Most symptoms (e.g., pain, discomfort, and fatigue) and symptom syndromes, (e.g., irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, non-cardiac chest pain, chronic fatigue, and interstitial cystitis) cannot be explained by medical testing. They are called, "medically unexplained symptoms," (MUS) and "functional somatic syndromes," respectively.
Everyone hurts with these symptoms and symptom syndromes, which are commonly linked to depression and anxiety. Patients, doctors, and other caring professionals throughout the world are frustrated and dissatisfied. Not everybody realizes that s/he has the power to discover what's behind their symptoms in order to find health. Our new book entitled, "Still Hurting? Discover What's Behind Your Symptoms (that doctors can't explain) to FIND HEALTH" provides a means for this self-discovery. It contains a new model of health, which is unique because it does not narrowly focus upon a single branch of knowledge to decipher why people are still hurting. Instead, it comprehends that it is the integration of modern science, medicine, psychology, spirituality, and religion, which provides the basis for understanding why people are symptomatic and how they can find health.
2. Are YOU Still Hurting? Do you have SYMPTOMSthat doctors can’t explain? Have you been diagnosed with one or more SYMPTOM SYNDROMES? What’s behind them? What if you could see clearly what’s there? www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
3. Where do YOU hurt?Which of these SYMPTOMS are yours? What’s behind them? Chronic SYMPTOMS, such as: Chronic pain and discomfort, such as: HeadacheJaw painFacial pain Neck painBack pain Chest pain Abdominal pain Pelvic pain Bladder painMusculoskeletal pain Aches and pains all over FatigueLow energyMalaise Sleep difficulties Bowel trouble Frequent urination Depression Anxiety Stress sensitivity www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
4. From these SYMPTOMS, have YOUbeen diagnosed by one or more specialists with any of the following SYMPTOM SYNDROMES? Irritable bowel syndrome Fibromyalgia Non-cardiac chest pain Chronic fatigue Interstitial cystitis (painful bladder syndrome) Chronic abdominal and/or pelvic pain Chronic headaches Chronic back pain Temporomandibular joint dysfunction www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
5. Do YOU have depression,anxiety, and/or “stress”? Are they related to your SYMPTOMS and/or SYMPTOM SYNDROMES? Are they the “cause” of your hurting? Is your hurting the “cause” of your depression, anxiety, and/or “stress”? Or is there another way of seeing this? www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
6. Do YOU have or are YOUat risk of developing METABOLIC SYNDROME? (that may include) Obesity Enlarged waist (increased belly fat) with an “apple” (versus “pear”) body shape Prediabetes or diabetes Abnormal blood cholesterol (low HDL and/or high LDL) High blood pressure Fatty liver www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
7. Asking the right questions is the key to getting the right answers about your health. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
8. Are YOU Still Hurting? Are you frustrated and/or dissatisfied? Are your doctors frustrated too? Is everyone’s vision blurry? These are important questions to ask, particularly the third one. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
9. Are YOU Still Hurting? Let’s review the three questions that we asked at the beginning. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
10. 1. Are YOU Still Hurting? You know your pain. We know our pain too. Everybody’s SYMPTOMATIC. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
12. 3. What if you could see clearly what’s there? www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
13. The book will help YOU discover answers to “How” you are symptomatic and “Why” you are in pain. It will explain a new model of health. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
14. The book has four parts: PART 1The Epidemicof Symptoms PART 2The Balanced Self PART 3The Imbalanced Self What’s behind your symptoms? PART 4Regain Balance.FIND HEALTH. stillhurtingfindhealth.com
15. PART 1: The Epidemic of Symptoms We are all a part of the epidemic. The book lays out the problems patients and caregivers face in dealing with the epidemic. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
16. PART 2: The Balanced Self We are set up for balance and health. The book describes how we are intended to function internally and in relationship to our external environment (nurture) and heredity/genetics (nature). www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
17. PART 3: The Imbalanced Self Life is hard, too fast, complicated, and very stressful.We weren’t designed to live this way. The book shows the “how” and “why”of our becoming imbalanced, dysfunctional,and SYMPTOMATIC. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
18. PART 4: Regain Balance. FIND HEALTH. YOU The book shows how each of us canregain balanceand function toFIND HEALTH. www.stillhurtingfindhealth.com
19. The book is the first of the StillHurting? FIND HEALTH!™ Serieswww.stillhurtingfindhealth.com Irritable Bowel Syndrome (and > 30 other Functional GI Disorders) Fibromyalgia Chronic Back Pain Gynecologic Symptoms Non-Cardiac Chest Pain Chronic Fatigue Symptoms and the Soul Chronic Headaches Interstitial Cystitis (Painful Bladder Syndrome) TMJ Disorder and Facial Pain Syndromes Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Metabolic syndrome
