Women and Pain: Why it Hurts and What You Can Do

By Mark Allen Young, Karen Baar, M.D. Young, Mark Allen

Book Overview

In Women and Pain, Dr. Mark Young shows readers how to finally end their chronic, agonizing pain. Most women -- and indeed, many health care professionals -- dont know that: --Women often exhibit different symptoms than men for the same ailments; for instance, with coronary artery disease, where men typically feel chest pain but women more frequently report pain in the back, neck and jaw. Since most doctors are trained to look for and treat the typical male symptoms, many will misdiagnose a woman or tell her its all in her mind -- when she is actually experiencing very serious symptoms.--Women have both lower pain thresholds and less pain tolerance than do men -- i.e., they feel more pain.--Certain classes of drugs work better to relieve womens pain than they do mens.--Women may be at greater risk for pain-related disability -- in part, because of their reproductive cycles.--Controversial new research reveals how anatomical differences between men and women may at least partially explain their distinct responses to pain.Finally, here is an empowering and revolutionary book by a medical doctor that recognizes what many women have long known: Our pain is a uniquely female issue . . . and many of our physicians simply dont understand how to deal with it. Studies now demonstrate that women feel more pain, seek help more aggressively, and are more open to alternative treatments than men. At last, Dr. Mark Young offers women the practical and complementary solutions that other practitioners may have overlooked. Women and Pain specifically addresses a complex array of strictly female symptoms and concerns -- from childbirth and menstrual pain to fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis -- that set us apart from men.Many women live with chronic, agonizing pain that affects every aspect of their lives. Traditional medicine can only offer drugs and surgery, but often neither is successful. Yet most women do not know of the many complementary and holistic treatments for pain that can provide great relief. Nor can they find out about alternative remedies from their doctors, who, when conventional remedies are exhausted, may dismiss pain as stress-related or "in your head." In addition, most traditional treatments are based on research that has only included men.Not only does Dr. Young show that women respond differently to pain and require different treatments, he also provides very specific remedies, backed by scientific studies, for relieving hundreds of painful ailments. Women and Pain covers the hormonal connection to pain; bone and joint pain; muscle and nerve pain; headache; sports injuries; and chronic, unending pain. In addition to describing the traditional medicine cabinet, the author includes foods that heal; muscle strategies, such as Shiatsu and massage; herbal and botanical remedies; exercises to speed healing; mind-body therapies; and acupuncture. He even includes recipes, such as "migraine meals," for certain problems. You can use most of the remedies on your own, although you will need to consult with your doctor about others, such as traditional medicine and acupuncture.This groundbreaking book will be welcome news to all the women who suffer from chronic pain, but who have had no lasting relief from doctors and traditional medical approaches.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401300146
• ISBN13: 9781401300142
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.6"
• Age Range: 13 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A Woman's Pain

Finding relief from pain is sometimes a desperate struggle. Often it seems that some physicians and other health care practitioners take the easy way out and will throw low level narcotic relief at you with the hope that you will just go away. Its cheap, easy, and eff... well two out of three isn't bad. At other times they will deny your pain experience, and invalidate your suffering, especially, if you are a woman. The very complexity of the pain experience is often ignored.WOMEN AND PAIN: WHY IT HURTS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO is both amazing and helpful. The authors discuss traditional methods of pain relief and control as well as alternative methods. The explanations of both vitamin and herbal aids for pain relief and the many other methods are elegantly expressed in plain, simple language that can be understood by anyone.WOMEN AND PAIN: WHY IT HURTS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO is a masterful work about pain relief for women for this new millennium.

Very Helpful Book

Dr. Youngs new book "Women And Pain..." led me to a life which someone like me would only dream of: a life with no pain. This book is the best book I ever bought. I suffered from migrains and back pain for over 7 years and the pain vanished after about 2 1/2 weeks of trying Dr. Youngs methods, I tried almost every other method out there and this is the only one that worked!

Great Book

This book truly helped me cope, and eventaully cure my chronic back and foot pain. I highly recommend anyone with pain to buy this book.

Dont Ignore Your Pain

At first I thought I had no hope for curing my pain, but then I discovered this book. This book put me on the track to a pain free lifestyle. I highly recommend this book to any woman who suffers from occasional or freqent pain of ANY kind. What seperates this book from the others is its diverse coverage of different pain types *from head to toe* ~(Literally!). Youngs book also includes mouthwatering low-fat recipies, each targeting a certain pain type- such as "healing vegetable miso soup" for osteoporosis. I highly recommend Women and Pain to the millions of women who suffer daily from pain.

Finally! a Book that recognizes WOMENS pain!

Finally! a Book that recognizes WOMENS pain!, Dr. Young put an end to both my emotional and physical pain. Dr. youngs new book is packed with complimentry, modern and traditional medical techniques to help women not only cope with their pain, BUT CURE IT. Young is a world renown Physical Medicine docter and a certified acupuncterist. THANK YOU DR. YOUNG!!!!!!!!!