This new edition provides clinicians with the latest advances in the identification, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes. Beginning with an overview of pain evaluation, the next chapters explain acute and chronic pain. The following chapters examine different types of pain including cancer, thoracic, lower back, head and neck, and more. Each chapter has been fully revised and the third edition features many new topics, including a complete chapter dedicated to opioid pharmacology. Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field, the text is presented in a clear, algorithmic approach, enhanced by clinical photographs and figures. Key points Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in diagnosis and management pain Features many new topics including a chapter on opioid pharmacology Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field Previous edition (9780323019743) published in 2006
A unique reference on peripheral pain receptor mechanisms While considerable advances have been made on pharmacotherapies for many chronic disease states, options available to treat chronic pain have remained relatively unchanged for decades. However, utilizing the receptors involved in peripheral pain transduction mechanisms offers a significant opportunity to create novel therapies for pain. A comprehensive review of peripheral pain mechanisms, Peripheral Receptor Targets for Analgesia: Novel Approaches to Pain Management provides a unique resource that brings together a body of knowledge that was previously widely dispersed. As such, it gives readers a framework for further basic and clinical studies on potential receptor targets, as well as the development of improved topical analgesics. Coverage includes: The latest discoveries by leading researchers relating to the function of various ion channels and receptors in the peripheral nervous system Novel delivery techniques An appendix listing currently available topical analgesic medications A Foreword by Professor Lars Arendt-Nielsen of the Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction (SMI) at Aalborg University An unmatched resource for improving drug therapies and making pain management more efficient, Peripheral Receptor Targets for Analgesia supplies pharmaceutical scientists, pharmacologists, neuroscientists, and graduate and upper-level undergraduate students with a comprehensive, up-to-date reference.
Back Exercise explores the anatomy and movement of the spine and offers exercises that stabilize, mobilize, and reduce back pain. Low back pain, disc bulge and herniation, spondylolisthesis, stenosis, and spinal surgeries are discussed, along with guidelines for safety and self-assessment.
Back Pain Understood: A Cutting-Edge Approach to Healing Your Back In our quick-fix society, we often search for easy medical fixes. We make a diagnosis, put it in a box, and provide a medication, manipulation or surgical intervention to treat the diagnosis. Sixty million Americans who suffer with chronic pain tell us that this approach does not work. Back pain is a major manifestation of chronic suffering, and effective treatment is based on understanding both the body and the mind. The science of medicine explores the mind-body interface. The art of medicine transforms this exploration into practical solutions. Back Pain Understood provides an easy-to-follow format that provides practical solutions for the healthcare practitioner and patient. Explore for yourself what Back Pain Understood can offer you: bull;An understanding of chronic pain bull;An understanding of the anatomy and function of the back bull;An understanding of the mind-body connection bull;An understanding of the many types of back pain presentations bull;An understanding of multi-disciplinary treatment options bull;Wonderful illustrations and photographs that complement the text bull;Numerous real-life patient stories of healing
Well-written and expertly reviewed, this practical question-and-answer resource by Drs. Anna Woodbury, Boris Spektor, Vinita Singh, Brian Bobzien, Trusharth Patel, and Jerry Kalangara, prepares you for certification or recertification in Pain Management. Nearly 850 questions, with answers and concise explanations throughout, test the knowledge you need for success on the American Board of Anesthesiology exam. Covers all the major topics in the Pain Medicine board certification exam, all meticulously reviewed to ensure complete, accurate information. Includes references to Practical Management of Pain, 5th Edition, by Dr. Honorio Benzon et al. for further reading and detailed explanations. Provides board-style questions, answers, and explanations provided by Dr. Anna Woodbury and colleagues at Emory Medical School. Ideal for any physician desiring Pain Medicine certification, including pain medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, orthopaedists, and more.
Today is the day to consider confident hope as an option in the struggles of life instead of it becoming a residual outcome of despair." Are you now or have you ever been in a painful season of life that you thought would never end? Have you ever felt as if no one were listening in the darkest hours of your life? Pain in life will either become, by default, an obstacle course of survival or, by intention, an opportunity to learn critical lessons that positively impact your life's journey. Holy Crap: Finding God's Presence in your Pain is about mistakes made and lessons learned. It will lift you from despair in depression to hope in redemption. Through the author's horrific and shocking yet wonderful and life-changing journey, you will find valuable lessons to reignite passion and vision for your life.
Offering nearly 900 board-style questions, answers, and explanations written by Dr. Anna Woodbury and colleagues at Emory Medical School, Pain Medicine Board Review, 2nd Edition, fully prepares you for success on the American Board of Anesthesiology’s Pain Medicine certification and recertification exam. This well-written and expertly reviewed resource covers all of the major topics on the exam, tests your current knowledge, and helps you identify areas requiring further study. Contains approximately 900 board-style questions with answers and concise explanations, all thoroughly reviewed to ensure complete, accurate information throughout. Directs you to the appropriate chapter in Honorio Benzon’s highly regarded Practical Management of Pain, 5th Edition, for further reading and detailed explanations. Includes new questions and answers in specific areas of recent growth: pharmacologic, psychological and physical medicine treatments, nerve block, and interventional techniques. Ideal for any physician desiring Pain Medicine certification, including pain medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, orthopaedists, and more.
