Managing Low Back Pain

by W.H. Kirkaldy-Willis (Editor), Thomas N. Bernard Jr. (Editor)

This state-of-the-art new edition offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary guidance on low back pain. It examines essential principles, diagnostic techniques and treatments, aswell as prevention and education. Each chapter has been thoroughly updated or entirely rewritten to give readers quick access to the latest advances. Integrates the expertise of 15 leading specialists representing the fields of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, osteopathy, physical therapy, and chiropractic medicine. Illustrates all key structures, lesions, and treatment techniques with nearly 300 superb photographs, diagrams, and radiographs. Offers an in-depth understanding of the physical and mathematical principles that underlie lower back pain syndromes.

448 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1983

About the author

William Kirkaldy-Willis