Product Description

This is a medical text book aimed at all health care professionals who care for patients with back pain. It is a book for health professionals about the understanding and management of back pain. It has become established as one of the leading examples of a biopsychosocial approach to medicine. It sets out to challenge unsubstantiated beliefs regarding the best way to treat and manage back pain and to create an interdisciplinary debate on the subject. Patients and society are demanding more effective approaches to this huge problem. This requires a radical rethink among professionals about their individual contributions to the problem. This book is about the revolution that is taking place in this area.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #133550 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 456 pages

From the Author
A text book for all health professionals who treat back pain
Contents: Disability, History, Epidemiology, Risk factors, Clinical course, Physical impairment, Physical basis, Illness behaviour, Psychological distress, Beliefs, Social interactions, A new clinical model, Rest or stay active? The scientific evidence, Clinical guidelines, Patient information, Chronic LBP, UK & US health care, Future health care.

'This is the best textbook on back pain I have ever seen. It breaks entirely new ground, with an innovative, evidence based approach.' Mark Scheone, Editor The Back Letter.

'A singularly impressive book - what is so good is the open style of presentation, the sincere balance of the material - and it is very easy to read. There is an incredible wealth of knowledge here which is brilliantly distilled into clinically meaningful & practical information. Buy a copy and read it - now!' Physiotherapy Pain Association Newsletter.

'Brilliant - really brilliant.' Dr Chris Spanswick, UK Pain Management Team of the Year 1998.

'This magnificent book - has already become a classic.' Dr Johan Vlaeyen, iRV The Netherlands.

Customer Reviews

A truly comprehensive yet accessible exposition
The coverage of low back pain given in this book is an honest description of what science really shows us about back pain. Indeed, there has been a revolution in thinking over the nature, causes and management of back pain, and the book shows how many previously held views were erroneous. All health professionals will find much to learn and use here.

Brilliant!
A comprehensive account of the state of play of the evidence-based management of low back pain. This book does not pretend to focus on the pathophysiology of back pain (for that, see Bogduk's 'Clinical Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine and Sacrum') but instead delivers a wealth of information on how the problems caused by back pain should be dealt with by patients, practitioners, purchasers, politicians and the general public. A superb resource.

Good for understanding the symptoms but not the basic cause.
A wonderful book if your interest concerns the symptoms, the outcomes and the statistics, but is does nothing to address the fundamental cause of simple backache and for that reason is no better than most other publications on the same subject. In otherwords it is like treating a flat tyre by adding some air and not recognising that the basic cause is a hole in the tyre. Mr Angus Brazenall - practitioner