I think that the author meant well with this book and I think he had some good ideas.

But he went very much overboard with his and the many ideas he stuffed into this one book.
I am all for alternative medicine for chronic pain since that is actually one of the very few things that doe smake my pain moderately better but I also think that not everything is for everyone.
And this book tries so overly hard to make it seem a slower if that's the case or as if one will defiantly work if the other didn't.
And it just doesn't work like that. You have to find what makes you comfortable especially when it comes to acute and chronic pain and never ever try to suffer through something simply becuse someone said it will work!

Also can I just mention that I have a bit of a hard time believing the author actually read all those works he mentioned in the book?
Just me? Could be.

Overall can't say this book was for me.

"Overcoming Acute and Chronic Pain: Keys to Treatment Based on Your Emotional Type" is a really excellent guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) approaches to pain. Yes, pain, one of the major health issues in the US and one that does not receive the attention it deserves.

Dr. Micozzi is very well qualified and has tremendous experience in both traditional Western medicine and CAM. He has kindly decided to share his knowledge and expertise in this book. Ms. Dibra also has extensive experience in pain treatment with CAM therapies.

It is a well-written medical help book with the research provided to back up the information presented by Dr. Micozzi and Ms. Dibra. It's always important to have substantial studies to support treatments and therapies - nothing is worse that someone inexperienced treating someone "by the seat of his pants."

The essence of the authors' approach is that people are different emotional types depending on the personality boundaries that each different person has, and each emotional type and pain condition is best treated with certain CAM therapies. A short questionnaire is included to quickly determine the reader's emotional type and then there are tables that help one find which therapy is best for him/her.

There is a discussion of the major CAM treatments (acupuncture, massage, nutritional, etc.), the evidence for the therapy's effectiveness and what emotional type is best suited for this therapy. These chapters are so important in explaining and assisting in determining what may help pain. And that is so wonderful.

I found the book to be very useful, especially for friends and family who suffer from chronic pain. That can be a nightmare and anything to alleviate that suffering is so appreciated. Thank you, Dr. Micozzi, and you as well, Ms. Dibra.

I found the first couple of chapters very interesting. The questionnaire summed me up correctly and it was new to me the way they connected ME and Fibromyalgia, as I have always thought there had to be a connection and it annoys me when only one of them is mentioned.
It then goes into various non-medical treatments and as I am unable to afford anything similar I lost interest. For those who can afford these methods there are in-depth descriptions and indications of the type of person these are most likely to help.