Is chronic pain like a blaring siren that prevents you from living your life? State-of-the-art neuroscientific research reveals surprising new insights into pain as the brain's alarm system, designed to warn us of danger. When that alarm gets stuck in a high-alert mode, this concise, practical guide presents a range of proven interventions that can help you not only cope with pain, but actively reduce it. Psychologist Carly Hunt has devoted her career to understanding the causes and management of chronic pain. She shares crucial information about brain training techniques, lifestyle changes that target inflammation and other pain triggers, resources for self-care and support, and conventional and complementary medicine approaches to weave into your own integrative care plan. It truly is possible to beat chronic pain--this book points the way.

Carly Hunt, PhD, is a Maryland-based health and performance psychologist and expert in chronic pain self-management. She has a private psychotherapy and consulting practice specializing in helping people optimize their health, well-being, and performance. She is also a Research Psychologist in the Johns Hopkins Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Hunt has lived with chronic pain and experienced the recovery process. She played college golf and continues to compete as an amateur locally and nationally.