Understanding Sciatica (Original PDF from Publisher)

By Tom Jesson, Annina Schmid
Understand sciatica. Discuss it with your patients with confidence.

Do you know your radicular pain from your radiculopathy? Your protrusion from your extrusion? And do you really know what they are, why they happen, and why they hurt? Sciatica is confusing and unpredictable – to both clinicians and patients alike. Sometimes, no one seems to know what’s going on. Understanding Sciatica clears up the confusion, teaching you what’s happening when your patients have sciatica, so that you can be the confident, steady and insightful clinician they need.

What’s in the book:

• Astute clinical observation.
• New pain neuroscience.
• Good old-fashioned spinal anatomy.
• All broken down so that everything just clicks.

What’s NOT in the book…!

• No endless lists of anatomy facts that never go anywhere!
• No rambling paragraphs citing study after study!
• No vague explanations that just leave more questions than answers!

For its blend of serious science, astute clinical observation and entertaining narrative, Understanding Sciatica has become a cult classic, with thousands of copies sold.What readers say:

• “Absolute gold… Not many anatomy/physiology books that one can’t put down” – June, Specialist Physiotherapist in Spinal Triage.
• “I was expecting a good read, but what you get is even better! Absolutely brilliant stuff and a MUST read for any clinician who works with sciatica” – Michael, Physiotherapist.
• “The book has made a massive difference to my practice and in explaining things to my patients.” – Philip, Spinal Advanced Practice Practitioner.
• Simply a good book as well as a good medical book. So much contemporary content, blended with a personal, readable format like the classic medical texts of the past.’ – Greig, Orthopaedic doctor & GP.
• “Highly recommend this book. In addition to being informative and engaging it provides sensible, well-reasoned insight, useful for patients and clinicians alike” – Michael, US military PT.
• “The sciatica Bible” -Luke, Physiotherapist.

About the authors:

Tom Jesson is a physiotherapist specialising in nerve root problems. He has written two books about radicular pain, and published peer-reviewed research and textbook chapters on the topic. He is also an experienced writer and educator, practiced at summarising complex information in an easy-to-read style.

Prof. Annina Schmid is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a Neuroscientist affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University in the UK.

She leads the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab at Oxford University. Annina was the first allied health professional to win a prestigious Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust, recognising her contributions to discovery sciences.”I’m not a clinician, is this book for me?”

Possibly! The book is written for clincians, but we have had lots of very happy lay readers. All the information is broken down into simple chunks, and technical jargon is avoided where possible.

That said, to get the most out of the book it will help to have a basic (high school level) understanding of how nerves work, such as what an action potential is, and of the gross anatomy of the spine.

Product Details

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CWDBK6T9
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 8, 2024
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported