Back Pain: What You Need to Know

by Shelagh A.R. Masline and Johns Hopkins University

Back Pain: What You Need to Know is your guide to understanding everything you can do to keep your back strong. Written by the medical professionals at Johns Hopkins Hospital, it guides you through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737016019
• ISBN13: 9780737016017
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Clear CRITERIA to seperate Emergency vs. Elective Back Surgery

I read this book along with several others associated with pain management which must also be taken into consideration. I found the answer to a basic question I would ask a doctor providing me with health advise. Should I have surgery on my back? The surgeon says yes, but that is how they get paid. Other doctors provide mixed responses. But what is the criteria they are using to provide their recommendation? At what point is surgery required? This book answered that question for me; ***Will the surgery provide a clear benefit?***. Falling over a flopping foot; Unable to control your bowels (A life threatening event),etc are clear winners, even if other conditions persist after surgery. Depending on your specific back problem, this is the answer you really need to know. The reader must determine the key questions which this book has addressed when faced with making the decision to have back surgery.