Musculoskeletal Pain – Assessment, Prediction and Treatment

Musculoskeletal Pain – Assessment, Prediction and Treatment presents a common sense approach to interpreting and applying existing clinical knowledge and new research to help clinicians make sense of the complex phenomena of acute and chronic post-traumatic musculoskeletal pain. Built upon the Assess, Predict, Treat framework, the authors offer a method to help clinicians better understand their patients’ pain. They present evidence-based decision tools to predict the natural and clinical course of common conditions, such as neck and low back pain, and they then synthesize that information into a logical, integrated treatment approach, which respects the individuality of the patient, the experiences of the clinician, and the value of evidence-informed practice. David Walton and James Elliott are leaders in the field of post-traumatic pain and recovery. Their work provides a valuable framework to facilitate novice clinicians in their transition towards experts and helps mid- and late-stage clinicians better interpret, synthesize, and discuss complex information on pain with the goal of optimised outcomes for patients.

Watch David and James describe what they intend the book to provide to student and practising PTs and other bodyworkers:

Contents

INTRODUCTION A Pragmatic Approach to Seeing the Invisible

CHAPTER 1 The Assess, Predict, Treat Philosophy

CHAPTER 2 The Radar Plot and Triangulation

CHAPTER 3: Classifications of Pain that Actually Matter

• Neck Pain
• Low Back Pain

CHAPTER 4: Creating Your ‘Go-To’ Toolbox

CHAPTER 5: The Physiological Nociceptive Domain

CHAPTER 6: The Cognitive Domain

CHAPTER 7: The Affective/Emotional Domain

CHAPTER 8: The Peripheral Neuropathic Domain

CHAPTER 9: The Central Nociplastic Domain

CHAPTER 10: The Sensorimotor Incongruence Domain

CHAPTER 11: The Socioenvironmental Domain

CHAPTER 12: Using the Domains to Create a Pain Phenotype