THE BOOK
Mastering Chronic Pain: How Peak Resilience Unlocks Your Potential
Science-backed tools to break free from pain, rebuild your resilience, and get your life back.
Calm your pain system without relying on willpower
Train your nervous system to shift out of fight-or-flight and into healing.
Reduce fear, frustration, and inflammation
Learn how emotional stress and inflammation feed each other—and how to break the cycle.
Rebuild trust in your body and brain
Get back in sync with your physical self—so movement doesn’t feel like danger.
Use science-backed tools that fit into real life
No fluff, no guessing—just practical actions rooted in neurobiology and resilience science.
Understand why you have pain and what to do about it
You’ll stop chasing symptoms and start seeing the bigger picture.
WHO WE ARE
Meet the Authors
We combine personalized medicine, brain retraining, and performance science to help you heal from the inside out.
Dr. Sahar Swidan
PharmD, RPh, ABAAHP, FAARFM, FMNM, FACA
Dr. Swidan is a world-renowned clinical pharmacist, educator, and visionary in integrative pain management and neuroendocrine health. She is also the President and CEO of NeuroPharm.
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As President and CEO of NeuroPharm and founder of Sahar Skin Care. She brings a rare combination of pharmaceutical precision, functional medicine insight, and entrepreneurial innovation to everything she touches.
A Doctor of Pharmacy with a postdoctoral fellowship in Bio-Pharmaceutics and Gastroenterology from the University of Michigan, Dr. Swidan is also board certified and an advanced fellow in anti-aging and regenerative medicine. She has served on the faculty of University of Michigan, George Washington University School of Medicine and Wayne State University College of Pharmacy, where she has trained thousands of clinicians in the science—and art—of healing.
Internationally sought after for her groundbreaking work in hormone therapy, complex pain syndromes, and personalized therapeutics, she is also co-editor of Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine and a key contributor to Metabolic Therapies in Orthopedics. Whether she’s lecturing on the global stage or guiding patients toward transformation, Dr. Swidan’s mission remains the same: to radically shift how we think about pain, aging, and the power of cellular restoration.
Dr. Matthew Bennett
MD, FAAOS, ABAARM, FAAMM
Dr. Matthew Bennett is an orthopedic spine surgeon and functional medicine expert who has dedicated his career to helping individuals overcome chronic pain and unlock their highest potential.
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With a foundation in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University, fellowship training at the renowned Texas Back Institute, and dual board certifications in orthopedic surgery and regenerative medicine, Dr. Bennett brings a rare and powerful blend of clinical expertise to his work.
He is the co-editor of Advanced Therapeutics in Pain Medicine and has authored multiple book chapters and peer-reviewed research articles in the fields of pain, orthopedics, and spine care. Drawing from both cutting-edge science and personal experience with injury and recovery, he has pioneered a new model of pain care—one that fuses medicine, movement, and mindset.
Through his work at TranscendMed, Dr. Bennett empowers patients to break free from the limitations of chronic pain, cultivate resilience, and reclaim lives of clarity, vitality, and performance.
THE BOOK
Mastering Chronic Pain: How Peak Resilience Unlocks Your Potential
If you live with chronic pain, you’ve probably been told your options are limited. You’ve tried medications, physical therapy – even surgery. But what if the missing piece isn’t more treatment… it’s a new way to understand and rewire pain itself?
Mastering Chronic Pain: How Peak Resilience Unlocks Your Potential is a groundbreaking guide that goes beyond conventional care. Written by orthopedic spine surgeon Matthew Bennett, MD, and internationally recognized pain expert Sahar Swidan, PharmD, this book reveals the non-medical strategiesthat most people—and even most doctors—overlook.
Drawing from cutting-edge neuroscience, functional medicine, and real-world clinical experience, you’ll discover how to calm your nervous system, rewire your brain, rebalance your body, and rebuild your life.
Whether you’re newly diagnosed, frustrated by years of persistent pain, or ready to return to high performance, this book gives you the practical tools and mindset shifts to move forward—stronger, clearer, and more in control.
🎯 This is the book your doctors didn’t have time to explain,
and the one you’ll wish you had years ago.
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Pain Medecine Pharmacology
Testimonials
What They Say About the Book
Read real stories from people who’ve transformed their lives with the Peak Resilience Method—proof that healing and hope are possible.
"After years of trying everything, this program finally gave me a clear path forward. My pain hasn’t vanished, but my life is fuller, calmer, and more in my control than ever before."
"I went from feeling trapped in my own body to rediscovering the joy in simple things—walking my dog, cooking dinner, laughing with friends. This approach changed everything."
"I thought I’d tried it all, but the Peak Resilience Method showed me how small, intentional steps could add up to real freedom from the cycle of pain."