Offering nearly 900 board-style questions, answers, and explanations written by Dr. Anna Woodbury and colleagues at Emory Medical School, Pain Medicine Board Review, 2nd Edition, fully prepares you for success on the American Board of Anesthesiology’s Pain Medicine certification and recertification exam. This well-written and expertly reviewed resource covers all of the major topics on the exam, tests your current knowledge, and helps you identify areas requiring further study. Contains approximately 900 board-style questions with answers and concise explanations, all thoroughly reviewed to ensure complete, accurate information throughout. Directs you to the appropriate chapter in Honorio Benzon’s highly regarded Practical Management of Pain, 5th Edition, for further reading and detailed explanations. Includes new questions and answers in specific areas of recent growth: pharmacologic, psychological and physical medicine treatments, nerve block, and interventional techniques. Ideal for any physician desiring Pain Medicine certification, including pain medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, orthopaedists, and more.
This new edition provides clinicians with the latest advances in the identification, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes. Beginning with an overview of pain evaluation, the next chapters explain acute and chronic pain. The following chapters examine different types of pain including cancer, thoracic, lower back, head and neck, and more. Each chapter has been fully revised and the third edition features many new topics, including a complete chapter dedicated to opioid pharmacology. Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field, the text is presented in a clear, algorithmic approach, enhanced by clinical photographs and figures. Key points Fully revised, third edition presenting latest advances in diagnosis and management pain Features many new topics including a chapter on opioid pharmacology Authored by recognised Texas-based experts in the field Previous edition (9780323019743) published in 2006
This eighteenth volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management of pain due to a range of cancers (cancer pain) using integrative Chinese medicine.Beginning with an overview of how cancer pain is conceptualised and managed in conventional medicine, the authors then summarise the differential diagnosis and managment of cancer pain in contemporary Chinese medicine based on clinical guidelines and contemporary books. The third chapter provides detailed analyses of how cancer pain and related disorders were treated with herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras based on the classical Chinese medical literature.The subsequent chapters comprehensively review the current state of the clinical trial evidence for the integrative application of Chinese herbal medicines (Chapter 5), acupuncture (Chapter 7), other Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 8) and combination Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 9) in the management of cancer pain, as well as analyse and evaluate the results of these studies from an evidence-based medicine perspective. Chapter 6 reviews and summarises experimental evidence for the bioactivity of commonly used Chinese herbs and their constituent compounds. The outcomes of these analyses are summarised and discussed in Chapter 10 which alsoidentifies implications for the clinical practice of Chinese medicine and for future research.This book can inform clinicians and students in the fields of integrative medicine and Chinese medicine regarding contemporary practice and the current evidence base for a range of Chinese medicine therapies used in the management of cancer pain, including herbal formulas and acupuncture treatments, in order to assist clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in patient care. It also provides researchers with a comprehensive summary of the state of the field than can inform future.The following features mark the importance of this book in the field:
Well-written and expertly reviewed, this practical question-and-answer resource by Drs. Anna Woodbury, Boris Spektor, Vinita Singh, Brian Bobzien, Trusharth Patel, and Jerry Kalangara, prepares you for certification or recertification in Pain Management. Nearly 850 questions, with answers and concise explanations throughout, test the knowledge you need for success on the American Board of Anesthesiology exam. Covers all the major topics in the Pain Medicine board certification exam, all meticulously reviewed to ensure complete, accurate information. Includes references to Practical Management of Pain, 5th Edition, by Dr. Honorio Benzon et al. for further reading and detailed explanations. Provides board-style questions, answers, and explanations provided by Dr. Anna Woodbury and colleagues at Emory Medical School. Ideal for any physician desiring Pain Medicine certification, including pain medicine specialists, anesthesiologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, neurologists, orthopaedists, and more.
Until recently most attention was focussed on low back pain but now the key area of interest for new research is neck pain and related headache often associated with whiplash or poor posture in working environments such as using computers. This book presents the latest research findings and gives recommendations and guidelines on how to relate those findings to the prevention and management of neck pain. It also points the way of areas where more research is needed. New volume in an established series conceived and commissioned by Sir Patrick Wall and companion to an existing title in the series by the same authors Compiled and edited by two extremely well known names in the field of research into musculoskeletal pain its management and prevention Clinically relevant and research based. Of multiprofessional interest and relevance. Fully up to the minute - based on the very latest research.
