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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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Backache, Pain, treatment, Backache, treatmentShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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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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Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
2017, HarperCollins Publishers
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Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
May 09, 2017, HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio, HarperAudio
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Crooked: outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery
2017, Harper
in English
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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.
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