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You have lifetime access to two of the ten tutorials available on PainScience.com. (Not enough? Missing a book? +If you are a repeat customer and this list is missing books that you thought you bought, the explanation is probably that you were not successfully identified as a repeat customer. Repeat customers are identified by their email address. If you use a different email when buying, you will be identified as a new customer. The good news: all your purchases are available! I just need to merge your accounts. Please just contact me, and I’ll take care of it for you.)

	Links to Books	Order Info	Book Info	Last Access	Last Update
	Trigger Points	PS2016924 Mar 10, 26 +Order #PS2016924 March 10, 2026 Total cost: 19.95 USD Paid with card Last book update: Mar 11, 25 Last book access: Jul 22, 26	summary + The Complete Guide to Trigger Points & Myofascial Pain 215,000 words, 184 chapters, 495 footnotes, last updated Mar 11, 25. 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.	Jul 22, 26	Mar 11, 25
	Shin Pain	PS9558960 Apr 2, 26 +Order #PS9558960 April 2, 2026 Total cost: 19.95 USD Paid with card Last book update: Aug 26, 25 Last book access: Jul 22, 26	summary + Shin Splints Treatment, The Complete Guide 48,000 words, 55 chapters, 157 footnotes, last updated Aug 26, 25. 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.	Jul 22, 26	Aug 26, 25
The other 8 books on PainScience.com… Professionals may be interested in buying access to some or all of the others; patients usually do not need so many! If you spend $100 on individual books in total, you will automatically be granted access to everything, or see below for a single complete-the-set purchase.
	Neck Pain	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Neck Pain & Cricks 130,000 words, 84 chapters, 461 footnotes, last updated Jul 10, 26. 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.
	Muscle Strain	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Muscle Strains 38,000 words, 57 chapters, 121 footnotes, last updated Aug 29, 25. 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.
	IT Band Pain	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to IT Band Syndrome 100,000 words, 84 chapters, 273 footnotes, last updated Mar 17, 26. 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.
	Low Back Pain	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Low Back Pain 230,000 words, 182 chapters, 734 footnotes, last updated Jun 9, 26. 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.
	Patellar Pain	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome 125,000 words, 104 chapters, 376 footnotes, last updated Mar 3, 26. 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.
	Plantar Fasciitis	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Plantar Fasciitis 86,000 words, 68 chapters, 272 footnotes, last updated Oct 24, 25. 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.
	Headache	BUY $1995	summary + The Complete Guide to Chronic Tension Headaches 57,000 words, 53 chapters, 218 footnotes, last updated Feb 26, 24. 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.”
	Frozen Shoulder	BUY $1995	summary + Complete Guide to Frozen Shoulder 57,000 words, 52 chapters, 204 footnotes, last updated Jul 2, 26. 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.
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The eBoxed Set is a steeply discounted, optional bundle of all ten of my books. The set is ideal for professionals, and some keen patients.?These books are about a variety of topics and are not a required in addition to anything already purchased. Very few patients need ten books about ten different topics! But a few people do appreciate the educational value — some of you share my general interest in painful topics! — and/or have friends and family they'd like to lend the books to. The set is mostly intended for pros, however. Purchased individually, they would run you $200 USD, but the set is only $9995… minus the value of the two books you’ve already paid for. So you can complete your set for just $5995. Read more about the set. [new tab/window]

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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.

Or just buy a total of 5 tutorials individually — once you’ve paid more than half the value of the set, you will be automatically granted access to everything.

Frequently Asked Questions

Most of these are also on the main help page, which also covers some pre-sales questions and other site topics. All links in this section will open a new tab/window.

Q. How do I get my money back?

A. Just ask, and there’s no time limit. Send me an email. An explanation is not required (though always appreciated, if it’s reasonably polite).

Q. What if I discover that the book I bought doesn’t apply to me?

A. No problemo: I will do a refund or exchange.

Q. I just don’t like reading on the computer. Can I print PainScience.com ebooks? Or use my iPad, Kindle, etc?

A. Printing the tutorials works fine for such a big document. The best way to read it without being tied to a computer is on a smartphone or tablet, especially an iPad. Get an overview of your reading options.

Q. How do I read PainScience.com books offline?

A. My books are basically big webpages, but you can read them offline with a read-it-later service like “Safari Reading List” (available on all of Apple’s devices), a platform-independent one like Instapaper (etc.), or just DIY with webarchive files.

Q. What format are e-books in? It doesn’t seem to be PDF or regular e-book …

A. No, it’s not a “traditional” PDF or a regular e-book that you would read on, say, a Kindle or Nook. I call the tutorial an “e-book” because it certainly is an electronic book in spirit. But it’s also just a huge webpage, which has some great advantages (and some downsides). If you want to know more about why I use this format, see my rant about what’s wrong with the ebook industry, and how I’m making a better product for my customers.

Q. Is there a difference between “tutorials” and “books” or “ebooks”?

A. Nope: I use these terms interchangeably here. All the same thing!

Q. Can I lend tutorials to friends and family?

A. Yes! Just not with too many people — the suggested maximum is three. You can share the full-access URL (address) for a tutorial page, which is the equivalent of giving someone your username and password for this site. Over-lending will trigger a warning not to share quite so much. 😉

Q. Can I pay an upgrade price to get the full set of tutorials?

A. Yes. If you’ve already purchased one or some of them, you can pay a completion fee for the full “e-boxed set.” See the “Complete the Set” section above.