Fast Facts: Low Back Pain
by David Borenstein, Andei Calin
Description
Low back pain is one of the most common presenting complaints, can be extremely debilitating and carries enormous economic costs. In 70% of cases, however, no obvious cause is apparent. This makes a thorough history and skilled physical examination essential toidentifying the cause of symptoms and developing an effective therapeutic plan.
This fully revised second edition of Fast Facts: Low Back Pain is the work of two leading experts. It equips the general healthcare professional with the knowledge and skill required to accurately assess each individual patient and offer the appropriate therapeutic choices for maximum pain relief.
- Detailed exploration of the clinical assessment, including history taking, the ‘red flags’ to watch out for, physical observations and gait assessment, psychological considerations, palpation, and neurological and muscle testing.
- Expert guidance on the appropriate therapeutic approach for optimal pain relief, covering conservative management, injections and surgical options.
- Therapeutic exercises for pain relief and progressive restoration of function.
- Maintenance exercises for posture correction, overall stretching and conditioning, andthe avoidance of back strain.
Contents:
- Clinical assessment
- Investigations
- Causes of low back pain
- Conservative management
- Injections and surgery
- Future prospects
- Back maintenance exercises
- Useful resources
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Rights Information
Print, digital and first serialisation rights available for all languanges and all territories.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher/Imprint Health Press Limited / Health
- Publication Date March 2012
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781908541109 / 1908541105
- Publication Country or regionGB
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 15 GBP
- Pages144
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Edition2
- Dimensions8.2 x 5.9 inches
- Illustration51
- SeriesFast Facts
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