Back Pain Remedies For Dummies

520 Pages·2011·13.26 MB·English

by  Michael S. Sinel

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Back Pain Remedies For Dummies

by Michael S. Sinel, M.D. and William
W. Deardorff, Ph.D.
Back Pain Remedies For Dummies®
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About the Authors
Michael Sinel, M.D. is a nationally renowned back pain expert. He
received his medical degree from State University of New York Downstate
and then completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at
New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. After serving as
Director of Outpatient Physical Medicine at Cedar Sinai Medical Center, he
became board-certified in both physical medicine and rehabilitation and
pain management.
Dr. Sinel is a co-founder of California Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
(COR), a prestigious multi-specialty medical group in Beverly Hills,
California. He is also an assistant clinical professor at UCLA Medical
Center and attending physician with the UCLA Comprehensive Spine
Center. He lectures regularly to various medical and lay audiences and is
actively involved in clinical research of spinal disorders.
As a specialist in nonsurgical approaches to spinal problems and pain
management, Dr. Sinel has made numerous national radio and television
appearances and has been quoted in The New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, and Reader’s Digest.
William W. Deardorff, Ph.D., ABPP received his doctorate in clinical
psychology with a special emphasis in health from Washington State
University after completing an internship at the University of Washington
Medical School. He then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in
behavioral medicine at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr. Deardorff is board-certified in clinical health psychology and
specializes in the evaluation and treatment of psychological issues related to
medical problems. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological
Association and Past-President of the American Academy of Clinical
Health Psychology. Dr. Deardorff is in practice with California Orthopedic
and Rehabilitation group in Beverly Hills, California. As an assistant
clinical professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, he is active in teaching
and research.
Dr. Deardorff has published extensively in the area of health psychology.
His previous patient guidebook, Preparing for Surgery: A Mind-Body
Approach to Enhance Healing and Recovery won the Small Press Book
Award in Health in 1998. He has made numerous national radio and
television appearances, and has been quoted in a variety of general
publications.
Dedication
Michael Sinel: To my wife, for her never-ending love and commitment. To
all those who suffer from back pain, and all those who help.
William Deardorff: To my wife Janine (“not Jeanine”) for her support,
patience and putting up with my never-ending “projects.” To my sons Paul
(“Mr. P”) and James (“Squeaks”) for their constant encouragement in the
form of the regular retort, “How many pages to go, Daddy?”
Acknowledgments
Michael Sinel: I want to thank my wife and my parents for their support
and encouragement. I want to thank my first mentor, John Sarno, M.D.,
who taught me the strength of the mind-body connection, and my present
and forever mentor and friend, Ted Goldstein, M.D., who remains the
premier “spine doctor” in my eyes. Finally, I would like to thank my
patients who will always be my true teachers.
William Deardorff: Aside from my family, I want to thank my close
friends for their consistent support throughout the past year: Jeff and
Kimberly Steinbach, Brian and Nicoli Tucker, Rick and Joanne Wilson,
Ron and Gerri Day, and “Uncle” Dr. Allan F. Chino. I would also like to
extend special thanks to Dr. Theodore (“Teddy”) Goldstein for his
friendship, support, and professional practice style.
I want to thank Brian Kramer, our project editor, for keeping me on track
and on time, as well as immersing me in the ... For Dummies style. Also,
thanks to Tami Booth, our executive editor, for being an excellent problem-
solver and for taking the time to be sure that this book gets to the people
that need it the most, the back pain sufferer.
From both authors: We would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to the
many experts who made invaluable contributions to this book, insuring that
the information presented is “cutting edge”. First, special acknowledgments
are given to the following who made major contributions to specific
chapters: to Theodore Goldstein, M.D., for his contribution to the surgery
chapter, to Jay Triano, D.C., Ph.D., for his contribution to the chiropractic
chapter, and to Larry Payne, Ph.D. for his contribution to the yoga chapter.
We would also like to thank the following for their contributions to various
parts of the book (listed in alphabetical order): Aaron Filler, M.D.; Mary Jo
Ford, M.D.; Stephen Hochschuler, M.D.; Patrick Johnson, M.D.; Fred
Lerner, DC, Ph.D.; Joshua Prager, M.D.; John Reeves, II, Ph.D.; Risa
Sheppard; Stephen Sideroff, Ph.D.; Steven Waldman, M.D.
Lastly, we would like to thank our technical reviewers Anthony Cole, M.D.
and John Reeves, II, Ph.D. for ensuring the accuracy of our information and
strengthening the presentation of the material overall.