A World Of Hurt

A World of HURT

This book presents an interpretation of the nature of musculoskeletal pain mechanisms. It describes a classification sys¬tem for the assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal pain mechanisms with emphasis on patient education and active exercise. This approach to musculoskeletal pain has grown out of theoretical considerations supported by different levels of research and based on clinical observations at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Rather than offering another technique, this approach provides you with principles carried forward and supported by research in how to educate and guide exercise for your patients who suffer from acute, subacute, and chronic pain. This book is unique in that it is intended to serve both the clinicians who treat and the patients who suffer from pain through education about pain mechanisms and the active care associated with each mechanism.

A World of Hurt

This book presents an interpretation of the nature of musculoskeletal pain. It describes aclassification system for assessment and treatmentof musculoskeletal pain with emphasison patient education and active exercise. Thisapproach to musculoskeletal pain has grownout of theoretical considerations supported bydifferent levels of research and based on clinicalobservations for the last 16 years at the RehabilitationInstitute of Chicago. Rather than offeringanother technique, this approach provides youwith principles carried forward and supported byresearch in how to educate and guide exercise foryour patients who suffer from musculoskeletalpain. This book is unique in that it is intendedto serve both the clinicians who treat and thepatients who suffer from musculoskeletal painthrough education about pain mechanisms andthe active care associated with them.

Living in a World of Hurt