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Based on current guidelines for PT school curriculums, this book teaches PT and PTA students about understanding pain and how to treat it.
Persistent pain is a global problem affecting millions of people worldwide. Physical therapists are in the ideal position to help assess and treat people experiencing pain, especially persistent pain, and this book shows how.
Understanding, Evaluating, and Treating Pain was written by four world-renowned physical therapists/pain science experts. Based on current guidelines for PT school curriculums, this text includes must-know information about understanding pain and how to effectively treat it.
The book includes the following chapters:
Chapter 1: Understanding Pain
Chapter 2: The Neuroscience of Pain
Chapter 3: Psychosocial Aspects of Pain
Chapter 4: Clinical Reasoning of Pain Mechanisms
Chapter 5: Physical Therapy Assessment of Pain
Chapter 6: Treating Pain
Chapter 7: Treating Pain: Education
Chapter 8: Treating Pain: Movement
Chapter 9: Treating Pain: Calming the Nervous System
Chapter 10: Interprofessional Treatment of Pain
Chapter 11: Pharmacology and Pain
Chapter 12: Special Health Conditions, Diagnoses, Populations, and Clinical Setting Considerations
This text book and clinical guide provides a foundation for PT and PTA students to learn about understanding pain and provides the tools to help them be part of the solution to this global epidemic.
Written by physical therapists Adriaan Louw, Emilio Puentedura, Steve Schmidt and Kory Zimney.
Illustrated. Softcover; 224 pages. Non-returnable.
Brett Neilson, Assistant Professor – Honolulu, H –
I am a PT educator who teaches the Integrative Pain Sciences course within our curriculum. This book is fantastic and ideal for PT/PTA students! Not only is the book affordable and within a student’s budget, it has just the right amount of content and pages as to not overwhelm the learner but support learning. The way Adriaan and the other authors write is in an engaging, light-hearted, and often comical manner that draws the reader in helping them to build a strong foundation in pain neuroscience. They have a way to make complex topics easy to understand. This is a text your students will actually enjoy reading! Loaded with practical application, this is a must-have book for an aspiring PT/PTA who will be treating patients in pain (all types from acute to persistent in nature).