Book Notes for Pain Free 1-2-3

This section provides notes associated with Dr. T's book, Pain Free 1-2-3.

Overview (Click a Topic to Enter Chapter)

Appendix A: Summary and Flowcharts for Quickly Evaluating Your Pain and Determining How to Treat It

• Section 2: Neuropathic Pain
• Section 3: Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Section 4: Arthritis
• Section 5: Inflammatory Pain
• Section 6: Osteoporosis and Bone Pain/Fractures
• Section 7: Cancer Pain
• Section 8: Headaches
• Section 9: Back Pain
• Section 10: Indigestion and Digestive Enzymes
• Section 11: Spastic Colon
• Section 12: Non Cardiac Chest Pain
• Section 13: Pelvic Pain
• Section 14: Wrist, Hand, Shoulder, Leg, and Foot Pains
• Section 15: Natural Therapies
• Section 16: Prescription Therapies
• Section 17: Prolotherapy
• Section 18: Sexual Dysfunction, Depression, Mind-Body Aspects of Pain
• Section 19: Eliminating the Weight Gain

Chapter 2: Giving Your Body What It Needs to Heal Your Pain

• Optimizing Nutritional Support
• Sleep: The Foundation of Pain Relief
• Treating Hormonal Deficiencies

Chapter 3: Eliminating the Causes and Triggers of Your Pain

• Managing Infections

Part II Evaluating and Treating Common Types of Pain-Pain Pathways

• The Biochemistry of Pain

Chapter 4: Focusing on Nerve Pain

• Types and Causes of Neuropathic (Nerve) Pain
• Treating Neuropathic Pain
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) & CRPS

Chapter 5: When Inflammation Leads to Pain

• What Mediates Inflammation?
• Arthritis Pain

Chapter 6: Focusing on Muscle and Bone Pain

• Myofascial and Fibromyalgia Pain
• Treating Osteoporosis and Bone Pain

Chapter 7: It's Not All in Your Head: Treating Headaches and Facial Pain

• Finding Relief from Tension Headaches
• Getting Rid of Migraines
• Other Common Severe Headaches

Chapter 9: Pelvic Pain Syndromes

• Menstrual Cramps, Vulvadynia, Interstitial Cystitis, Endometriosis, and Prostadynia

Chapter 11: Natural Therapies

Chapter 12: Other Modalities- Prolotherapy and Acupuncture

• Prolotherapy: An Orphaned Medical Intervention Repairing Connective Tissue Weakness to Resolve Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
• What is Prolotherapy?
• Connective Tissue Weakness, Myofascial Pain, Arthritis, and Referred Pain
• Studies Supporting Prolotherapy
• Guidelines for Determining Whether Prolotherapy May Be Useful
• Specific Regions Benefiting from Prolotherapy
• Adopting the Orphaned Medical Intervention
• Traditional Chinese Medicine—Acupuncture for Coordinated Wellness-Care

Chapter 13: Prescription Therapies—We’re Way Past Aspirin!

• Treatment Protocol for Pain

Appendix E: Why Physicians Do Not Focus on Pain Medicine

Appendix F: Myers Cocktail