The education of physicians who first treat patients with low back pain is paramount.
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12 Section I: Introduction Arrangement of Your Spine into a S-shaped Structure So you know that your back is not made up of a single long bone but multiple small irregular bones. These thirty-three bones are not arranged in a straight ...
Two previous studies have examined the role of patient activation in spine surgery patients. Skolasky, Mackenzie, Wegener and Riley [39] examined 65 patients who underwent surgery for degenerative lumbar stenosis, assessing the ...
Low Back Pain: Medical Diagnosis and Comprehensive Management
- Get help for dealing with patients with an atypical presentation of low back pain - The section on chiropractic treatment will assist nonchiropractic professionals in understanding and assessing efficacy and quality of chiropractic care ...
Sufficient time for the survey of the history and for the physical examination of the patientEarly recognition of serious causes of back pain and of nerve root compressionAdequate treatment of pain: according to the intensity of pain the ...
The 2nd Edition provides definitive coverage of the medical causes of low back pain. The specific diagnostic and treatment maneuvers required for effective decision making are discussed. Broad implications of...
Low Back Pain
Low Back Pain: What You Need to Know