02941cam a2200313 i 4500 520937803 TxAuBib 20211201120000.0 200430s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020020094 9780593086834 HRD 27.00 059308683X HRD 27.00 TxAuBib rda Gordon, Alan, (Psychotherapist.) The way out [BOOK] : a revolutionary, scientifically proven approach to healing chronic pain / Alan Gordon and Alon Ziv. New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2021. xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-202) and index. This kid's brain could change the world -- Pain is a danger signal -- Nothing to fear but fear itself -- Embracing a new perspective -- Somatic tracking -- The process -- Breaking the high-alert habit -- Getting good at feeling good -- Relapses, resilience, and recovery -- Postscript: The state of healthcare and the opioid crisis. Chronic pain is an epidemic. Fifty million Americans struggle with back pain, headaches, or some other pain that resists all treatment. Desperate pain sufferers are told again and again that there is no cure for chronic pain. Alan Gordon, a psychotherapist and the founder of the Pain Psychology Center in Los Angeles, was in grad school when he started experiencing chronic pain and it completely derailed his life. He saw multiple doctors and received many diagnoses, but none of the medical treatments helped. Frustrated with conventional pain management, he developed Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a mind-body protocol that eliminated his own chronic pain and has transformed the lives of thousands of his patients. PRT is rooted in neuroscience, which has shown that while chronic pain feels like it's coming from the body, in most cases it's generated by misfiring pain circuits in the brain. PRT is a system of psychological techniques that rewires the brain to break out of the cycle of chronic pain. The University of Colorado-Boulder recently conducted a large randomized controlled study on PRT, and the results are remarkable. By the end of the study, the majority of patients were pain-free or nearly pain-free. What's more, these dramatic changes held up over time. The Way Out brings PRT to readers. It combines accessible science with a concrete, step-by-step plan to teach sufferers how to heal their own chronic pain. Provided by publisher. 20211201. Chronic pain Alternative treatment. Pain Psychological aspects. Mind and body therapies. Ziv, Alon, author.