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Get Your Lower Back Pain under Control—and Get on with Life

Anthony H. Guarino, M.D.

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Pain management specialist Dr. Anthony H. Guarino has created an accessible and up-to-date guide to the range of available treatments to relieve back pain.

Informed by the wealth of information in this book, patients can successfully manage their pain beyond their doctor's office. Dr. Guarino describes proven therapies and coaches patients on how to achieve results. He also offers helpful advice for dealing with the psychological effects of chronic pain and for navigating complicated insurance and disability plans.

With detailed information about medications, exercise, injections, surgery...

Pain management specialist Dr. Anthony H. Guarino has created an accessible and up-to-date guide to the range of available treatments to relieve back pain.

Informed by the wealth of information in this book, patients can successfully manage their pain beyond their doctor's office. Dr. Guarino describes proven therapies and coaches patients on how to achieve results. He also offers helpful advice for dealing with the psychological effects of chronic pain and for navigating complicated insurance and disability plans.

With detailed information about medications, exercise, injections, surgery, psychological interventions, and alternative treatments, Get Your Lower Back Pain under Control—and Get on with Life is an invaluable resource for anyone who suffers from chronic back pain. As Dr. Guarino encourages his own patients, "Master your pain. Reclaim your life!"

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This small book should be read by all patients with low back pain... I highly recommend this book to medical students, residents, pain fellows, and pain practitioners, as well as any healthcare workers interested in low back pain. It will help them understand their patients and answer frequently asked questions.

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9
Pages
200
ISBN
9780801897313
Illustration Description
6 line drawings
Table of Contents

Preface
Part I: Why Does It Hurt? Who Can Help?
1. All about Pain
2. The Right Doctor for You
3. Diagnosing What's Causing Your Pain
Part II: Therapies from A to Z
4. Tools for Managing Pain
5. Exercise for

Preface
Part I: Why Does It Hurt? Who Can Help?
1. All about Pain
2. The Right Doctor for You
3. Diagnosing What's Causing Your Pain
Part II: Therapies from A to Z
4. Tools for Managing Pain
5. Exercise for Treating Pain (with Elizabeth Pegg Frates, M.D.)
6. Tools for Reducing Stress
7. Pain Medications
8. Injections and Other Treatments
9. Surgery
10. Alternative Treatments
Part III: The Cost of Chronic Pain
11. Covering the Cost of Pain: Insurance
12. The Ins and Outs of Disability
13. The Personal Cost of Pain: Relationships
Appendix: The Anatomy of the Back
Notes
Index

Author Bio
Anthony H. Guarino, M.D.
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Anthony H. Guarino, M.D.

Anthony H. Guarino, M.D., is director of pain management services at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital and is an assistant professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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