Injuries Books

This book is a must have for those with spinal cord injuries, especially those with cauda equina syndrome (CES)as most do not receive a rehab team to help them will all that they need to live their lives to the fullest with thier paralysis. As a paraplegic to the degree of CES this book is hard to put down and it has so much good information. It is a bit depressing knowing that I have been deprived of the help of a rehab team to help me live my life to the fullest. It as been almost 4 yrs that I have had to figure things out on my own with the help of my husband and it great to get a hold of this excellant book. Now if I could just get workers' comp to approve going to the Shepherd Center day program maybe I can finally get that rehab team I need, but in the mean time I have this great book.

This book is an excellent resource for general public and professionals who are interested in the theme of spinal cord injury (SCI). It uses clear language and also good humor. All to help you understand the important basics of SCI and also to help you survive to SCI. I am using it for my doctoral dissertation as an excellent reference. Congratulations to the authors! I highly recommend this book.

This book was great. It told about the various types of spinal injuries and how each injury is different based on where the injury was located and how it affected your body and daily life skills.

It also gave insight as to what the family has to deal with as well as the patient.It also covered everything from what a spinal cord injury was to diagnosis and treatment;skin care; rehab;bladder and bowel management and caregiver relief. This is the A-Z book when in comes to spinal injuries.

I found in very informative as my husband recently suffered a spinal cord injury at work and we were told that he would never walk again. However, we have been blessed and he is walking 100 ft w/a walker at a time and is slowly regaining movement in his lower extremeties and we hope that he will be back to his old self soon.

I am ordering this book for a friend who now has to deal with this same injury. Thanks...

This is the one dog-eared text on my bookshelf that I would never loan out to anyone. Written in a concise and to the point format this is the foundational textbook for anyone who cares for athletes. A favorite of mine is the "Quick Facts" and "Practice Points" that are included in the 24 chapters. If you are only going to purchase one sports medicine textbook this is the one to get. Lets hope the next edition comes out as planned so we can actually find this textbook!

I have been using this book for years and find it to be the most comprehensive, thorough, and accurate tool for assessment and treatment of sports injuries from head to toe. I especially like this author because he is was a physical therapist who went on to become an orthopedic surgeon. This undoubtedly gives him a wonderful ability to combine overall physical assessment with an MDs assessment. He gives great side notes and provides the reader with all options available for treatment, from conservative to aggressive. A must have for me!

Reading this book was very helpful with my profession as an athletic trainer. It was very well in detail when it comes to evaluation of an injury and to rehabilitation of an injury. I find this book to be very helpful in different ways. And I find it to be a excellent book and an excellent resource.

If you are like me, you like to read the truth.This is a great read, it has it all. It will make you think,It will make you cry, but most of all you get to see how a life can change and can happen at any time.Oh ya,Joe does know how to make you laugh and use humor to get by.I think this book would help anyone that is feeling down in the dumps.When I was reading the book I could not put it down.I was able to read it in 2 days.Duff has a gift that we all should have,and thats to take what they give us and do your very best at it.I hope you enjoy this book as much as i did. Yo Joe from PA

Duff,

Oh My God!!!!

I thought I would just read a couple chapters of your book the other night. Well I was hooked from the beginning. I have not laughed so hard and cried reading just one book before. I freaked out when right in the middle of the book I lost power. All night last night I kept waiting for the power to come on so I could start reading again. You wrote it so well it is like I know you and Mouse now.

You did a wonderful job! This is a must read for all adults. (The language and some scenes prevent it from being a book for teenagers but that is my opinion.) The book opens your eyes to alot of things. There are so many people who I want to tell them to run out to the bookstore and buy it.

Oh My, I am still laughing at the different parts as they run through my head. Thank you for writing this book for 101 reasons, some you may never realize. Though I do have one question because it has been bothering me since I read it. I just don't understand this part. Why did you rub baby oil behind your nads? Call me naive or leading a sheltered life, but I have no clue and it is driving me crazy wanting to know why.

Thank you for allowing me to read your book,

Brenda,
Texas

This book ROCKS! It is a wonderfully humourous, yet serious look at how a young person can deal with and try to learn how to live with a life altering injury. Heroes in my opinion, "Duff" and "Mouse" manage to keep others laughing and smiling, as well as themselves, while they share in their recovery, healing, trials, tribulations and triumphs of their new challenges. I think this book would be an especially great read for those who are dealing with the healing and rehab of a serious injury. I was in a serious accident a few years ago and I found the book to ring true on so many of my own feelings, thoughts, and warped humour as I was overcoming my new found disabilities and the reactions of my friends and family around me while I was dealing with it all. It helps to know that others share in these totally foreign and new challenges one must face, and they do it with the same odd, yet interesting, humourous approach to help make it not so bad. This was the first book that I have been able to read from cover to cover and thoroughly enjoy since my accident that left me with a brain injury. I think that should be able to give you an idea at how interesting, funny, well written, and just plain fantastic that this book is. Thank you for writing it eh Duff :) I hope it reaches all the people who could use a little smile and some insight while overcoming something that has changed their lives dramaticly.

