The Self-Care Guide to Surgery : A BodyMindCORE Approach to Prevention, Preparation and Recovery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karrasch, Noah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--Psychological apsects.

Surgery.

Patients--Psychology.

Patients.

Surgery--Physiological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

"How do we cope when we realize a surgery is imminent? How do we get ready for such trauma? How do we begin to become proactive, and prevent the need for such a surgery? Written for those who have undergone or who are about to undergo surgery, this guide will help readers find their way through the difficult maze of emotions, physical pain and fear. By including advice on what to do to aid recovery and reduce negative long-term effects, Karrasch teaches the reader how to take charge of the body, whether it be before or after surgery. The book also includes useful information about what people can do to take care of their bodies and avoid having surgery in the first place, such as nutritional advice and exercises drawing on BodyMindCORE techniques. It is the perfect guide for those not only facing surgery and those wanting to stay healthy, but also for those who want to love and support them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

The Self-Care Guide to Surgery

Contents

Acknowledgments

Disclaimer

Prologue: Three Books in One

Why I'm Writing This Book...

Besides Common Sense, My Qualifications

How to Use This Book

Part I - Balance in All Things

1. The Head: Healthy Thoughts Shape a Healthy World

The Science Is Clear

Can You See Yourself Well?

2. The Heart: Healthy Circulation and Respiration Create a Healthy Flow

Heart Rate Variability Indicates Health

Feel the Fear

3. The Gut: Healthy Nutrition Provides a Healthy Fuel

You Are What You Drink

Your Water Is Also How You Think!

You Are What You Eat, Too

The Bowels

What's Your Fuel?

4. The Groin: Healthy Regeneration Invites a Healthy Future

Rebooting Your Mental Computer

Shame: The Root Fear?

5. The Extremities: Healthy Motivation Insures a Healthy Ability

Motivation to MOVE

Sitting: Our Worst and Most Common Posture

6. Mindful Movement, Where You Are

Explore, or Achieve?

A Good Head on Our Shoulders

Still the Shoulders...

The Climb to Health Is Up Stairs

Down Stairs

Squatting: A Lost Art

Don't Be De-Feeted!

Big Toe Pushups

Bend and Lift?

Bend, Twist, Flex

Twist and Turn

Side Flexion

Now for the Drivers...

Opening the Sacroiliac Junctions

Underthings: Hamstrings and Adductors

Hamstrings Alone

An Easier Hamstring Stretch

Arms: The Front Legs

Hanging from the Front Legs

Wrists and Fingers Too

Animal Walks

Back on Our Toes

An All Purpose Cue

Further Resources

THINK

ACT

Index

Part II - Surgery!

7. Preventing a Surgery

Relax!

What You Focus On, Expands

Look at the Alternatives

Move It or Lose It: Using "That Which We Have"

Pay Attention!

8. Preparing for an Upcoming Surgery

Keep Relaxing!

Choosing Your Team: Supportive Connections.

Information Gathering

AnesthesiAnathema

Learn from My Mistakes: Protection

Back to Basic Fuels: Probiotics and Other Precautions

Cleanliness is Next to Godliness: What Are We Inhaling or Touching?

The Root of All Evil?

And Again, You Are How You Move: Motivation

9. Rebuilding and Rehabilitating Self after Surgery

That Was a Tremendous Insult to Your Body!

Be in Charge: Grounded Connection

Time to Feel Better! Self-Regulation

To Medicate, or Not to Medicate? Fuel, or Poison?

Will You Be Scarred for Life?

And We're Back to Breath and Movement

There's No Place Like Home!

Final Thoughts

Quick Reference Guide to Mindful Movements

Head/Neck

Heart Hinge

Gut

Groin

Shoulders

Knees

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781787751682

1787751686

OCLC:

1134077015