Until recently most attention was focussed on low back pain but now the key area of interest for new research is neck pain and related headache often associated with whiplash or poor posture in working environments such as using computers. This book presents the latest research findings and gives recommendations and guidelines on how to relate those findings to the prevention and management of neck pain. It also points the way of areas where more research is needed. New volume in an established series conceived and commissioned by Sir Patrick Wall and companion to an existing title in the series by the same authors Compiled and edited by two extremely well known names in the field of research into musculoskeletal pain its management and prevention Clinically relevant and research based. Of multiprofessional interest and relevance. Fully up to the minute - based on the very latest research.
Describes how to recognize the early symptoms of chronic pain, make lifestyle changes to minimize its effects, and use techniques to provide rapid relief.
This is the second story of suspense in the author's trilogy, which began with The Werewolves of London and concludes with The Carnival of Destruction.
Note: This product is available only in quantities of 25. This patient-education booklet provides practical guidance on the prevention and alleviation of lower back injuries. This edition has been restructured to provide a more complete education on the lumbar spine and common injuries to the lower spine. The booklet includes 20 updated illustrations of correct versus incorrect postures for common daily physical activities and 20 new illustrations of specific stretching and strengthening exercises for prevention and treatment of lower back injuries.
Release Your Pain presents ART (Active Release Techniques) as a new approach to addressing such common repetitive strain injuries as carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar fasciitis, knee and shoulder injuries, and back pain. Based on case studies, the book shows how ART locates and breaks down scar tissue and adhesions that cause pain, stiffness, weakness, numbness, and physical dysfunctions associated with repetitive strain injuries. Topics include how and why these injuries occur, which treatments to avoid when possible (including surgery), and how noninvasive methods succeed where others fail. Each chapter includes black and white photo sequences of therapy techniques and stretches.
An expert on sports medicine explains how to prevent a severe knee crisis through the use of protective workout techniques, preventive injury methods, and non-surgical self-healing approaches.
From basic spinal anatomy to the dynamics of back injuries, Ishmael’s Care of the Back, Sixth Edition, is a reliable, up-to-date source of information for your patients. This concise, practical patient education resource by Dr. Brian J. Krabak offers an easily accessible, evidence-based overview of back care, including valuable guidance on injury prevention and treatment—all in a handy, cost-effective booklet you can offer to your patients with confidence.
Professional wrestling is a strange beast full of contradictions--part live soap opera, part hypermasculine violent spectacle. It is an indelibly American pastime enjoyed by millions and leads a select group of wrestlers to international fame. It's also a sport that leaves many of its athletes broken and battered, at serious risk of addiction, poverty, and early death. Body Drop looks deeply at the nuances of professional wrestling and its strange place within American culture. Brian Oliu offers deeply personal meditations on such topics as disability, chronic pain, body image, masculinity, class, and more, all through the lens of American professional wrestling. Wrestling is a sport that is gleefully fake, but the people who love it are very real. In holding up this particular part of American culture to scrutiny, Oliu acknowledges that the wrestling world, like our own, is one that has been crafted, but by showing readers the scaffolding that holds everything up, he invites us to figure out what holds our own realities straight.
The Pain the Pride is Brian P. Block's exclusive fly-on-the wall account of life inside an American Boot Camp to which he was granted privileged access by the authorities in Colorado. It covers every aspect of the regime at Buena Vista, Colorado and contains a comparison based on the experimental regime at Britain's Thorn Cross young offender institution (the so-called British boot camp).
Brian Boyle tells a personal story of his fight back from near death after a horrific automobile accident. He focuses on his experience as a patient who, while in a two-month long medically induced coma, was unable to move or talk to anyone around him, yet he was able to hear, see and feel pain. Brian slowly clawed his way back to the living and found the strength to live to tell his story in his acclaimed memoir, Iron Heart. Now Brian provides vital information from the patient’s perspective to help caregivers gain valuable insight that will help them understand new ways on how to provide care to both patients and their families. By completion of this book, the participant will be able to: Recognize the variety of feelings and emotions of the patient Identify simple methods and interventions to provide emotional support to relax the patient Determine the importance of particular amenities to a patient who may be unable to communicate Evaluate patient life-history to determine appropriate intervention techniques Understand the motivational role that communication has between the healthcare provider and the patient and his or her family Brian’s story about catastrophe, survival, and transcending all odds has implemented new and innovative strategies for improving patient safety and quality of care on a national level, as well as serving as a learning experience for healthcare providers of all levels and backgrounds. When it comes to the patient experience, Brian has become a mouthpiece for the voiceless.
Kendall’s Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain, 6th Edition, transforms this landmark Physical Therapy classic to prepare you for unparalleled clinical success in today’s practice. Timeless coverage of manual muscle testing, evaluation, and treatment meets the latest evidence-based practices, engaging imagery, and dynamic digital resources to create a powerful resource you will reference for years to come. The extensively revised 6th Edition of this proven classic details normal and abnormal range of motion, developmental factors and environmental influences on posture, length tests and stretching exercises, entrapment and compression syndromes, scoliosis, and more, incorporating extensive updates and enhancements to help you develop clinical confidence and ensure safe, effective practice throughout your career.
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