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Obtain optimal diagnostic results from the field’s foremost pain expert! Noted authority Steven D. Waldman, MD, JD, offers complete, concise, and highly visual guidance on the diagnosis of more than 100 uncommon pain syndromes less frequently encountered in daily practice. Vivid illustrations depict the physical symptoms and anatomy of each pain site as well as key imaging findings involving techniques such as MRI, CT, and conventional radiograph. It’s the effective, easy-access resource you need to evaluate uncommon pain syndromes and sharpen your diagnostic skills.

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Covering all commonly used interventions for acute and chronic low back pain conditions, Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain consolidates current scientific studies and research evidence into a single, practical resource. Its multidisciplinary approach covers a wide scope of treatments from manual therapies to medical interventions to surgery, organizing interventions from least to most invasive.

Book Overview:

Pain Medicine Pocketpedia covers numerous topics in the emerging field of pain medicine, including physical rehabilitation in pain management, peripheral nerve blocks, neuropathic pain, and cancer pain. This handbook is broken up into three sections: 1. Fundamentals and Assessment. 2. Treatment Modalities including opiods, injections and alternative medicine. 3. Pain Syndromes.

This portable reference is perfect for busy students, residents, and practitioners involved in the clinical management of pain.

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Contenido:

Introducción
Principios básicos
Fascia superficial - Fascia profunda - Fascia epimisial - Fisiología de las fascias

Parte I. Los centros de coordinación

Capítulo 1. Manipulación fascial
A. Control fascial del movimiento segmentario - La unidad miofascial
B. Control fascial de la postura - La secuencia miofascial

ABOUT THIS BOOK
Practical and concise handbook for diagnosing and treating back and neck pain
Pocket-sized format makes it an easy reference tool with multiple charts, graphs and bullet points
Provides essential clinical information covering all aspects of diagnosis and treatment including of myofascial pain, whiplash and fibromyalgia

A new addition to the Gynecology in Practice series, Chronic Pelvic Pain provides a practical guide to diagnosing and treating chronic pelvic pain in women. Emphasizing diagnosis, management and psychological aspects, the book assists gynecologists to better care for their patients suffering from this condition. As a part of the series, various feature boxes are highlighted throughout. "Tips and Tricks" give suggestions on how to improve outcomes through practical technique or patient questioning.

Health practitioners and body workers need a firm understanding of the significance of fascia in human performance. The role nutrition plays in fascial health, how injuries and diseases influence fascia, and the rehabilitative techniques to restore functional capacity of the affected tissue are essential components of improving performance. This book starts with a basic overview of fascia and its biological underpinnings, and progresses through clinical treatment applications, nutritional and pharmacological support information, and techniques for managing fascial conditions and injuries.

Articles in this issue include: "Low Back Pain: Health Care Dilemma", "Anatomic and Biomechanical Principles of the Lumbar Spine", "Diagnosis of Low Back Pain: Imaging and Electrodiagnostics", "Axial Low Back Pain: Disc, Posterior Element, Sacroiliac Joint as Pain Generators", "Radicular Pain", "Myofascial Pain and Referral Patterns", "Osteoporosis and Compression Fracture", "Exercise for Low Back Pain", "Pharmacologic Treatment for Low Back Pain", "Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatment

Few books achieve the fond hopes of their authors and their admirers. This is just one that succeeds, making a genuine and profound contribution to the fields ofbiomechanics, orthopedics and rehabilitation. It moves with easy grace from any topic to its neighbor, shedding warmth and life to them all.

As one who has experienced both the high and low points of medical writing and editing over several decades, I see in these pages a true work of genius. It deserves a very wide readership and enthusiastic application of its lessons.