You Can Heal Yourself: A Guide to Physical and Emotional Recovery After Injury or Illness

by Julie K. Silver

How to heal faster, better, and stronger during recovery from a serious illness or injury―a Harvard doctor's complete recovery plan

When people are seriously ill or injured, they receive immediate and often life-sustaining treatment. Then at some point they are usually left to their own devices to "finish" healing. At the time that patients are discharged from treatment or their doctors tell them, "I don't have anything else I can offer you," they are often shifted into a zone where they are better than at their sickest point, but not as healthy as they once were. This zone, between illness and good health, is where rehabilitation specialists focus. Dr. Silver calls this area of medicine, where physiatrists work, The Healing Zone. This is the place where doctors are most concerned with physical and emotional healing after an injury
or illness.

Our bodies are amazing in their capacity to heal, however, people can be taught how to heal faster, better, and stronger, both physically and emotionally. You Can Heal Yourself offers the strategies needed to achieve optimal healing.

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2012

About the author

medical doctor

Reviews

[Cheryl Klein · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sensible, good advice. Nothing revolutionary but hearing it again is a good thing.

[Emily Shearer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Neither original nor very well written. Most of what's here is pretty much the stuff of a good Oprah magazine article. But as someone who needs to work on actively healing, it was good to have all the advice here in one place. Reading the book is like bapping yourself over the head with common sense, drumming it in so that you have no choice but to listen and heed.

[Fariza · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent book for those looking for healing guides. The writer is a cancer survivor herself and really give a good insight on behalf of the real patient. Some of her advice are very practical with specific how to.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

While easy to read and holistic in its approach, You Can Heal Yourself fluctuates between exhaustive explanations and startling brief summaries that end abruptly. Balance would have made this book even better. This is a good starting point for anyone embarking upon a healing journey, but further research may be required depending upon the circumstances.

[Brenda Kneeshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for anyone having dealt with a medical issue.

[Jaconda Wagner]

Good information.