Preface: Understanding that I Don't Understand.; 1. A Deeper Understanding.; 2. Alarms and Fires and Alarms Without Fires.; 3. That Which Can be Known, But Not Seen.; 4. Nocere.; 5. Modulation.; 6. Central Sensitization.; 7. When the System Goes Awry: Sensitization.; 8. Meaning and Context.; 9. Attention.; 10. Fear. Memory and Pain. Fear and Hypervigilance. Fear of Movement. Diagnosis and Fear.; 11. Placebo.; 12. Trigger Points.; 13. Phantom Limb.; 14. Social Support.; 15. Fibromyalgia.; 16. The Pendulum. Index.
Description
Douglas Nelson's book The Mystery of Pain is a compassionate work from the heart, very important for anyone who wishes to understand healing and to be healed. In this book, we are assisted with deep empathy to open doors to explore this mystery of pain in multiple dimensions. It's a lifelong journey to acknowledge this awareness, one of the universal noble truths we must learn to embrace. Thank you, Douglas, for your compassionate and learned guidance.