This book is amazing!! I could not believe FINALLY someone put into words what I was feeling but could not express! (1st chapter) His suggestions are so logical. He is a wonderful dr. and I hope he is educating others in his way of thinking. This is a "must read book" for anyone with chronic pain!!

The `Pain Cure' is a valuable resource empowering you with tools and information for controlling your pain and regaining your life.



It covers an enormous amount of information including nutritional therapy, physical therapies, medication...as well as mind/body exercises, meditation and strength training..... A total holistic approach bringing Eastern & Western medicine together.



During times of pain it is easy to want to hide away & I found comfort & encouragement during my time of need.



Thankfully this combined technique is becoming a more recognizable form of treatment by doctors of today.



I would highly recommend this book for anyone who suffers from pain.



Life Is Too Short .....Regain & Enjoy Your Life!

The `Pain Cure' is a valuable resource empowering you with tools and information for controlling your pain and regaining your life.

It covers an enormous amount of information including nutritional therapy, physical therapies, medication...as well as mind/body exercises, meditation and strength training..... A total holistic approach bringing Eastern & Western medicine together.

During times of pain it is easy to want to hide away & I found comfort & encouragement during my time of need.

Thankfully this combined technique is becoming a more recognizable form of treatment by doctors of today.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who suffers from pain.

Life Is Too Short .....Regain & Enjoy Your Life!

This program gives a body, mind, and spiritual (soul) intensive in a sensible and interesting manner. It is delivered by the doctor who gave us Brain Longevity, and it is no wonder that it follows through with a complete and doable program aimed indeed at pain in the human body. He absolutely and logically proves that pain does not exist alone at the site of the pain, but lives within us. It is a thoughtful, and non-invasive book. I feel this book is always there for me, as a reference and a thoughtful,research-based and compassionate friend.

To endure life's inevitable roadblocks, we have to strive not for perfection, but contentment, and miraculously all the pain will go away -- for a while. What he calls "curing" I call "coping with." There is no cure for the hardships we all encounter along the way -- becoming a hermit is even worse, as you dwell on what's wrong.

Ultimately, all pain goes through a "receiving center" in the brain, and seratonin blocks the perception of pain and keeps it from "centralizing" in the nervous system. In his diatribute to the ability to be pain-free, he refers a lot to his former book, BRAIN LONGEVITY, on which he collaborated with the same journalist who has written for several medical magazines.

He uses many "deficits" for possible causes of chronic pain, but specifically names seratonin as the worst, depending on one's pain tolerance threshold. He says that women suffer more from chronic pain due to hormonal changes, that two-thirds of all patients at pain clinics are women with migraines. Back pain is three times more prevelant in women, according to this doctor, and chronic muscle pain is ten times more common among the female sex.

All pain signals ultimately land in the brain, where they trigger thought, emotions, memories, and a complex array of biochemical events aimed at protecting your body from further harm. With chronic pain, the alarm continues to shriek uselessly long after the physical danger has passed.

Seratonin is the body's single best pain-fighter, more important even than endorphins. Seratonin deficit is a major culprit. He emphasizes that suffering is one reaction to pain, but not the only possible reaction -- that it is possible to experience pain without suffering from it. He admits that all lives contain some pain but, when you can experience it without suffering, "your chronic, disabling pain, for all practical purposes will be 'cured'."

Pain is the most common reason people go to doctors. Dr. Scott Fishman, president of the American Academy of Pain Management feels, "We've wandered from the basic philosophy in medicine, where you cure what you can but always treat suffering, to being focused only on curing."

In the section about arthritis, he confirms that the side effects pain medications present are worse than the problem they are supposed to relieve. One example is plain aspirin which, he says destroys the cartilage, the "padding" which keeps bones from rubbing together. This is the most common type called osteoarthritis. It is thought that eighty percent have this type by the age of fifty, progressing as age does. It involves hands, spine, hips, knees and feet (primarily in overweight people), and goes back to the cavemen.

Exercise therapy is touted as a natural substitute for medicine, but I know first hand that this type can cause more pain. Rheumatoid is a disorder or malfunction of the immune system with more inflammation of the joints. He says that this is most often in women between 25 and 50, with no known cure. In this type, you have to learn to "conquer" as opposed to "cure."

He really only stresses what we all know, you just have to live with pain at varying times and in varying intensities. If you try to follow all of his suggestions, not only would you spend all your time trying to locate and consume numerous herbal supplements and expensive foods, but your money, too.

Mort Crim once remarked, "forgiving someone can't change the past but it can transform the future." Dr. Khalsa tried out this intensive program at the University of Arizona. I think he must have had all female subjects. It is not recommended to use this as a substitute for medical care, as needed, only as some suppositions. More research is needed, I feel, and I wonder how long his program lasted. I feel that traditional Pain Management, similar to what I had at Vanderbilt in Nashville is better -- but there is NO cure for pain. That's an illusion.

