A Guide to Back Pain
Symptoms; Causes; Treatment; Prevention
Published on 30. June 2015
224 pages
978-1-84205-275-4 (ISBN)
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An effective guide to managing a bad back with straightforward, useful information about the workings of the human back and the things that may go wrong to cause pain. It also provides guidance on the management and alleviation of such pain.
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Katherine Wright
A Guide to Back Pain
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12/2014
Geddes & Grosset
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Health writer, science graduate
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Back Pain Statistics
- 3. The Nature of Pain
- 4. What is Back Pain and What is Its Cause?
- Back pain triage
- 5. The Structures of the Back
- The spine and its constituent vertebrae
- Intervertebral discs
- The spinal cord
- Spinal nerves
- Muscles of the spine
- Ligaments
- Tendons
- 6. The Impact of Damage or Dysfunction
- 7. Vulnerability to Back Pain and Lifestyle Risk Factors
- 8. Prevention
- Specific exercises
- Posture
- 9. What to Do When Back Pain Strikes
- First aid for acute bad backs
- When to call for help
- 10. More Common Medical Conditions that Cause Back Pain
- Osteoporosis
- Spondylosis
- Degenerative spondylolisthesis/collapsed vertebrae
- Conditions affecting intervertebral discs
- Spinal stenosis
- Sacroiliac joint disorder/dysfunction
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Ligament hypermobility
- Coccydinia
- Common, structural anomalies that may be connected with back pain
- Spinal injuries
- 11. Childhood Back Pain
- Childhood spondylolisthesis
- Compressive stress fracture of the pars interarticularis
- Scheurmann's disease/kyphosis
- Achondroplasia
- Still's disease or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
- 12. Other (Rare) Diseases and Conditions that May Be Associated with Back Pain
- Spinal tumours
- Paget's disease of bone or osteitis deformans
- Kidney stones or calculi
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Pancreatic cancer
- Endometriosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteomyelitis
- Osteomalacia
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn's disease
- Reiter's syndrome (RS)
- Psoriasis
- Shingles
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
- Gout
- 13. Medical Consultations and Investigations - What to Expect
- The GP
- Seeing the specialist
- Investigative techniques
- 14. Medical Treatments for Back Pain
- Medication
- Spinal injections
- Back surgery
- 15. Complementary Therapies
- Acupuncture
- Osteopathy
- Chiropractic
- The Alexander technique
- Acupressure
- Aromatherapy
- Hydrotherapy
- 16. Conclusion
- Other Books in this Series
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- Positive Thinking, Positive Living
- Understanding Phobias
- Copyright
