also take the time to discuss it with you. Just as important - you need to communicate with your PT as to what is going on with you physically and what is running through your mind. You have to be a team.Another book I found very helpful is Anxiety, Depression and Anger: In Pain. These two books compliment each other well. Together they helped me to better understand chronic pain; how it impacts me; and they empowered me to deal with chronic pain head on and ultimately independently.Anxiety, Depression, and Anger in Pain: Research Findings and Clinical Options

This is the most important text for rehabilitation teachers, practioners, and patients with chronic pain to read and understand. Many chronic pain patients are stuck in the traditional pain management mode of the medical and alternative systems of care. This text is scientifically sound and referenced but most important it represents an algorithm or pathway to recovery. Its philosophy is straight forward and when applied it represents a way to understand how pain controls your life and what patients/clients need to know and do to recover function. The orchestra (brain) has to play a different tune and modify its structure and function to modulate pain and restore life's activities.

Excellent resource for clinicians and patientsEasy to read & understand. An enlightening guidefor all who work with chronic pain sufferers.

I purchased this book for class and I thought it was too pricey for a non-text book. Overall, this book is very easy to read and easy to understand. It is written for everyone, especially those who would like to understand why pain occurs and for health professionals to help them explain pain to their patients in a nontechnical way. This book is entertaining and the pictures are interesting, somewhat helpful. I recommend this book to those who want a basic understanding of why chronic pain exists.