It doesn’t have to hurt: your smart guide to a pain free life

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER PRINT * Amazon * B&N * BAM * Bookshop.org AUDIO * Apple Books * Audible Are you one of the 52 million people who experience chronic pain in your day-to-day life?

In _It Doesn’t Have to Hurt_, Sanjay Gupta makes the empowering argument that there are effective options for relief that you can start practicing today to greatly reduce your chances of

suffering pain tomorrow. Gupta shows how pain carries an enormous amount of physical, social, and emotional baggage, which is, in part, why it has been so hard to treat, and too often

ignored. It can also present in infinite ways. Yet both patients and practitioners labor under the mistaken idea that most pain problems can be fixed with a drug or procedure. It turns out

we have tremendous agency in choosing how we’ll respond. The brain “creates” pain, but it also has the capacity to reduce or even eliminate it. There is more evidence than ever about the

benefits of sleep, diet and nutrition, mindfulness-based pain management (MBPM), myofascial and other hands-on treatments, as well as yoga, specialized psychotherapies, and even social

“prescriptions”—prompting more doctors than ever to focus on these solutions. Gupta runs the gamut of conventional and complementary approaches, including the technique known as Mobilization

Exercise Analgesia Treatment, foam rolling, acupuncture, trigger point injections, and vital “prehabilitation” before any operation. He helps makes sense of all those over-the-counter

pills, patches, and pain products, as well as drugs advertised on television or prescribed by your doctors. He addresses pain treatments using psychedelics, supplements, and CBD. And he

highlights insights from some of the nation’s leading pain scientists and specialists, plus stories of challenge and triumph over pain by those with lived experience. With expert guidance

and a wealth of science-backed strategies, _It Doesn’t Have to Hurt_ is your ultimate resource for reclaiming your life from chronic pain and unlocking a future of lasting relief—starting

today. ABOUT THE AUTHOR DR. SANJAY GUPTA is CNN’s Emmy Award–winning chief medical correspondent and the host of the acclaimed podcast Chasing Life (formerly Coronavirus: Fact vs. Fiction),

America’s go-to resource for expert advice on how to stay healthy and safe. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Chasing Life, Cheating Death, Monday Mornings, and Keep Sharp, Dr.

Gupta lives in Atlanta, where he works as an associate professor of neurosurgery at the Emory University School of Medicine. READ SANJAY GUPTA'S OTHER BOOKS * _Keep Sharp_ * _12 Weeks

to a Sharper You_