I received the item before the expected delivery date. No damage was done to the book.

Before i begin with my residence in orthopedia, i had very few knowledge of the speciality, trying to learn the most i go for the classics but that was harder, when i found the Dr Salter's book i really understand the purposes of the speciality,the tecnical words, the skills that i need and i loved.If you need a real book that explains in the best manner what the orthopedia is , the best choice is that textbook.

Iam an orthopedist from Costa Rica and have read this book several times, I think it is a must have for the junion surgeon and a happy friend for the senior surgeon, maybe the first book a resident has to have, and enjoy every night at hospital, while one ask oneself "What amI doing here...", Dr. Salter was a Genious of the orthopedics .

Too often those who are really good at something are in such demand for their services that they have little time to provide a complete presentation to explain it all for others. Houglum and the team that assisted in producing this book with its hundreds of photographs and detailed exercise instructions have done so. "Why, how, when and what to do," are all spelled out. While the book is intended for sports / rehab professionals, many of the technical terms not familiar to those who are not in the field are provided in a glossary. "Theraputic Exercise for Athletic Injuries" is an excellent resource for those who wish to continue to improve their physical condition long after the limited physical rehabilitation provided by insurance coverage is complete. It is almost as good as having Houglum on-line as your own personal trainer.

This book is an outstanding book. It has every condition you can think of and plenty of rehab exercises for the athlete. It is very well written and easy to understand. Hope authors come out with another related book soon.

The book is written with the professional in mind. The sections are the most complete I have seen in a rehab book. The sections are divided with ease in finding the area needing information for you patient. Easy and simple rehab and progressions make this a must have. The book costs, but you get what you pay for.

There are many self-help paperbacks already published on self-injury that are readable, helpful and under $15. "Treating Self-Injury" is written like a textbook but it is the most organized and comprehensive of all that I have seen. I would recommend it especially for school personnel or therapists who have little experience with "cutters" or those who cope through other forms of self-injury. The text would aid senior clinicians in intergrating various models into a coherent approach for treatment. The author wrote one of the first books that brought self-injury out of the medical closet, "Self-Mutilation: Theory, Research and Treatment" (1988).

Too many times, self-injury is confused with suicidal ideation and this book helps to dispell a lot of old myths. Mr. Walsh has done considerable research in synthesizing what has already has been written and wrote a "bill of rights for people who self-harm" against those myths. This is not a book that will be read in one sitting but one that the reader can consult and review. A more readable approach, though more narrow and less comprehensive, is "Cutting" (1999) by Steve Levonkron (as a matter of full disclosure, I once did a conference with Mr. Levenkron years ago). "A Bright Red Scream" (1998) by Marlee Strong remains the classic in this field.

In the first part of this accessible and comprehensive work, Barent does a sterling job of distinguishing the difference between self-injury and body alterations (tattoos, piercing, brands, etc.) and self-injury and suicide. Echoing my own view, he also presents a strong case for steering clear of suicidal language when referring to self-injury, for example, terms such as "attempted suicide," "suicidal gesture," and "parasuicide."

The main thrust of the book is on assessment and treatment of self-injury, for which Barent proposes an inspiring bio-cognitive-behavioural approach. Topics addressed in Part Two include contingency management, replacement skills training, cognitive treatment, body image work, exposure treatment and resolution of trauma, family treatment, psychopharmacological treatment, and managing the reactions of therapists and other caregivers to self-injury.

Later chapters deal with specific issues such as self-injury contagion, managing self-injury in school settings, and treating major self-injury.

Overall, Barent has done a masterful job of blending facts, theories, case examples, and practical exercises to create an engaging and thorough guide to understanding, assessment, and treatment of self-injury. This excellent resource deserves a well-earned place on the bookshelves of mental health practitioners, researchers, and anyone else interested in this challenging and complex behaviour.

Jan Sutton
Author of Healing the Hurt Within: Understand Self-Injury and Self-Harm, and Heal the Emotional Wounds

This book by Barent Walsh is an excellent resource for understanding the many facets of Self Injury (SI), and for being able to move beyond SI as a means of coping. It contains case studies--real life situations with a variety/diversity of ages, genders and backgrounds. Walsh writes for the clinician, but this book is a gem for those who struggle with SI and for those who want to help/treat/support those who struggle with SI. It is a mature and compassionate book. While the price may present as prohibitive (a bit pricey), it's worth every penny. The book is up-to-date, practical and proves insightful into seemingly confusing behaviors. I highly recommend this book, along with Robin Collins, Dusty Miller, et al...

This book is a MUST read for anyone and/or their support family that is under going chemo. It is written in a light manner about a very serious subject. The medical terms are there,if needed, but the books tells you more about the practical information than any Doctor will tell you. Get this books for any one who is traveling down this road. It has helped make my journey a lot easier.

