Watch your back! : how the back pain industry is costing us more and giving us less--and what you can do to inform and empower yourself in seeking treatment / Richard A. Deyo, MD
Published
Ithaca : ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2014
Back pain nation -- Even the best and brightest -- What's wrong? What's not? Can we tell the difference? -- Painkillers: easy solutions sometimes aren't -- Painkillers and the marketing of pain -- Pain management, now that's money -- Stabbed in the back -- Surgical gadgets and the explosion of fusion surgery -- The pointed search for relief: injections, ablations, and blocks, oh my! -- Why would you get better after useless therapy? -- Manipulating the pain: chiropractic and other alternative treatments -- Nobody takes it seriously! -- Boot camp -- Amplifying your voice -- Some policy implications
Summary
Presents a new approach to managing back pain that focuses on the empowerment of individuals and fewer medical interventions, while exposing the motives and conflicts of interest behind traditional treatments. --Publisher's description
