The Back Book
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The Back Book
Back pain has alwas been common, but there has been a change in thinking about back care. A lot has been learned about backache, and most people can and do deal with back pain themselves most of the time. This booklet gives advice on how to deal with backache, avoid disability and recover quickly.
The Back Book
Author: Ziya L. Gokaslan
language: en
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Release Date: 2009-01-30
Eighty percent of Americans experience back pain in varying degrees at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason why people visit a doctor. In The Back Book, Johns Hopkins surgeons Ziya L. Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley explain the causes and complexities of back pain and the various paths to diagnosis and treatment. Stressing the importance of individualized treatment, they discuss the process of establishing a treatment plan that is acceptable to the person with pain as well as to the attending physician. They also: • lay out reasonable expectations for surgical and nonsurgical treatment • illuminate the possibilities, risks, and limitations of back surgery • describe how to select a surgeon and the importance of choosing the right one Informative and reassuring, The Back Book provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand their back pain and get started on the route to relief.
The Back Book
Aimed at those with back pain, this booklet offers evidence-based advice on coping with back pain and leading a normal life. This second edition includes the very latest thinking on the subject, and is aimed at employers, doctors and therapists for handing out to their patients. It sets out to improve back beliefs, and can have a positive influence on health and vocational outcomes.