health/back pain/treatments
THE ALMANAC OF BACK PAIN TREATMENTS
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The Almanac of Back Pain Treatments by Julie Zimmerman RPT
Biddle Publishing Company
The complete guide to the rationales, benefits and risks of the traditional
and alternative treatments for people with bad backs, including ...
- the conflicting claims of success from health care providers
- the practitioners who treat back pain
- the treatment options for back pain patients
- the pros and cons of back pain treatments
ISBN: 1-879418-03-7
©1991
$9.95 US
Softcover
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TREATMENTS
TREATMENTS: *acupuncture *bedrest *diet *exercise *manipulation
*traction *Rolfing *heat *corsets *surgery *pain clinics *foot reflexology *work
hardening *spiritual healing and many more.
"Individualization of diagnosis and treatment means that
practitioners put the patient's welfare ahead of a rigid philosophy of health
care."
"Find a health care professional with whom you can communicate and
work together to understand and treat your back pain. Ask about the rationale
of various treatments in order to avoid having unrealistic expectations."
ENDORSEMENTS
"Each book retails for $9.95 and offers a nonfancy round-up of
current thinking on back pain. Zimmerman also illustrates how
that thinking has changed."
The Back Letter
"...it is informative and useful in making the problems of back
pain comprehensible to the non-specialist and useful as a guide to treaments."
The Small Press Book Review
"The author has no miracle cure for back pain. She has, however,
examined both traditional and alternative treatments and has assembled
a helpful guide to the approach, benefits and risks of treatments
in each camp. She has no 'agenda' except that which makes sense...Zimmerman's
guide does a great job of presenting pros and cons in the range
of treatments available. This is often the first step, and most
important one in finding help that works."
The Book Reader
"All three books are easy to understand and well written, and they
all feature an appendix of references, a glossary of terms used
and an index. Back pain sufferers will probably find the volume
on living with back pain the most useful, as it presents
lifestyle adjustments that may be needed, whether they be physical,
emotional or a combination. Recommended for their low-key coverage
of a difficult and controversial subject for all public and
health sciences libraries."
Library Journal
"Physical therapist Julie Zimmerman has tackled back pain in a
series of books that combine practical information for the
layperson and useful material for the professional. I was surprised
at how much she was able to pack into three small paperbacks for
the reasonable price of $9.95"
The Bloomsbury Review