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.
