Low Back Disorders, Second Edition

by Stuart McGill

Access the latest research and applications to build effective prevention and rehabilitation programs for your patients or clients with Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition . Internationally recognized low back specialist Stuart McGill presents original research to quantify the forces that specific movements and exercises impose on the low back, dispels myths regarding spine stabilization exercises, and suggests prevention approaches and strategies to offset injuries and restore function. Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition ,
presents a clear exposition of back anatomy and biomechanics and demonstrates how to interpret the latest research on low back involvement for clinical applications. The text also contains detailed information on injuries associated with seated work and sport and ergonomic issues related to manual handling of materials. With Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition , you will -gain valuable information on measured loading of the back during specific activities and apply it to avoid common—but counterproductive—practices in back rehabilitation; -learn how to analyze each patient's or client's unique physical characteristics and lifestyle factors to tailor preventive measures and treatments to individual needs; -learn how to help patients and clients progress through the stages of corrective exercise, stability or mobility, endurance, and strength; and -acquire the information necessary to design an effective injury-prevention program.
This fully updated second edition expands knowledge of low back disorders and best practices in several areas. Enhanced algorithms guide progessive therapeutic exercise, and specially designed patient assessment provocation tests aid you in determining the cause of back troubles, guide your choices in the best ways to eliminate problems, and improve the development of appropriate activities for functional gain. Whereas the first edition focused on increasing spine stability, the second edition provides new information on dealing with both regional instability or mobility and regional stiffness present in individuals where most of the motion occurs at a single spinal segment. With an expanded repertoire of pain-free motion exercises and additional information on ways to find and adjust stabilization exercises, Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition , offers you new tools to help your patients and clients achieve pain-free exertion. The text includes exercises and activities that provide a solid foundation of physical work in preparation for more advanced activities in sports and occupations. Also, the process of transitioning into performance exercise is outlined with an explanation of the critical stages of the performance pyramid, including the design of appropriate corrective exercise, building joint and whole-body stability, enhancing endurance, training true strength, and transitioning to ultimate performance. Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition ,
presents foundational information and corresponding clinical applications in a clear, well-sequenced format. Part I builds your knowledge of lumbar function and injury. Part II demonstrates how to use this knowledge to build evidence-based injury-prevention programs by assessing risks, creating ergonomic interventions, and training personnel. Part III focuses on improving rehabilitation techniques, including specific diagnostic and provocative tests, with specific therapeutic exercises proven to enhance performance and reduce pain through a continuum from corrective exercise to stability and mobility, endurance, strength, and power. Additionally, the text offers these practical features to guide your learning and inform your -More than 475 photos, graphs, and charts support the research and the scientific basis for the text's conclusions. -More than 50 tests and exercises with step-by-step instructions help you develop successful programs for your patients and clients. -Special sections highlight how the anatomical, biomechanical, and research results can be applied to clinical situations. -Extensive discussions on individualizing treatment for clients or patients help you improve your assessment skills by learning what questions to ask and what avenues of investigation to pursue with each patient or client. -Reproducible handout sheets for each of the 25 basic rehabilitation exercises, which include photos and blank lines for instructions, enable the creation of instruction sheets tailored to the current needs and progress rates of each patient or client.
Cutting-edge research and evidence-based application strategies from the leading spine specialist in North America make Low Back Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation, Second Edition , the authoritative text for study, care, and treatment of the low back. Its unique approach to bac...

Genres: Health, Fitness, Nonfiction, Science, Textbooks, Physical Therapy

328 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Stuart McGill, PhD, is a professor at the University of Waterloo in, Ontario, Canada and an internationally recognized lecturer and expert in spine function and injury prevention and rehabilitation. He has written more than 200 scientific publications that address lumbar function, low back injury mechanisms, investigation of tissue loading during rehabilitation programs, and the formulation of work-related injury avoidance strategies. He has received several awards for his work, including the Volvo Bioengineering Award for Low Back Pain Research from Sweden. Dr. McGill has been an invited lecturer at many universities and delivered more than 200 addresses to societies around the world. As a consultant, he has provided expertise on assessment and reduction of the risk of low back injury to government agencies, corporations, professional athletes and teams, and legal firms. He is one of the few scientists who consults and to whom patients are regularly referred.

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Intended for practitioners so included data I as a mere back pain sufferer didn't look at in too much detail (though good to know it's there unlike other sources of information about the back. The portions of the book I read were useful in terms of exercises and tests, though I need to really need pick up the lay-audience targeted Back Mechanic.

[Tiarnán · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful book for anyone with back pain. McGill is one of the few practitioners who combines clinical insights and 'what works' with hard experimental science and data. Follow his 'big three' and combine that with isometric strength training and you can stabilise your back pain, or even begin to reduce it.

[Mike Sanders · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful clinical text. Struggles in that it's also partly written for a public audience, not to understand, but for them to KNOW that McGill has written this - causing confusions with levels of detail and random spats of narrative that don't fit and give an incorrect anecdotal view for very diverse explanations.

[Sebastian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I found this book (and the author, of course) earlier in my life, it would helped me more than now. The book is very explicative for everyone who is in need for expertise upon low back problems.

[Leigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent, informative, new (to me) info about back movement patterns and spine mechanics that are giving me hope. I bought Back Mechanic for slightly easier self-help language for the non-professional. I'm hoping this new perspective will finally help my son get some relief from chronic back pain.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book

[Natalie]

Vince rec

[James Pinola · Rating 5 out of 5]

An eloquent combination of wisdom, scientific evidence and years of clinical practice.

[Jessica]

Written primarily for clinicians.

[Kieran Donnelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A laborious read. But to the right reader, a clear route to ridding yourself of back pain.

[Jarrod Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great technical read for people with back pain

This is an in-depth and scientific look at back pain research, assessment and treatment. If you're a consultant or technically minded reader you will enjoy the thorough unpacking of the topic area.

If you are not interested in this level of depth or find anatomy conversations boring or difficult I would read Back Mechanic instead. This is unashamedly as resource for the physical treatment industry.

[Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book. For clinicians, not laypeople, but I learned too much in any case. My basic knowledge of spinal anatomy limited but did not completely blunt my education (you should know what "microfracturing of the transverse tribeculae" means without too much wondering.). This is not for consumers.

[Gustav Yulius · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is very resourceful for a sciatica sufferer like me. It is simple and full of eye-opening knowledge on how to care for my low back. I know which unsafe posture and exercises to avoid. The five-stage back training program is very make sense. I am now undergoing the rehab by focusing on stabilizing my spine first. Hopefully with time and discipline I can begin to see the results.

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[Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone struggling with lower back injuries or working with people with lower back disorders should pick this up. Some of his ideas are pretty much a-DUH but how he effortlessly explains himself is brilliant.

[Kayla Purdum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for learning proper strengthening of low back. First free read I did at chiropractic school. Very educational

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Myth-busting!

[Chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book for practitioners, not lay people (who have low back disorders(,

[Meggers McNeely · Rating 5 out of 5]

The best back book for health professional and personal trainers out there.

[Meg Hammond · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sciency.

[Bojan Avramovic · Rating 3 out of 5]

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