Essential Guide to the Cervical Spine is a two-volume, highly illustrated comprehensive guide to assessing, understanding and treating disorders and syndromes of the cervical spine which will give the practitioner confidence to treat and improve their patient care. [Ed.].

If you struggle with long-lasting neck pain, you know the toll it can take. Maybe your neck pain flares up and feels sharp when you try to be active. Or maybe it's a nagging ache that worsens at night when you're trying to sleep. There are countless ways for neck pain to interfere with the life you want.This book aims to help you take back control. Compiled from the best doctor-authored, peer-reviewed articles of Spine-health.com, this book offers easy-to-read information about neck anatomy, why neck pain may persist, how to get an accurate diagnosis, and which treatments may help reduce pain and improve quality of life.

Endorsed by Australian Physiotherapy Association! APA is the national body for physiotherapy in Australia and is a not for profit membership organisation with 24.4K members. The APA and Elsevier work together on reviewing and endorsing physiotherapy publications that are then promoted to the membership. An essential reference for health practitioners and students!The Cervical Spine: An atlas of normal anatomy and the morbid anatomy of ageing and injuries is a unique collection of more than 150 anatomical images documenting the development, maturation and ageing of the cervical spine and pathologies associated with ageing and injury. Representing the extensive research conducted by Professor James Taylor into the cervical spine gathered from his study of 266 autopsies over almost a decade, this text is a guide to support the clinical diagnosis of cervical spine trauma and pain. ALSO AVAILABLE AS A SEPARATE PURCHASE - Online Image Library The entire collection of more than 150 images with annotations, extracted from The Cervical Spine: An atlas of normal anatomy and the morbid anatomy of ageing and injuries — an ideal supplement to enhance teaching, study or practice. Contrast functional cervical anatomy with age-related degenerative changes impacting on function and potentially resulting in pain and disability Examine pictorially cervical spinal injuries resulting from blunt trauma Compare the pathology of common lesions found in well-aligned spines with those of patients with whiplash-associated disorder

Providing a step by step guide to cervical spine surgery, this invaluable covers all the major surgical procedures in cervical spine surgery, including tips and pearls for a safe and efficient surgery. Written by Dr K Daniel Riew, MD and Dr Han Jo Kim MD, this book describes each surgical procedure in fine detail. Each chapter describes a specific procedure, starting with positioning and surgical approach, followed by the technical aspects of the surgery and the reasoning behind why the surgery is performed with these techniques. The step by step explanation of the procedure is accompanied by vivid illustrations, and a surgical video of how the surgery is performed that is included with the book. At the end of each chapter, additional tips and pearls from international experts in cervical spine surgery are listed. The Step-by-Step Guide to Cervical Spine Surgery may be used as a textbook for cervical spine surgeons who want to have a reference for performing cervical spine surgery in a safe and systematized manner in order to minimize complications. The detailed explanations provided are helpful for understanding the fine nuances of cervical spine anatomy that tailor the authors' methods and guide their techniques.

Master the techniques and problem-solving skills needed to manage spinal and TMJ disorders! Manual Physical Therapy of the Spine, 2nd Edition provides guidelines to manipulation, manual physical therapy examination, and treatment procedures of the spine and temporomandibular joint. Informed by evidence-based research, this text offers detailed instructions for reaching an accurate diagnosis and developing a plan of care. Written by well-known spinal manipulation expert Kenneth Olson, this resource provides the complete information you need to make sound decisions during clinical interventions. - Descriptions of manual therapy techniques include evidence-based coverage of the examination and treatment of spine and TMJ disorders, along with discussions of alternative treatment methods and potential adverse effects and contraindications to manipulation. - Guidelines for completing a comprehensive spinal examination include medical screening, the patient interview, disability assessment, and tests and measures, along with an evaluation of the examination findings and the principles involved in arriving at a diagnosis and plan of care. - Impairment-based manual physical therapy approach includes a review of the evidence to support its use to evaluate and treat spinal and TMJ conditions. - Case studies demonstrate the clinical reasoning used in manual physical therapy. - Guide to Physical Therapist Practice terminology is incorporated throughout the book, using accepted terms familiar in physical therapy settings. - Expert author Ken Olson is a highly respected authority on the subject of spinal manipulation in physical therapy. - A clear, consistent format for explaining techniques makes this reference easy to use in the clinical setting. - NEW! Coverage of emerging topics includes soft tissue assessment, mobilization, dry needling, myofascial pain and trigger points, thoracic outlet syndrome, cervicogenic dizziness, and differentiation of headache types, plus expanded coverage of examination procedures and psychologically informed management strategies for chronic low back pain. - 120 NEW video clips are added to the companion website — over 200 videos in total provide unique 3-dimensional views of exam and manipulation techniques, showing each procedure step by step from frontal, lateral, and cranial perspectives. - NEW! Full-color design and photographs show essential concepts and procedures from multiple angles, illustrating hand and body placement and direction of force. - UPDATED evidence-based research provides the latest thinking on manual therapy of the spine.

This textbook, with available video purchase, was intended to aid the busy manual care practitioner (chiropractic physician, athletic trainer, physical therapist, etc.) in the diagnosis and management of the most commonly presenting spinal conditions in the manual therapy setting. This book bridges the gap between lengthy and often expensive and difficult to understand research articles, and extensive, all-encompassing textbooks. The reader will find an easy-to-read, information packed text, offering a more complete quick-reference tool. Orthopedic tests, neurological tests, and some functional testing are covered, complete with statistics. An emphasis is placed on cluster testing, in an effort to make the most accurate diagnoses, as efficiently as possible. Each condition includes detailed evidence-based treatment. The reader will notice a multimodal conservative treatment approach, as well as descriptions of common medical interventions. Mastery of this text will prepare the practitioner to offer the latest and most-effective diagnoses and treatment strategies in conservative neuromusculoskeletal healthcare.