Crooked
Subtitle: outwitting the back pain industry and getting on the road to recovery
By: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 409
ISBN-13: 9780062641786
Subjects: Backache
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-383) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A terrible affliction : when I went looking for a solution, I found a much bigger problem; title: 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; title: or want; title: 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; title: 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; title: Conclusion: Six years later.