Get your lower back pain under control--and get on with life
(2010)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
617.564/GUARINO,A
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Pr., 2010
DESCRIPTION
ix, 186 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780801897306 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0801897300 (hardcover : alk. paper), 9780801897313 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0801897319 (pbk. : alk. paper), 0801897319 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Why does it hurt? who can help? -- All about pain -- The right doctor for you -- Diagnosing what's causing your pain -- Therapies from A to Z -- Tools for managing pain -- Exercise for treating pain with Elizabeth Frates -- Tools for reducing stress -- Pain medications -- Injections and other treatments -- Surgery -- Alternative treatments -- The cost of chronic pain -- Covering the cost of pain: insurance -- The ins and outs of disability -- The personal cost of pain: relationships -- Appendix: the anatomy of the back