Book-length online tutorials about common stubborn pain problems & injuries, like back pain, runner’s knee, and muscle pain
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Paying in your own (non-USD) currency is always cheaper! My prices are set slightly lower than current exchange rates, but most cards charge extra for conversion.
Example: as a Canadian, if I pay $19.95 USD, my credit card converts it at a high rate and charges me $26.58 CAD. But if I select Canadian dollars here, I pay only $24.95 CAD.
Why so different? If you pay in United States dollars (USD), your credit card will convert the USD price to your card’s native currency, but the card companies often charge too much for conversion — it’s a way for them to make a little extra money, of course. So I offer my customers prices converted at slightly better than the current rate.
Headache • A detailed guide to the weird world of “tension” headache, more common than even back pain. Few seemingly simple conditions are more puzzling when you try to figure out what they are really all about. This thorough guide is mainly about classic tension headaches, but also about troubleshooting unexplained headaches that may or may not have anything to do with “tension.” Updated Feb 26 '24.
Frozen Shoulder • One of the strangest of the common musculoskeletal conditions, frozen shoulder is the tip of a biological iceberg, with many interesting implications for diagnosis and treatment. Few problems can benefit as much from education as frozen shoulder. Although largely incurable, there are surprising sources of hope and rehab opportunity, and my reviews of the treatment options are surprisingly positive. Updated Jul 2 '26.
Trigger Points • Muscle knots cause or complicate many of the world’s aches and pains, and this book takes a “teach a man to fish” approach to dealing with them. Even if muscle knots are not your main problem, they are often the most treatable part of another problem. Updated Mar 11 '25.
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IT Band Pain • A perpetual best-seller for runners and by far the most detailed information available anywhere about this frustrating knee problem. IT band syndrome takes the prize for “most misunderstood common knee pain.” Many readers have told me that this book saved them from thousands of dollars worth of useless therapy and months of wasted time. Audiobook version included, read by the author. Updated Mar 17 '26.
Low Back Pain • Most low back pain books try to convince you that there’s a cure. This book debunks those books — like Myth Busters for your back — so that you can stop wasting your time and money on therapies that don’t make much sense. It presents one major treatment theory that’s quite safe, inexpensive, bullshit-free, and not widely known; it also reviews many of other major treatments and key concepts as well. Updated Jun 9 '26.
Neck Pain • Dive into the mysteries of neck pain and especially the awful phenomenon of the neck “crick”: what is that feeling, and what can be done about it? Like all PainScience.com books, myths are debunked, especially the neck posture myth, and every imaginable self-treatment option is reviewed. Updated Jul 10 '26.
Patellar Pain • Knee pain hope. Ordinary “arthritic” knee pain has its myths, but it is ridiculously complex. This extremely thorough, readable guide demystifies frontal knee pain and explains why conventional therapy almost always fails … and what might work instead. Updated Mar 3 '26.
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Plantar Fasciitis • The problem with plantar fasciitis is that it may not have anything to do with the plantar fascia. There are a few different causes of similar heel pain. Even when it is about the plantar fascia, the exact problem is poorly understood and tricky to treat. Audiobook version included, read by the author. Updated Oct 24 '25.
Shin Pain • Do you know why your shins hurt? There are four very different types of shin pain. This tutorial breaks it down for you and goes through all the treatment options and recent science. About 20 times more information about shin splints in one place than you can get anywhere else. Updated Aug 26 '25.
Muscle Strain • Everything you need to know about the humble muscle strain — routinely mistaken for other things. Ideal for athletes with strains that never seem to heal. Updated Aug 29 '25.
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Paying in your own (non-USD) currency is always cheaper! My prices are set slightly lower than current exchange rates, but most cards charge extra for conversion.
Example: as a Canadian, if I pay $19.95 USD, my credit card converts it at a high rate and charges me $26.58 CAD. But if I select Canadian dollars here, I pay only $24.95 CAD.
Why so different? If you pay in United States dollars (USD), your credit card will convert the USD price to your card’s native currency, but the card companies often charge too much for conversion — it’s a way for them to make a little extra money, of course. So I offer my customers prices converted at slightly better than the current rate.
You can buy only one book at a time… or all of them! The e-boxed set is a steeply discounted bundle of all 10 tutorials, ideal for professionals and keen patients. Includes several bonus audio downloads. See the boxed set information page.
Stubborn painful problems are often misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and mistreated. These book-length tutorials are crammed with tips, tricks, and insights. Although written as self-help guides for patients, they are also built for pros, with lots of footnotes and extra detail for readers who want to dig deeper. No miracle cures are for sale here — just sensible information, scientifically current, backed up by a huge bibliography and hundreds more free articles.
PainScience.com is a small Canadian publisher, selling books this way for about 19 years now (~75,600 books sold). Tutorials are $20 USD each (or $100 for all 10) and can be purchased and accessed in a couple minutes. No “account” or password is needed. Each book has a large, free introduction so you can get a good feel for it before you buy. Uncomfortable with buying things online? You’re welcome to give me a ring to confirm that I’m “real.” I am. 😃
Paul Ingraham
PainScience.com Publisher Vancouver CANADA
