How to Treat Low Back Pain: A Guide for Treating causes of Low Back Pain for Physicians and APPs (True PDF from Publisher)

By Timothy R. Deer MD, Nomen Azeem

How to Treat Low Back Pain: A Guide for Treating Causes of Low Back Pain for Physicians and APPs focuses on current technology and cutting-edge treatment options, all validated by data. Each chapter presents a thorough review of patient selection, procedure technique, and potential adverse complications for each recommended treatment. Written by experts in the field for practitioners and clinicians treating low back pain, and with anatomic artwork and illustrations throughout, the book covers all aspects of lower back pain, the leading cause of disability in developed countries, with the number of people affected worldwide increasing annually. In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in health care costs to treat low back pain, and most of these treatments simply provide symptomatic relief with few strategies that actually contribute to correcting the underlying cause.

• Provides a step-by-step approach for each cause of back pain, including diagnosis, imaging, anatomy of the problem, abnormal anatomy, differential diagnosis, and treatment options
• Presents evidence-based treatment options, ranging from conversative treatments, physical medicine, surgery, and many minimally invasive techniques
• Summarizes the data for each problem, from disc to joint and ligament

Product Details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Academic Press; 1st edition (December 27, 2024)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 322 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0443159629
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0443159626