Pain Self-Management Resources
Books
- Managing Pain Before it Manages You – Margaret Caudill
- Full Catastrophe Living – Jon Kabat-Zinn
- The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life – Dennis Turk
- Back In Control – David Hanscom
- Feeling Good – David Burns
- The Divided Mind – John Sarno
- It Starts With Food – Dallas and Melissa Hartwig
- Back Mechanic – Stuart McGill
- Treat Your Own Back / Treat Your Own Neck - Robin McKenzie
- Foundation - Eric Goodman
- Dopamine Nation / Dopamine Nation Workbook - Anna Lembke
Online/Digital Media
- Dr. David Hanscom website (free readings and audio) https://backincontrol.com/
- Dr. David Burns Feeling Good https://feelinggood.com/
- Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn - Mindfulness Meditation for Pain Relief https://jonkabat-zinn.com/
- Dr. Eric Goodman Foundation Training, www.foundationtraining.com
- Maximizing Dopamine (YouTube video) https://youtu.be/ha1ZbJIW1f8?si=GxWS3-xvnfNJjPQ1
- Dopamine Detox (YouTube video) https://youtu.be/9QiE-M1LrZk?si=UQTnCCfoY9V3rDoI
- Sit and Be Fit (YouTube channel) https://www.youtube.com/sitandbefittvshow
- Try searching these terms online, on YouTube, on podcast services, or in your app store. There are many free sources of education in self-management strategies that you may find beneficial: cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, tapping therapy, chronic pain, stress, insomnia, etc.
Local Community Resources
Warm Water Pools
- Gaenslen School - 1250 E Burleigh 53212 – (414) 647-3838 (MPS recreation dept – aquatics supervisor) http://www.milwaukeerecreation.net/gaenslen/
- Morse-Marshall School – 4141 N 64th Street – (414) 647-3838 (MPS rec dept – aquatics supervisor) http://www.milwaukeerecreation.net/morse-marshall/index.htm
Support Groups/Communities
- Chronic Health and Pain Group – West Allis, WI – contact: Bob Rockey, LCSW (414)312-5531
- Chronic Pain Support Group – Ozaukee County, WI (by referral)
- American Chronic Pain Association Support Groups – 800-533-3231 or ACPA@theacpa.org