Back Pain and Spinal Cord Injuries: Books and eBooks

Explores the anatomy and movement of the spine and offers exercises that will help the reader move and feel better. Engaging full-color photos make it easy to visualize the structure and biomechanics of the spine and uncover the sources of pain. The reader is guided through an evaluation of current back health with a self-assessment, which is followed by 60 exercises -- complete with instructions and safety tips -- that help stabilize, strengthen, and rehabilitate the spine. Explores five common spinal conditions: nonspecific low back pain, disc bulge and herniation, spondylolisthesis, stenosis, and spinal surgeries such as spinal fusion.

Critically appraising work from several approaches to produce an integrated, practical approach suitable for day-to-day clinicians and personal trainers, this essential guide looks at the science and practice of designing and teaching the best exercise programs for back rehabilitation.

An up-to-date guide for survivors of spinal cord injury, stroke, and traumatic brain injury written by a doctor and spinal cord injury survivor who's been there. Offers comprehensive, reassuring guidance for every concern: how to deal with grief and trauma in the aftermath of an accident or injury; what adaptive devices -- for bathing, dining, mobility, and more -- will improve quality of life; and how to prevent and treat secondary health problems of every kind, such as heart, skin, and bladder troubles.

Guides readers through the assessment and treatment of low back pain, providing evidence-based research on the best methods of rehabilitation and prevention of future injury.

Provides evidence-based guidelines to manipulation, evaluation, and treatment procedures of the spine and temporomandibular joint.

Provides information about the causes and management of various types of acute and chronic pain, along with prevention strategies and coping tips. Includes index, glossary of related terms, other resources.

Topics covered include: new developments in pediatric spinal cord injury research, current standards for optimal care, areas lacking scientific evidence, and recommendations for clinical practice and future research.