Back on Track : A Survival Guide for People with Chronic Back Pain

by Kristi Pierce, Jeanie O'keeffe (Editor), Diana Loomis (Photographer)

Overview

Do you have chronic back pain?! Have you tried everything from drugs to surgery to salamander juice?! It's time to get your "back on track!" This book is a comprehensive, self-help book designed to assist individuals with chronic back pain regain control of their lives, through non-surgical techniques. It addresses the physical, psychological and social challenges facing chronic pain patients in humorous, anecdotal, layman language. Back on Track offers hope, empathic understanding, and concrete guidance by the author, a chronic pain sufferer for over 30 years. Most importantly, Back on Track provides a realistic plan to resume a productive life, from someone who's "been there."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012458865
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/03/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	132
File size:	88 KB

About the Author

Dr Kristi Pierce, PsyD, is an Air Force veteran, medically retired after two back surgeries failed to provide long-term relief. She returned to school and obtained a Doctorate Degree in Clinical Psychology, with a focus on chronic pain management.
After enduring a third back surgery, followed by breast cancer treatment (She was diagnosed just two days before her daughter was born!), Dr Pierce took her "survivor" mentality, humor, positive attitude, and personal and professional experiences, culminating in Back on Track: A Survival Guide for People with Chronic Back Pain.

A native of the Pacific Northwest, she currently resides in Oregon where she is raising her two teens.