Augustus White

Your Aching Back (eBook, ePUB)

A Doctor's Guide to Relief

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Three out of five adults will experience significant back pain at some point in their lives, making back pain America's number-one ailment.

At last, Dr. Augustus White, one of the world's leading specialists in back pain and spine-related problems, has revised and updated his trusted and authoritative manual. This definitive edition of Your Aching Back offers the latest findings on back ailments and their treatments, giving information on:

* basic back mechanics

* the most common reasons for backache and the most likely sufferers

* the most current diagnostic techniques

* basic back self-care: nonsurgical and preventive techniques; home treatments

* surgery: the most up-to-date technology and procedures

* postoperative care: recuperative techniques and life-style management

* controlling back pain in the elderly, including spinal stenosis and osteoporosis

* alleviating back trauma in sports and dance

* reducing lower back pain to increase sexual activity and enjoyment

This comprehensive manual also includes a glossary of terms, answers to the most commonly asked questions regarding back pain, and predictions on the future of back care. Over 70 black-and-white line drawings illustrate various back conditions and treatments, completing this indispensable book.

Written in a nonintimidating and reassuring tone, Your Aching Back is designed to help you take control of your back condition and get relief.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781451602753
• Artikelnr.: 37900978

Autorenporträt

Augustus A. White III, M.D, is professor of orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and orthopaedic surgeon-in-chief at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER I: WHO SUFFERS?
CHAPTER II: BASIC BACK MECHANICS
CHAPTER III: WHY DOES MY BACK HURT?
CHAPTER IV: PAIN AND THE MIND
CHAPTER V: BASIC BACK SELF-CARE
A Manual of Prevention and Home Treatment
CHAPTER VI: THE PROBLEM BACK
Nonsurgical Treatments
CHAPTER VII: TO OPERATE OR NOT TO OPERATE?
CHAPTER VIII: SEX AND THE ACHING BACK
CHAPTER IX: HOW TO AVOID AND RELIEVE BACKACHE IN SPORTS AND DANCE
CHAPTER X: ANSWERS TO SOME BACKACHE QUESTIONS PATIENTS FREQUENTLY ASK
CHAPTER XI: THE FUTURE OF BACK CARE
Some Predictions, Speculations, and Hopes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index