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In an effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. In the process of searching for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly [...] billion a year, spine medicine?often ineffective and sometimes harmful?exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system.
The result of six years of intensive reporting, Crooked offers a startling look at back pain medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Jakobson Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations.
Stunningly brilliant and utterly comprehensive, Crooked is not only important but also essential to millions of back pain sufferers and all types of health care professionals. Jakobson Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections, and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options?showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish.
In an effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. In the process of searching for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly [...] billion a year, spine medicine?often ineffective and sometimes harmful?exemplified the worst aspects of the U.S. health care system.
The result of six years of intensive reporting, Crooked offers a startling look at back pain medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Jakobson Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions, and with others who triumphed over their limitations.
Stunningly brilliant and utterly comprehensive, Crooked is not only important but also essential to millions of back pain sufferers and all types of health care professionals. Jakobson Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections, and painkillers, and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options?showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends, while saving money, time, and considerable anguish.
Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin is the author of Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife, published by HarperCollins in 2007. Her new book about the back pain industry, Crooked, will be published in April 2017. She's written for many national magazines on topics that include healthcare, neuroscience, business, public policy, travel, art, design and culture. A popular speaker, these days, she's booking lectures that enlighten patients, health care practitioners, corporations and medical facilities about how to manage back pain. Cathryn is married to Ron Ramin, a music composer. They have two adult sons, Avery and Oliver, and a Jack Russell-Daschundt mix dog named Dasch, after the punctuation mark, which he resembles. She divides her time between Northern California and New York City. Facebook: [...] . Twitter: [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 448 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780062641793 |
| ISBN-10: | 0062641794 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ramin, Cathryn |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Maße: | 203 x 134 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Cathryn Ramin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.06.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,313 kg |
Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin is the author of Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife, published by HarperCollins in 2007. Her new book about the back pain industry, Crooked, will be published in April 2017. She's written for many national magazines on topics that include healthcare, neuroscience, business, public policy, travel, art, design and culture. A popular speaker, these days, she's booking lectures that enlighten patients, health care practitioners, corporations and medical facilities about how to manage back pain. Cathryn is married to Ron Ramin, a music composer. They have two adult sons, Avery and Oliver, and a Jack Russell-Daschundt mix dog named Dasch, after the punctuation mark, which he resembles. She divides her time between Northern California and New York City. Facebook: [...] . Twitter: [...]
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Biographien |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 448 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780062641793 |
| ISBN-10: | 0062641794 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Ramin, Cathryn |
| Hersteller: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Maße: | 203 x 134 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Cathryn Ramin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 14.06.2018 |
| Gewicht: | 0,313 kg |
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