Management of Low Back Pain in Primary Care

This text aims to provide a reference point for the diagnosis and management of low back pain in the primary care setting.

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Written by a Clinical Physiotherapy Specialist and a GP, the Management of Low Back Pain in Primary Care will be an essential purchase for GPs and trainees but should also encompass other professionals working in primary care, including nurses, physiotherapists, chiropractors and osteopaths. This concise book, with its fundamental approach will also be useful for both medical students and orthopaedic specialist registrars. The book: offers a comprehensive account of diagnosis and treatment of low back pain in the primary care setting is edited by a Chartered physiotherapist and a GP, with expert contributors has an evidence-based approach, expanding greatly on the RCGP guidelines on back pain offers explanations of secondary management Richard Bartley, MSc MCSP Chartered Physiotherapist, Duhallow Physiotherapy Clinic, Cork, Ireland (formerly at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford, UK) Paul Coffey, MBBS MRCGP< br/>General Practitioner, Long Hanborough Surgery, Oxon, UK