Although we like to believe we control our lives, nobody is free from the risk of an accident happening. Meet Michelle Eberwein, Chicago, Illinois. Author, Medical Assistant, Certified Holistic Health & Pain Coach Turning Pain into Strength tells the true story of a once spirited wife and mother, whose life changed dramatically when she tripped and fell on a step in her basement. Guided by profit-driven medical experts into a life of dark addiction, surgical disasters, and relentless chronic pain, Michelle's life deteriorated without any warning. She fast became exposed to the deeply embedded corruption of the American healthcare system and was brutally forced into a life of new challenges. This book is about her journey through it all; the inspiring highs, torturous lows, and how she escaped the reigns of medical addiction. Through learning about the medical field and the benefits of good nutrition, combined with her knowledge gained from industry-leading rehabilitation programs, Michelle is well-equipped to manage the effects of chronic pain without the need for regular high doses of pharmaceutical drugs. It has taken Michelle over a decade to build the knowledge she possesses now; knowledge she believes to be invaluable to every human being on this planet, regardless of health.

Have you ever wondered why we have to feel emotions that are painful? Traansforming Pain into power tackles the stormy areas of your life-Our painful experiences and emotions.

Have you ever wondered why life's most formidable trials seem to target the strongest among us? Indeed, it's a question for the ages, a paradox that seems to play out time and time again. It's as if life has a peculiar way of picking out those with the most potential, the ones with the brightest futures, and hurling the heaviest stones their way. Consider the hardships and challenges that life throws at us. They're not random, oh no. They seem to have an uncanny knack for finding those with the greatest potential. The ones who could rise the highest, shine the brightest, leave the most indelible mark on the world. These are the ones who often find themselves in the crosshairs of life's most relentless adversities. Think back on the annals of history. Reflect on the biographies of the most influential figures, the trailblazers who reshaped the world. Their stories are not tales of easy ascents to greatness. No, they are narratives of struggle, of hardship, of adversity, faced and overcome. Model examples of turning Pain into Power!

In Heart Made Whole, Christa Black Gifford shares her own stories of loss, betrayal, and personal tragedy, chronicling clear steps to redemption to help those in pain invite the true Healer into the tangled mess of their broken hearts. Gifford reminds readers that pain is not their enemy, however, unhealed pain can become their greatest foe if it's not taken to Jesus. Growing up as a preacher's kid, Gifford had been submerged in Christian culture for decades when she uncovered the truth--that there were broken parts of her heart that weren't on friendly terms with the God who lived inside. Through disappointments and traumas, she had learned to guard her heart from God, keeping her angry, entrapped, and disconnected. As struggles and hardships continued, she finally learned to run towards her relationship with God when things got hard, instead of running away from Him like she had in the past. The more that she did this--building her heart's capacity for intimacy and deep relationship--the more her heart began to heal from the inside-out. She teaches the reader to access the solution that's already living inside of them--the God who forever made their heart a home. When trials and tragedy hit our lives in a fallen world, our hearts can get smashed to bits, and we end up putting God on trial and blaming Him for the mess. But Christa helps readers understand that they don't have to live controlled by their circumstances--or angry with God. Instead, she provides powerful insight and practical steps to turn the painful fire that comes to destroy us into an unexpected friend that can produce our greatest healing. The condition of the heart determines the condition of life--and the heart can be bound up and healed, producing freedom and abundant life. With personal workbook sections for each chapter Christa helps readers experience steps to turn their pain into the healing and wholeness available to every believer.

Chronic pain costs the nation up to $635 billion each year in medical treatment and lost productivity. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enlist the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in examining pain as a public health problem. In this report, the IOM offers a blueprint for action in transforming prevention, care, education, and research, with the goal of providing relief for people with pain in America. To reach the vast multitude of people with various types of pain, the nation must adopt a population-level prevention and management strategy. The IOM recommends that HHS develop a comprehensive plan with specific goals, actions, and timeframes. Better data are needed to help shape efforts, especially on the groups of people currently underdiagnosed and undertreated, and the IOM encourages federal and state agencies and private organizations to accelerate the collection of data on pain incidence, prevalence, and treatments. Because pain varies from patient to patient, healthcare providers should increasingly aim at tailoring pain care to each person's experience, and self-management of pain should be promoted. In addition, because there are major gaps in knowledge about pain across health care and society alike, the IOM recommends that federal agencies and other stakeholders redesign education programs to bridge these gaps. Pain is a major driver for visits to physicians, a major reason for taking medications, a major cause of disability, and a key factor in quality of life and productivity. Given the burden of pain in human lives, dollars, and social consequences, relieving pain should be a national priority.

Turning Pain Into Power is a self-portrait of the life of the author. Journey with her as she revisits her past hurts and physical illnesses. Witness her transformation from victim to victor as she learns to turn pain into power.

Drug overdose, driven largely by overdose related to the use of opioids, is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States. The ongoing opioid crisis lies at the intersection of two public health challenges: reducing the burden of suffering from pain and containing the rising toll of the harms that can arise from the use of opioid medications. Chronic pain and opioid use disorder both represent complex human conditions affecting millions of Americans and causing untold disability and loss of function. In the context of the growing opioid problem, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched an Opioids Action Plan in early 2016. As part of this plan, the FDA asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to convene a committee to update the state of the science on pain research, care, and education and to identify actions the FDA and others can take to respond to the opioid epidemic, with a particular focus on informing FDA's development of a formal method for incorporating individual and societal considerations into its risk-benefit framework for opioid approval and monitoring.