You can conquer pain : break the pain cycle and regain control of your life / Leon Chaitow.

-- Understanding Your Pain -- The Pain Experience -- Meet the Nervous System -- Central Sensitization -- Central Habituation -- The Stress Effect -- Help Your Body to Help Itself -- Inflammation is Good for You -- The Path to Recovery -- Keeping a Pain Journal -- Positive Attitudes -- Turning the Mental Key -- Exercise: Unlock Your Potential -- Family Resilience -- Mind Over Matter -- Affirmations -- Making It Happen -- Finding Peace -- Healing Touch -- Complementary Therapies -- Energy and Harmony -- Types of Pain -- Common Pains -- A Pain-by-Pain Directory.

In this important and accessible book, registered osteopath and naturopath Leon Chaitow outlines natural approaches to pain relief, featuring both tried and tested methods and the latest ground-breaking research - including the role played by fascia in the experience of pain and breakthrough mind-body techniques. The author begins by explaining the nature of pain and why it is that the more you understand about it, the greater your ability to control it. He then goes on to outline key pain relief approaches including meditation, hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, light and colour.