Books on Display at HPL

Back Pain: Don't take it lying down

The Good Back Book: A Practical Guide to Alleviating and Preventing Back Pain By Fehrsen-Du Toit, Renita Author Toit, Renita Fehrsen-Du 2003-09 - Firefly Books 9781552978276 Check Our Catalog Guidance on understanding spine anatomy and how common back problems occur, how to improve posture, how to strengthen the back and prevent problems, and detailed instructions on useful exercises. …More

I've Got Your Back: The Truth about Spine Surgery, Straight from a Surgeon By Tindel, Nathaniel L. With Haspel, Tamar 2007-01 - New American Library 9780451220219 Check Our Catalog A leading back surgeon reveals the truth about--and the alternatives to--back surgery. This authoritative guide to what back surgery can and can't do reveals behind-the-scenes information on back pain, back doctors, and back treatments delivered candidly, using case studies and clinical evidence. …More

The Back Book By Gokaslan, Ziya L. Author Riley, Lee Hunter, III Illustrator Suk, Ian 2008-12 - Johns Hopkins University Press 9780801890437 Check Our Catalog Eighty percent of Americans experience back pain in varying degrees at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is second only to the common cold as a reason why people visit a doctor. In The Back Book, Johns Hopkins surgeons Ziya L. Gokaslan and Lee Hunter Riley explain the causes and complexities of back pain and the various paths to diagnosis and treatment. Stressing the importance of individualized treatment, they discuss the process of establishing a treatment plan that is acceptable to the person with pain as well as to the attending physician. They also: ? lay out reasonable expectations for surgical and nonsurgical treatment? illuminate the possibilities, risks, and limitations of back surgery? describe how to select a surgeon and the importance of choosing the right one Informative and reassuring, The Back Book provides readers with the knowledge they need to understand their back pain and get started on the route to relief. …More

Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society By Hadler, Nortin M. 2009-11 - University of North Carolina Press 9780807833483 Check Our Catalog For more than three decades as a physician and medical researcher, Nortin Hadler has studied the experience of low back pain in people who are otherwise healthy. With the healthy skepticism that has become his trademark, he takes the "Hadlerian" approach to backaches and the backache treatment industry, arguing that regional back pain is overly medicalized by doctors, surgeons, and alternative therapists and that the design of workers' compensation, disability insurance, and other "health" schemes actually thwarts getting well. …More

The Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible: A Practical Manual for Understanding, Preventing and Treating Back Pain By Reed, Stephen Author Kendall-Reed, Penny Author Ford, Michael 2004-05 - Robert Rose 9780778800903 Check Our Catalog "A practical manual for treating back pain." Nearly 80% of all adults experience low back pain during their lifetime. This painful condition, until recently, has been poorly understood and inadequately managed. Current research, however, has identified pathways and causes for low back pain. Imaging and other diagnostic tests have improved treatment and there have been tremendous advances in minimally invasive interventions and surgery. The Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible summarizes current information on low back pain, both acute and chronic. It also explains the diagnostic tests now available and most importantly, when they are actually useful. Full coverage of traditional and complementary therapies, with supporting research, is included. Special sections on chronic pain and surgical intervention are covered in an easy-to-understand format. The Complete Doctor's Healthy Back Bible offers insight into this condition and suggests diagnosis and appropriate intervention with the many treatment options available. …More

Back Care Basics: A Doctor's Gentle Yoga Program for Back and Neck Pain Relief By Schatz, Mary Pullig Foreword by Connor, William Preface by Iyengar, B. K. S. 1992-05 - Rodmell Press 9780962713828 Check Our Catalog Using the therapeutic techniques of Iyengar-style yoga, Dr. Schatz demonstrates how to deal with periods of acute discomfort, how to rebuild the body to prevent recurrences, and how to move on to a full and nourishing yoga practice. 200 200 photos & illustrations. …More

Back Sense: A Revolutionary Approach to Halting the Cycle of Chronic Back Pain By Siegel, Ronald D. Author Urdang, Michael Author Johnson, Douglas R. 2002-04 - Broadway Books 9780767905817 Check Our Catalog On occasion nearly everyone experiences short-term back pain from sore or strained muscles. But for many who come to treat their back gingerly because they fear further "injury," a cycle of worry and inactivity results; this aggravates existing muscle tightness and leads them to think of themselves as having a "bad back." Even worse is the understandable but usually counterproductive assumption that back pain is caused by "abnormalities"-bulging disks, a damaged spine, and so on. However, these abnormalities are frequently found in those who have absolutely no pain whatsoever. In reality, most backs are strong and resilient, built to support our bodies for a lifetime; truly "bad backs" are rare. Drawing on their work with patients and studies from major scientific journals and corporations, the authors "of "Back "Sense-all three are former chronic back pain sufferers themselves-developed a revolutionary self-treatment approach targeting the true causes of chronic back pain. It is based on conclusive evidence proving that stress and inactivity are usually the prime offenders, and it allows patients to avoid the restrictions and expense of most other treatments. After showing readers how to rule out the possibility that a rare medical condition is the source of their problem, "Back "Sense clearly and convincingly explains the actual factors behind chronic back pain and systematically leads readers toward recapturing a life free of back pain. …More

Backache: What Exercises Work By Sobel, Dava Foreword by Nagler, Willibald With Klein, Arthur C. 1996-06 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312142810 Check Our Catalog Based on the results of an unprecedented survey of sufferers nationwide and on current medical research, Backache: What Exercises Work provides a series of easy-to-follow exercises that will banish backache--even after drugs and surgery have failed. Line drawings. …More