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