This pocket-sized book is a handy reference for family practitioners, medical educators in musculo-skeletal medicine.
In addition to explaining what musculo-skeletal medicine is, this book discusses pain in the following regions: head, neck, shoulder and arm, chest, lower trunk, pelvic, leg. Then discusses whether musculo-skeletal treatment work in these cases, and a short look at the future of musculo-skeletal medicine. In particular it clarifies what is not within the realm of musculo-skeletal medicine - neurological complaints, orthopaedic problems and the inflammatory diseases in particular.