About this product: A foundation textbook for those requiring an understanding of the structure and biomechanics of the lumbar spine and sacrum. The book aims to bring together in one source all of the elements of anatomy and biomechanics which are clinically relevant to the study of lumbar spinal pain. The text has been designed and presented in a format which makes it suitable for use by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, manual therapists and post graduate medical students in fields concerned with the management and prevention of back pain and related conditions such as rheumatology, orthopaedics, occupational medicine, ergonomics' rehabilitation.
Follows a clear and logical structure
Makes the link between the pure anatomy and the clinical problems encountered by practitioners
Only gives the details required for effective and safe clinical practice - everything in it is relevant to practice
Text well supported with clear and easy to understand line drawings
Written by an internationally known and respected expert in the fields of both clinical anatomy and back pain
Fully reference and evidence based
Extensively revised and updated but without adding extensively to the existing length
The comprehensive coverage and logical structure of the previous editions will be maintained
About this product: The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy by Robin McKenzie and Stephen May has been revised and expanded into a two volume tome with a foreward by Nikolai Bogduk, MD, PhD, DSc. New 'evidence-based' chapters present intervertebral disc pathology, updated techniques, stream-lined classification system and revised management for derangement syndromes. Illustrated, softcover, 728 pages.
The official publication of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, this volume is the most authoritative and up-to-date reference on the lumbar spine. This edition provides more balance between basic science and clinical material and has been completely reorganized for easy reference. New chapters cover gene therapy, outcomes assessment, and alternatives to traditional nonoperative treatment. The editors have also added chapters on preparation for surgery, surgical approaches, spinal instrumentation, and bone grafts. Chapters on specific disorders have a consistent structure—definition, natural history, physical examination, imaging, nonoperative treatment, operative treatment, postoperative management, results of surgery, and complications.
About this product: In The Aging Spine, White combines the expertise in aquatic and occupational therapy with the latest in scientific data. The result is a well-researched and comprehensive guide in the management of back pain. In a conversational and educational tone, the author employs graphs, illustrations and pictures to walk the individual through a progressive water exercise program.
In outlining various causes of lower-back pain, White gives the reader the tools to get their life back on track. This practical guide is a well-written "must read" for anyone suffering with back pain.
"Exercise helps prolong life, prevent diabetes, heart disease, and ease the pain of arthritis. Aqua-therapy is my preference for exercise for pain relief from degenerative arthritic changes."
Sandra Sessoms, M.D., Arthritis Institute Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
"This is a must read for those of us who have experienced back pain and for those of us who want to prevent it."
John D. West, P.T., Owner Rehab Services, Houston, TX
About this product: This manual, one of a series of three, is, like the entire series, an example of scholarly work usually not encountered with many other manuals or textbooks that deal with an individual manual medicine technique or a compilation thereof. The organization of the series is excellent, well and insightfully written, and superbly illustrated. It serves equally as a reference text, instruction manual, and a hands-on book, both for the novice in the field and the "old hands." In summary, this book and the rest of the entire series, is the definitive text of osteopathic muscle energy techniques and approaches written by an expert and his well educated team. It should be not only on every serious practitioner's bookshelf, it should be on the center shelf. A gem for years to come, setting the standard.
About this product: Centre Hospitlier Moliere Longchamp, Brussels, Belgium. Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of lumbar instability. For clinicians and researchers. Covers: background of mechanics and research, clinical presentation and physiopathology, diagnosis, rheumatologic approach, exercise, manipulation, and ethical and economic questions. Halftone illustrations.
About this product: This monograph analyses all aspects related to the etiopathogenesis, pathomorphology, diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation. It includes 24 chapters, over 500 illustrations, partly in colour, and 2800 bibliographic entries, going from the historical to the most recent ones. Five chapters are dedicated to biological and pathomorphologic aspects both of lumbar disc herniation and the conditions most often associated with herniation. The etiopathogenesis is analysed in the light of the most significant and recent studies. Five chapters deal with the clinical presentation and diagnostic tests in an extremely wide and detailed way. Large space is reserved to conservative management. The chapters on invasive treatments and on the results and complications of surgery define the advantages and limitations of the old and new percutaneous or surgical treatments. Two chapters are dedicated to surgical management of patients with spinal conditions associated with herniation, and two other deal with the surgical failure. This monograph is aimed at satisfying the requirements of both experts and young doctors. Some chapters are of particular interest to the spine specialist, whilst others are useful to the novice to acquire a general knowledge of the subject.
About this product: This is a book written for physical therapists and physicians interested in the treatment of patients with low back pain. The author has brought nearly 50 years of clinical training and scientific evidence to write this book. According to a very well known physical therapist and physiatrist, this book is claimed to be a seminal book on low back pain, and according to Dr. Basmajian (Father of EMG Biofeedback) "it should strengthen the hands and minds of several branches of the healing professions while clearing the debris of dubious techniques." The book is about treatment of Mechanical Disorders of Lumbar Spine and mainly Intervertebral Disc Disorders by physical therapists using conservative techniques. The author is cognizant of the fact that patients who come to physical therapy should not be harmed by physical therapy, hence with this in mind, these gentle techniques are presented to the practicing physical therapist and the student alike. There are nine chapters with two appendices and an index. The three anatomy chapters were co-authored by Dr. Arthur Nelson. The next few chapters are on sprains/strains, intervertebral disc conditions, spinal stenosis and disc degeneration, spondylolisthesis/spondylolysis and spondylosis. In addition to that, there are chapters on epidemiology, clinical evaluation, chronic low back pain, and physical therapy techniques. The main thrust in this book, is that all patients must be treated by proper clinical diagnosis based on pathophysiology using sensitive and specific tests and arriving at treatment techniques which are evidence based. This book is not for the believer and non-scientist, but to all those who profess to be physical therapists/scientists. This might be the only book written by two physical therapists for the treatment of patients suffering low back problems, with evidence to back it up.
About this product: Authors Rick Jemmett and David MacDonald deliver a rigorously argued, academically-sound and clinically relevant model of assessment, classification and management for patients with lumbar spine pathology. Acknowledging the problems and limitations inherent in the traditional pathoanatomical and biopsychosocial models, the authors’ Segmental Dysfunction Model provides for a significantly more predictable approach to patient management while retaining a modern physical therapy skill set. Underpinned by the most recent research from a variety of disciplines, the authors have modeled an evidence-based pathomechanical definition of lumbar dysfunction with management solutions grounded in prospective clinical reasoning, therapeutic motor re-education exercises and updated manual therapy applications. The result is a re-conceptualization of low back pain within a framework which allows clinicians to appreciate the nature and extent of their patient’s dysfunction and provide more consistent and successful patient management.
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