An edition of Crooked (2017)

Crooked

outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery

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Crooked
Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
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An edition of Crooked (2017)

Crooked

outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery

First edition.
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An "investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades ... [examines] all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery"--Dust jacket flap.

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Harper
Language
English
Pages
409

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Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
May 08, 2018, Harper Paperbacks
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2017, HarperCollins Publishers
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Crooked: outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery
2017, Harper
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Table of Contents

Introduction: A terrible affliction : when I went looking for a solution, I found a much bigger problem
PART I: PROBLEMS. Back pain nation : how we got into this mess ; A tale of two tables : why back patients "fail" chiropractic treatment and physical therapy ; Hazardous images : why you do not need
or want
to have an MRI ; Needle jockeys : how epidural steroid injections can go wrong ; The gold standard : why lumbar spinal fusion is never your only remaining option ; Google your spine surgery : the truth about "cutting-edge" procedures, as advertised online and on TV ; Replacement parts : why a bionic lumbar spine is not in the cards ; The opioid wars : how chronic opioid therapy keeps you in pain
PART II: SOLUTIONS. Head case : what your brain has to do with your back ; The back whisperers : how to find a rehabilitation partner ; The right kind of hurt : how a much-maligned machine may still change everything ; The posture mavens : how to make gravity your friend
Conclusion: Six years later.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-383) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
617.56406
Library of Congress
RD771.B217 R43 2017, RD771.B217R43 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 409 pages
Number of pages
409

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27238269M
ISBN 10
0062641786
ISBN 13
9780062641786
OCLC/WorldCat
957240921

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