MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN. ASSESSMENT, PREDICTION AND TREATMENT. A PRAGMATIC APPROACH

INTRODUCTION A Pragmatic Approach to Seeing the Invisible
CHAPTER 1 The Assess, Predict, Treat Philosophy
CHAPTER 2 The Radar Plot and Triangulation
CHAPTER 3: Classifications of Pain that Actually Matter
• Neck Pain
• Low Back Pain
CHAPTER 4: Creating Your ‘Go-To’ Toolbox
CHAPTER 5: The Physiological Nociceptive Domain
CHAPTER 6: The Cognitive Domain
CHAPTER 7: The Affective/Emotional Domain
CHAPTER 8: The Peripheral Neuropathic Domain
CHAPTER 9: The Central Nociplastic Domain
CHAPTER 10: The Sensorimotor Incongruence Domain
CHAPTER 11: The Socioenvironmental Domain
CHAPTER 12: Using the Domains to Create a Pain Phenotype

The book presents a common sense approach to interpreting and applying existing clinical knowledge and new research to help clinicians make sense of the complex phenomena of acute and chronic post-traumatic musculoskeletal pain. Built upon the Assess, Predict, Treat framework, the book offers a method to help clinicians better understand their patients pain, presents evidence-based decision tools to predict natural and clinical course of common conditions such as neck and low back pain, and then synthesizes that information into a logical integrated treatment approach that respects the individuality of the patient, the experiences of the clinician, and the value of evidence-informed practice. Written by two leaders in the field of post-traumatic pain and recovery, the book provides a valuable framework to facilitate novice clinicians in their transition towards experts, and helps mid- and late-stage clinicians better interpret, synthesize, and discuss complex information on pain with the goal of optimised outcomes for patients.