Authors: Anthony H. Guarino
ISBN-13: 9780801897313, ISBN-10: 0801897319
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: September 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Pain management specialist Dr. Anthony H. Guarino has created an accessible and up-to-date guide to the range of available treatments to relieve back pain.
Informed by the wealth of information in this book, patients can successfully manage their pain beyond their doctor's office. Dr. Guarino describes proven therapies and coaches patients on how to achieve results. He also offers helpful advice for dealing with the psychological effects of chronic pain and for navigating complicated insurance and disability plans.
With detailed information about medications, exercise, injections, surgery, psychological interventions, and alternative treatments, Get Your Lower Back Pain under Control-and Get on with Life is an invaluable resource for anyone who suffers from chronic back pain. As Dr. Guarino encourages his own patients, "Master your pain. Reclaim your life!"
Preface
Part I Why Does It Hurt? Who Can Help?
Chapter 1 All about Pain 3
Chapter 2 The Right Doctor for You 14
Chapter 3 Diagnosing What's Causing Your Pain 24
Part II Therapies from A to Z
Chapter 4 Tools for Managing Pain 35
Chapter 5 Exercise for Treating Pain with Elizabeth Pegg Frates, M.D. 47
Chapter 6 Tools for Reducing Stress 73
Chapter 7 Pain Medications 82
Chapter 8 Injections and Other Treatments 107
Chapter 9 Surgery 124
Chapter 10 Alternative Treatments 130
Part III The Cost of Chronic Pain
Chapter 11 Covering the Cost of Pain: Insurance 143
Chapter 12 The Ins and Outs of Disability 147
Chapter 13 The Personal Cost of Pain: Relationships 159
Appendix: The Anatomy of the Back 163
Notes 175
Index 179