Table Of ContentGuide to Healing Chronic Pain
A Holistic Approach
by Karen Kan, MD
About the Author:
Karen Kan, MD is a holistic medical physician and medical acupuncturist with
an office in Lake Placid, New York. She empowers and trains thousands of
people across the globe how to live happier, healthier lives through her
teleseminars and webinars. She also conducts private consultations through
telephone and web. To contact her, visit:
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Dedication
To my mom, whose health challenges inspired me to become a healer and
dedicate my life to helping others. Her belief in me has fueled my dreams.
To my dad, who encouraged me not to give up on science in high school despite
my first miserable year. Because of the compassionate way he counseled me, I
took another year of science and fell in love with it. If it wasn’t for him, I would
never have become a doctor.
To my patients, whose lives have touched me in ways that have opened my
heart.
Lastly, to my dear partner, James, whose unwavering love and support has made
it possible for me to do what I love.
Disclaimer
The purpose of this book is to empower people to heal their chronic pain without
the use of drugs or surgery. The information in this book represents the personal
observations, research, and experiences of Dr. Karen Kan. You, the reader, must
take 100% responsibility for your own health, physically, emotionally and
mentally.
This book is not intended to be a substitute for the services of a qualified health
care professional. Neither the author nor the publisher is responsible for any
consequences incurred by those employing the treatments or remedies discussed
or taught in this book. Any application of the material set forth in the following
pages is at the reader’s discretion and is his or her sole responsibility.
The information contained in this book is intended for personal use and should
not be considered professional training. No representation contained in these
materials in intended as medical advice and should not be used for the diagnosis
or medical treatment of diseases. The stories in this book are all true, but the
names have been changed in most circumstances to protect privacy.
Table of Contents
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Dedication
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Foreword
Preface
1 How to Use this Book
Section A: Understanding Your Pain
2 How People Experience Pain
3 Causes of Pain - Eastern Perspective
4 Causes of Pain – Western Perspective
5 Causes of Pain-Spiritual Perspective
Section B: Your Mind - Harness Your Internal Healer
6 Balance Your Brain
7 Change Your Mind
8 Harness the Law of Attraction
9 Clear Emotional Baggage
10 Meditation and Mindfulness
Section C: Your Body - Supporting Your Body’s Self-Healing
Mechanism
11 Acupuncture without Needles
12 Get Grounded!
13 Magnesium Miracles
14 Food Sensitivities and Pain
15 Healing Through Hydration
16 Heal the Gut
17 Reduce EMF Stress
18 Eat Well. Feel Great.
19 Move the Body – Move the Qi
20 Sleep Well to Heal Well
Section D: Your Spirit: Healing Through Your Higher Self
21 Why Reconnect with Spirit?
22 Does Pain Serve a Purpose?
23 Self-Acceptance
24 The Gift of Being Present
25 BodyWisdomTM
26 Everything Happens for a Reason
27 Forgiveness
28 Intuition in Healing
Section E: Getting Support
29 Assemble Your Support Team
30 Other Healing Modalities
Final Words
Foreword
During my neurosurgical residence at Massachusetts General Hospital, I was
appalled that the methods of choice for helping patients with chronic pain
included cutting the front half of the spinal cord or destroying the frontal lobes
(lobotomy). This had been the preferred approach for over 30 years. I discovered
that cordotomy, cutting the front half of the spinal cord, had a complication rate
of 130%:
100% of the patients would never have another sexual orgasm
10% would become paralyzed on one side of the body
10% would lose bladder and bowel control
10% would develop a new pain far worse than their original problem -
post-cordotomy syndrome - for which there was no treatment!
And lobotomy destroyed the personality forever! The only other approach,
narcotics and tranquilizers, destroyed the personality almost as much as
lobotomy.
Shealy, C.N., Borgmeyer, V. and Thomlinson, P. (2004) Reduction of free
radicals by electrical stimulation of specific acupuncture points. Subtle
Energies & Energy Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 251-259
As I finished my residency and joined the faculty at Western Reserve Medical
School, I dreamed of finding a non-destructive approach to chronic pain. Over a
three year period I proved my theory that we could control pain by stimulating
the dorsal columns of the spinal cord (DCS), the back part, and later by
electrically stimulating various areas on the skin - Transcutaneous Electrical
Nerve Stimulation, TENS. Both are now used worldwide. Although DCS
certainly can be considered in difficult cases, I quickly decided that even though
it carries a small surgical risk, it should be undertaken ONLY in extreme
circumstances. I knew very early that patients with extreme anxiety and
depression, often worsened by narcotics and tranquilizers, were not candidates
for another surgical procedure. I ruled out 94% of the 400 patients sent to me
each year for DCS!
In 1971, I started a Behavioral Modification program for Pain Rehabilitation.
Within a year, I had a 75% success rate in the first 400 patients. I then learned
about Autogenic Training and Biofeedback, incorporated them into the program,
and soon achieved an 85% success rate in patients who had failed every known
conventional approach. This program led me in 1978 to found the American
Holistic Medical Association, joined within two years by the American Holistic
Nurses Association.
Over the years I treated well over 30,000 chronic pain patients, using the
broadest possible holistic approach, with an ongoing success rate of 85%. The
major reason for developing Holism was to reincorporate the Spiritual
component to healing. Three hundred years ago, “Science” rejected everything
spiritual and most things emotional! Fortunately in the 1960’s, Humanistic
Psychology and Transpersonal Psychology opened the door to reintroduce the
critical role of all things Spiritual.
I am delighted to recommend Dr. Karen Kan’s Holistic approach to help you
achieve pain relief, safely and efficiently! We have come a long way and this
book offers you the benefits of our last fifty years of scientific progress, the
return of common sense and the role of Spirit in our essential well-being.
C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Holos Institutes of Health
Professor Emeritus of Energy Medicine
President Emeritus Holos University Graduate Seminary
www.normshealy.com
www.holosuniversity.org
