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Bridging the gap between the medical literature and the practice of lumbar spine medicine, this user-friendly, accessible text describes the causes of lower back pain and associated “sciatic” pathologies and how these problems can be successfully treated without surgery. Beginning with a review of the anatomy of the lumbar spine and the most common causes of lower back pain, diagnostic and management strategies for a variety of conditions are discussed, including discogenic pain, facet joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, spondylolisthesis, lumbar radiculopathy, piriformis syndrome, spinal stenosis, and compression fractures. Chapters on epidural steroid injections, exercises for lower back pain and alternative treatments follow, as well as when it is appropriate to recommend surgery.  The second section of the book is devoted to numerous clinical scenarios in which evidence based medicine is applied to actual clinical cases.  Non-Operative Treatment of the Lumbar Spine will be a valuable reference for orthopedists, rheumatologists, physiatrists, pain management specialists, neurologists, and anyone treating patients with lower back pain.   .

Spinal Diseases --- Lumbosacral Region --- Manipulation, Chiropractic --- Low Back Pain --- Bone Diseases --- Back Pain --- Back --- Musculoskeletal Manipulations --- Pain --- Musculoskeletal Diseases --- Complementary Therapies --- Body Regions --- Neurologic Manifestations --- Signs and Symptoms --- Diseases --- Anatomy --- Therapeutics --- Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment --- Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms --- Nervous System Diseases --- Surgery - General and By Type --- Surgery & Anesthesiology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Lumbosacral region --- Lumbar vertebrae --- Treatment. --- Surgery. --- Lumbar region --- Medicine. --- Orthopedics. --- Pain medicine. --- Primary care (Medicine). --- Medicine & Public Health. --- Primary Care Medicine. --- Pain Medicine. --- Emergency medicine. --- Medicine --- Medicine, Emergency --- Critical care medicine --- Disaster medicine --- Medical emergencies --- Orthopaedics --- Orthopedia --- Surgery --- Algiatry --- Primary medical care --- Medical care