If you or a loved one are suffering chronic pain, you owe it to yourself to read this book! It explains clearly and succinctly about how your body and brain process pain, then it offers effective strategies to regain control of your body and your life.

Before I read this book, I wanted to just close my eyes and never wake up. I've lived with chronic pain for seven years and short of getting a morphine pump implant, I've tried it all. I still have pain, but The Pain Cure gave me the information and support I needed to stop feeling victimized and look forward to living again.

At 18 years old, I had never known what it was like to walk without being in pain. The doctors knew of no cure. I was lost in a depression so deep. I had no hope.

I cried when I read the first chapter of The Pain Cure. For the first time someone could put into words what the pain I felt was. It explained to me why I hurt, and what I could do about it. And from this I have sought the route so I can 'endure my pain without suffering from it.' Last week I did the three mile M.S. walk with my high school. I am doing things in my life that never would have been possible if I had not have undergone the awakening that I have. This book has saved my life, and sent me on a new path.

At 18 years old, I had never known what it was like to walk without being in pain. The doctors knew of no cure. I was lost in a depression so deep. I had no hope.

I cried when I read the first chapter of The Pain Cure. For the first time someone could put into words what the pain I felt was. It explained to me why I hurt, and what I could do about it. And from this I have sought the route so I can 'endure my pain without suffering from it.' Last week I did the three mile M.S. walk with my high school. I am doing things in my life that never would have been possible if I had not have undergone the awakening that I have. This book has saved my life, and sent me on a new path.

I have been a chronic pain patient for 10 years. I cried when I read the opening chapter of this book because someone FINALLY understood how I felt and what I was going through. This book has made a differnece in my life. I now understand the pain process and how my body handles it. I have learned strategies for coping and living a fuller life. This is the third copy of the book I have bought for a friend who needed it as well. Everyone who either suffers from chronic pain or has someone close to them who does, needs to read this book.

I have been a chronic pain patient for 10 years. I cried when I read the opening chapter of this book because someone FINALLY understood how I felt and what I was going through. This book has made a differnece in my life. I now understand the pain process and how my body handles it. I have learned strategies for coping and living a fuller life. This is the third copy of the book I have bought for a friend who needed it as well. Everyone who either suffers from chronic pain or has someone close to them who does, needs to read this book.

I haven't been properly diagnosed yet, but I have been in severe pain for over 6 months. Only the strongest steroids or heavy narcotics have helped my pain, but the side effects of these medicines made them not an option for me. So, I have been suffering, until I got this book. By following the advice, I am beginning to regain my life, eliminate pain, and am more knowledgable about my body. If you are in pain, get this book!

This book is very well written and informative. By using several of the author's suggestions, I was able to alleviate the chronic neck pain I previously had. I would recommend it to anyone with chronic pain.

I have Crohn's disease and several complications thereof. I have been searching for hope and answers for years. This book has been one of the most helpful, empowering things to come along for me. It doesn't claim to have all the answers but instead humbly offers an emormous amount of information and "tools" for controlling pain. I have found it very comprehensive and enlightening and would love to talk about it with other readers. If interested please contact me!

This book is the answer to my prayers!! It is so well written I found it more to be like a best selling novel that I just couldn't put down! Dr. Khalsa's theory of bringing Eastern & Western medicine together not only should be used to treat chronic pain, but practiced with all types of medical treatments. After reading this book I immediately went for treatment with Dr. Khalsa. Seeing his true dedication in helping people understand the way to use the tools nessary to help ourselves was just the precise information I was looking for, for many years. I can't thank you enough Dr. Khalsa, for what you and your knowledgeable staff have taught me. I highly reccomend this book to everyone looking not for a quick temporrary remmedy (Western medicine) but the way to change our lives and to bring our mind, bodies, and souls together.

I have had two neck fusions and also suffer from fibromyalgia. I found Khalsa's book extremely helpful and easy-to-read. He offers well-rounded advice for chronic pain sufferers. The most helpful aspect of the book for me was his explanation of the causes of chronic pain and how we can help to control it. I was so glad to get an explanation of the causes of chronic pain, as most doctors do not take the time to explain this. Just by gaining an understanding of how the "pain cycle" works, I was able to relax and found that my pain level has decreased. The author also includes a multitude of ways to relieve and rise above the pain, such as exercises, yoga, nutrition, acupuncture, medications (both pharmaceutical and natural), and meditations and spiritual healing. This book is a helpful, holistic approach to chronic pain management. Included is an appendix with resources for further reading and places to obtain vitamins and various products suggested in the book. I find it to be an encouraging and valuable resource.