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Guide to Healing Chronic Pain A Holistic Approach by Karen Kan, MD About the Author: Karen Kan, MD is a holistic medical physician and medical acupuncturist with an office in Lake Placid, New York. She empowers and trains thousands of people across the globe how to live happier, healthier lives through her teleseminars and webinars. She also conducts private consultations through telephone and web. To contact her, visit: www.KarenKan.com All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including scanning, copying, photographing, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Copyright © Karen Kan 2013 Free Tips and Training… Thank you for downloading my book. Please kindly REVIEW this book on Amazon. Let me know how it helped you. I need your feedback to make the next version better. Thanks! Subscribe to receive additional holistic health tips, instructional videos mentioned in this book, and a free copy of my Advanced Brain Balancing Protocol for Stress and Pain Relief: http://www.KarenKan.com/bookbonus Dedication To my mom, whose health challenges inspired me to become a healer and dedicate my life to helping others. Her belief in me has fueled my dreams. To my dad, who encouraged me not to give up on science in high school despite my first miserable year. Because of the compassionate way he counseled me, I took another year of science and fell in love with it. If it wasn’t for him, I would never have become a doctor. To my patients, whose lives have touched me in ways that have opened my heart. Lastly, to my dear partner, James, whose unwavering love and support has made it possible for me to do what I love. Disclaimer The purpose of this book is to empower people to heal their chronic pain without the use of drugs or surgery. The information in this book represents the personal observations, research, and experiences of Dr. Karen Kan. You, the reader, must take 100% responsibility for your own health, physically, emotionally and mentally. This book is not intended to be a substitute for the services of a qualified health care professional. Neither the author nor the publisher is responsible for any consequences incurred by those employing the treatments or remedies discussed or taught in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following pages is at the reader’s discretion and is his or her sole responsibility. The information contained in this book is intended for personal use and should not be considered professional training. No representation contained in these materials in intended as medical advice and should not be used for the diagnosis or medical treatment of diseases. The stories in this book are all true, but the names have been changed in most circumstances to protect privacy. Table of Contents Free Tips and Training… Dedication Disclaimer Foreword Preface 1 How to Use this Book Section A: Understanding Your Pain 2 How People Experience Pain 3 Causes of Pain - Eastern Perspective 4 Causes of Pain – Western Perspective 5 Causes of Pain-Spiritual Perspective Section B: Your Mind - Harness Your Internal Healer 6 Balance Your Brain 7 Change Your Mind 8 Harness the Law of Attraction 9 Clear Emotional Baggage 10 Meditation and Mindfulness Section C: Your Body - Supporting Your Body’s Self-Healing Mechanism 11 Acupuncture without Needles 12 Get Grounded! 13 Magnesium Miracles 14 Food Sensitivities and Pain 15 Healing Through Hydration 16 Heal the Gut 17 Reduce EMF Stress 18 Eat Well. Feel Great. 19 Move the Body – Move the Qi 20 Sleep Well to Heal Well Section D: Your Spirit: Healing Through Your Higher Self 21 Why Reconnect with Spirit? 22 Does Pain Serve a Purpose? 23 Self-Acceptance 24 The Gift of Being Present 25 BodyWisdomTM 26 Everything Happens for a Reason 27 Forgiveness 28 Intuition in Healing Section E: Getting Support 29 Assemble Your Support Team 30 Other Healing Modalities Final Words Foreword During my neurosurgical residence at Massachusetts General Hospital, I was appalled that the methods of choice for helping patients with chronic pain included cutting the front half of the spinal cord or destroying the frontal lobes (lobotomy). This had been the preferred approach for over 30 years. I discovered that cordotomy, cutting the front half of the spinal cord, had a complication rate of 130%: 100% of the patients would never have another sexual orgasm 10% would become paralyzed on one side of the body 10% would lose bladder and bowel control 10% would develop a new pain far worse than their original problem - post-cordotomy syndrome - for which there was no treatment! And lobotomy destroyed the personality forever! The only other approach, narcotics and tranquilizers, destroyed the personality almost as much as lobotomy. Shealy, C.N., Borgmeyer, V. and Thomlinson, P. (2004) Reduction of free radicals by electrical stimulation of specific acupuncture points. Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 251-259 As I finished my residency and joined the faculty at Western Reserve Medical School, I dreamed of finding a non-destructive approach to chronic pain. Over a three year period I proved my theory that we could control pain by stimulating the dorsal columns of the spinal cord (DCS), the back part, and later by electrically stimulating various areas on the skin - Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, TENS. Both are now used worldwide. Although DCS certainly can be considered in difficult cases, I quickly decided that even though it carries a small surgical risk, it should be undertaken ONLY in extreme circumstances. I knew very early that patients with extreme anxiety and depression, often worsened by narcotics and tranquilizers, were not candidates for another surgical procedure. I ruled out 94% of the 400 patients sent to me each year for DCS! In 1971, I started a Behavioral Modification program for Pain Rehabilitation. Within a year, I had a 75% success rate in the first 400 patients. I then learned about Autogenic Training and Biofeedback, incorporated them into the program, and soon achieved an 85% success rate in patients who had failed every known conventional approach. This program led me in 1978 to found the American Holistic Medical Association, joined within two years by the American Holistic Nurses Association. Over the years I treated well over 30,000 chronic pain patients, using the broadest possible holistic approach, with an ongoing success rate of 85%. The major reason for developing Holism was to reincorporate the Spiritual component to healing. Three hundred years ago, “Science” rejected everything spiritual and most things emotional! Fortunately in the 1960’s, Humanistic Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology opened the door to reintroduce the critical role of all things Spiritual. I am delighted to recommend Dr. Karen Kan’s Holistic approach to help you achieve pain relief, safely and efficiently! We have come a long way and this book offers you the benefits of our last fifty years of scientific progress, the return of common sense and the role of Spirit in our essential well-being. C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D. President, Holos Institutes of Health Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine President Emeritus Holos University Graduate Seminary www.normshealy.com www.holosuniversity.org
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