Amazon.com description: Product Description: Low back problems affect virtually everyone at some time. This book is an indispensable guide by experts in the field on the evaluation and practical management of low back pain. The information is present in accessible outline format, with key concepts in boldface type and clinical pearls featured at the beginning of each chapter for the busy family practitioner, internist, osteopath, physical therapist, resident, or fellow. Intended to be practical and useful, this text gives practitioners clear advice on diagnostics, clinical presentation, and therapeutic interventions of all kinds. Workers compensation, chronic pain programs, disability evaluations, impairment ratings, and legal issues are also thoroughly addressed.