Fast Facts: Soft Tissue Disorders - Softcover

Speed, Cathy; Hazleman, Brian; Dalton, Seamus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903734576 ISBN 13: 9781903734575

Publisher: Health Press Limited, 2006

Synopsis

This new edition of 'Fast Facts: Soft Tissue Disorders' is written from the combined perspectives of rheumatology, orthopaedics and sports medicine and is designed to provide the primary care specialist with a well- rounded and highly practical 'handbook' on diagnosis, management and patient involvement in recovery. The structure of all the major soft tissues and their common pathologies and disorders are covered here and each condition covered includes a set of practical exercises for the patient. • Includes two entirely new chapters covering local injection therapies and anterior knee pain • Covers common pathologies and disorders of all major soft tissues as encountered in the primary care setting • Packed with practical advice including patient involvement in recovery and management of outcomes expectations Contents: • Pathophysiology and epidemiology • Classification and diagnosis • Management guidelines • Local injection therapies • Ankle sprains • Achilles tendinopathies • Plantar fasciitis • Anterior knee pain • Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) • Shoulder disorders • Polymyalgia rheumatica • Fibromyalgia and regional myofascial pain syndromes • Future trends

About this title

About the Author

Cathy Speed Consultant Rheumatologist and Director Sports and Exercise Medicine Unit Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, Brian Hazleman MA FRCP Consultant Rheumatologist and Director Rheumatology Research Unit Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK and Seamus Dalton MB BS FACSP FACRM FAFRM Consultant in Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, North Sydney Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Centre, Sydney, Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Health Press Limited
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903734576
• ISBN 13: 9781903734575
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 124