Reza Ghorbani MD ABIPP FIPP

I read "Secrets to a Pain Free Life", in exchange for honest review from Tomoson. I received a paperback book for review. The book was written by Reza Ghorbani.

I wanted to review the book because I hate pain. I also don't like taking pain pills on a regular basis. I also have a family full of pain pill addicts. I don't know if they are truly in pain or not.

My issues include migraines and back aches.

The book discusses pain; pain management; myths about pain; and medications. The book also discussed how your lifestyle affects your pain.

Headaches:

I have suffered from migraines, since I was 16. Most of the pills temporary knock out the pain, but the pain comes back with a vengeance.

Ghorbani discussed how headaches is a common source of pain. He also discussed the differences between migraine, tension, and cluster.

Backaches:
I been suffering from back aches since the day since I was young.
Ghorbani discussed how back pain can affect your lifestyle, especially if you are lifting, walking, squatting, sitting, living :-).

I liked reading the book. I been skipping around, focusing on diet, exercise, vitamins, and weight to help manage pain.… (more)

Dr Ghorbani is going to tell you in a very personal way what he has seen over the years has helped his patients (he is a Pain Management Specialist), by easing their pain and sometimes alleviating their pain with common sense methods of treatment.

He takes the time to discuss the History of Pain and the Causes, Types and methods of treatment for pain. He talks about Medicines, Alternative Treatments and Herbal Remedies. And of course, he talks about lifestyle choices and how they affect people in different ways - what might be a low level headache to you can be excruciating and even debilitating to others. Lastly, the part of the book that I really enjoyed was probably the last 1/3rd of the book. Dr Ghorbani goes into depth as he explains why those 7 ingredients that he uses in his wonderful cream. He tells us the history of the use of each ingredient and gives a list of benefits that it has provided (an example: Turmeric has been shown to help relieve asthma, speed up the healing of wounds and reduce the side effects and enhance the effect of chemotherapy - for pain it not only is a natural pain killer, it's also helps relieve depression and possesses natural anti-inflammatory properties). I also loved the recipes he provided - these herbs can used not only only the outside of our body through the skin - it can also be used from the inside, through nutrition.

This is an outstanding book and should be on the bookshelf of everyone who has chronic pain from Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, headaches, lower back pain, migraines and other forms of pain. I would think it would also be helpful for those recovering from surgery and even accidents that have changed a person's life. I plan on loaning the book to my chiropractor this week when I stop in - he should find it to be very interesting. (I'll let you all know what he thinks!)… (more)