How to Treat Low Back Pain: A Guide for Treating Causes of Low Back Pain for Physicians and APPs focuses on current technology and cutting-edge treatment options, all validated by data. Each chapter presents a thorough review of patient selection, procedure technique, and potential adverse complications for each recommended treatment. Written by experts in the field for practitioners and clinicians treating low back pain, and with anatomic artwork and illustrations throughout, the book covers all aspects of lower back pain, the leading cause of disability in developed countries, with the number of people affected worldwide increasing annually.
In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in health care costs to treat low back pain, and most of these treatments simply provide symptomatic relief with few strategies that actually contribute to correcting the underlying cause.
1. How to Treat Low Back Pain - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Acknowledgment - p. xix 10. Chapter 1 Normal structures of the lumbar spine - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Obtaining an appropriate history from the low back pain patient - p. 13 12. Chapter 3 Physical examination - p. 19 13. Chapter 4 Imaging for low back pain - p. 31 14. Chapter 5 Other diagnostic work up - p. 49 15. Chapter 6 Physical therapy and exercise - p. 67 16. Chapter 7 Chiropractic treatment of low back pain - p. 81 17. Chapter 8 Other conservative treatment - p. 89 18. Chapter 9 Injections for lumbar pain syndromes - p. 105 19. Chapter 10 Radiofrequency ablation of the medial branches - p. 117 20. Chapter 11 Ablation of the basivertebral nerve - p. 127 21. Chapter 12 Intradiscal biologic implants for low back pain - p. 133 22. Chapter 13 Percutaneous Interlaminar Lumbar decompression (PILD) - p. 141 23. Chapter 14 Interspinous process spacers - p. 151 24. Chapter 15 Minimally invasive spinal arthrodesis - p. 169 25. Chapter 16 Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion for the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain - p. 175 26. Chapter 17 Vertebral augmentation - p. 187 27. Chapter 18 Dorsal column spinal cord stimulation (SCS) - p. 203 28. Chapter 19 Dorsal root ganglion stimulation for low back pain - p. 209 29. Chapter 20 Peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain - p. 219 30. Chapter 21 Lumbar multifidus muscle stimulation - p. 229 31. Chapter 22 Intrathecal drug infusion system: Long-term opioid management - p. 245 32. Chapter 23 Nonopioid therapy for intrathecal drug delivery - p. 255 33. Chapter 24 The importance of the APP's ability to identify low back pain generators and select patients for appropriate treatment - p. 265 34. Chapter 25 The importance of the APP in perioperative management of MIS and neuromodulation for low back pain - p. 283 35. Index - p. 297
How to Treat Low Back Pain: A Guide for Treating Causes of Low Back Pain for Physicians and APPs focuses on current technology and cutting-edge treatment options, all validated by data. Each chapter presents a thorough review of patient selection, procedure technique, and potential adverse complications for each recommended treatment. Written by experts in the field for practitioners and clinicians treating low back pain, and with anatomic artwork and illustrations throughout, the book covers all aspects of lower back pain, the leading cause of disability in developed countries, with the number of people affected worldwide increasing annually.
In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in health care costs to treat low back pain, and most of these treatments simply provide symptomatic relief with few strategies that actually contribute to correcting the underlying cause.
1. How to Treat Low Back Pain - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. Contributors - p. xiii 8. Foreword - p. xvii 9. Acknowledgment - p. xix 10. Chapter 1 Normal structures of the lumbar spine - p. 3 11. Chapter 2 Obtaining an appropriate history from the low back pain patient - p. 13 12. Chapter 3 Physical examination - p. 19 13. Chapter 4 Imaging for low back pain - p. 31 14. Chapter 5 Other diagnostic work up - p. 49 15. Chapter 6 Physical therapy and exercise - p. 67 16. Chapter 7 Chiropractic treatment of low back pain - p. 81 17. Chapter 8 Other conservative treatment - p. 89 18. Chapter 9 Injections for lumbar pain syndromes - p. 105 19. Chapter 10 Radiofrequency ablation of the medial branches - p. 117 20. Chapter 11 Ablation of the basivertebral nerve - p. 127 21. Chapter 12 Intradiscal biologic implants for low back pain - p. 133 22. Chapter 13 Percutaneous Interlaminar Lumbar decompression (PILD) - p. 141 23. Chapter 14 Interspinous process spacers - p. 151 24. Chapter 15 Minimally invasive spinal arthrodesis - p. 169 25. Chapter 16 Minimally invasive sacroiliac joint fusion for the treatment of sacroiliac joint pain - p. 175 26. Chapter 17 Vertebral augmentation - p. 187 27. Chapter 18 Dorsal column spinal cord stimulation (SCS) - p. 203 28. Chapter 19 Dorsal root ganglion stimulation for low back pain - p. 209 29. Chapter 20 Peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic low back pain - p. 219 30. Chapter 21 Lumbar multifidus muscle stimulation - p. 229 31. Chapter 22 Intrathecal drug infusion system: Long-term opioid management - p. 245 32. Chapter 23 Nonopioid therapy for intrathecal drug delivery - p. 255 33. Chapter 24 The importance of the APP's ability to identify low back pain generators and select patients for appropriate treatment - p. 265 34. Chapter 25 The importance of the APP in perioperative management of MIS and neuromodulation for low back pain - p. 283 35. Index - p. 297