Shannon Gerber

When my 38 year old daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer, the bottom dropped out of my world. For nine months, we tried our best to support her through a mastectomy, eight chemotherapy treatments and 35 radiation treatments. Reading Maureen McCutcheon's book gave me hope and helped me to laugh with my daughter at things that were far from funny. I would reccommend the book to all family members as well as to the patients. Thankfully, our daughter is doing beautifully now.

Where Have My Eyebrows Gone? One Woman's Personal Experience With Chemotherapy is the personal and engaging testimony of Maureen McCutcheon, a breast cancer survivor who endured the challenges of mastectomy and chemotherapy. Individual chapters address the trials of hair loss, dry/sore mouth, the importance of maintaining relationships, balancing the option of surgery, and much more. Offering an informative and moving perspective, Where Have My Eyebrows Gone? is highly recommended reading, especially for anyone having to deal with chemotherapy for themselves or for a loved one.

There have been many attempts to fill the void that exists for a truly multidisciplinary wound care reference book. The perfect reference work would be simple enough for the student to understand, while providing enough comprehensive material that the experienced practitioner could gain new insights while enhancing clinical skills. Ideally it would provide a solid understanding of the underlying causes of wounds while supplying solid principles of assessment and management which would allow students and more advanced learners alike opportunities to enhance their skills. This would allow readers with different levels of experience to remain engaged with the text, while not being too over or underwhelmed.

Wound Care Practice by Paul J. Sheffield, PhD, Adrianne P.S. Smith, MD, and Caroline E. Fife, MD is the definitive text that fills that void. The focus of this book is assessment and management of chronic wounds in a wound care practice setting. "Physicians, nurses, enterostomal therapists, physical
therapists, and other health care professionals will find in this book the principles of modern, moist, interactive wound care and the application of advanced therapies."

"This book represents the combined efforts of 60 authors selected from basic sciences, clinical sciences, and clinical practice. The reader can examine the principles of managing the wound and treating the underlying cause of pressure sores, vascular insufficiency, chronic venous insufficiency ulcers, diabetic/neurotrophic foot ulcers, and other chronic wounds."
(Paul J. Sheffield, from the Preface).

Wound Care Practice is well organized and divided into five main sections which include application chapters on defining and understanding the etiology of problem wounds, principles of wound assessment, principles of wound management, pain, infection, adjunctive therapies, and healthcare delivery.
The book also includes a helpful resource section that provides names, addresses, and contact information for wound care product and technology manufacturers.

This book differs significantly from others of the same subject matter in the holistic approach the authors have taken when examining each section's topic. An excellent example of this multidisciplinary and holistic manner is readily available in the first chapter, "Etiology of the Problem Wound". In this
chapter the authors offer a fascinating range of material that addresses oxygen and perfusion issues, the impact of nutrition and hydration, hematological abnormalities, and socioeconomic issues. Yes, this is a text, but the effects of socioeconomic issues on wounds had my rapt attention!

I highly recommend this book for anyone practicing or teaching wound care. The extensive photographs of actual wounds as well as graphs and assessment tools in this book lead me to recommend it as a reference that should be made available at nursing stations for quick reference as well. "Wound Care Practice"
would be a good addition to medical libraries, for advanced practice nursing programs, and as a reference for practicing nurses in all settings. My vote = Five Stars!

Sara Ellis, RN - Medi-Smart Corporation (www.medi-smart.com)

If you only have room in your budget for one reference this year, this is the one to have. Thorough, up-to-date, and practical from cover to cover.

Donna McClure BSN, RN, CHRN, CWOCN

...we have gathered together a rationale, a fairly tight knit concept of how healing works, to promise a better day someday in the not-too-distant future...This book is different from many others in the sense that it emphasizes assessment and wound diagnostics.

TK Hunt,MD - Professor, Department of Surgery, UCSF

This is a great book for anyone who spends a lot of time at a computer, or just at a desk. Even if you have never done yoga before, this book will make your body feel better after a session in front of the screen. It's also a great reminder (and a good excuse!) to take breaks. Practical and clearly explained, this book should be required buying for every Human Resources department across the land. It will save companies a ton of lost employee time - and as they know, prevention is a whole lot better (and cheaper) than cure!

Another great book from Sandy Blaine. Her first book, Yoga for Healthy Knees, was such a help, that I'm not suprised at how great this book is. Well written with easy to follow explanations of the postures. These sequences are easy to do anywhere. This book is sure to help me and my staff stay healthly and pain free in our daily lives.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who sits, drives, uses a computer, cell phone or PDA- just about all of us!

Reviewed by Kam Aures for RebeccasReads (4/08)

"The human body evolved to hunt and gather, to run and jump and climb, to play hard and rest fully - not to sit in front of a computer all day. Evolution has not kept up with the rapid changes of the technological age; we are simply not equipped to deal with all the requirements of modern life." (p. 15) Sitting at a computer for a prolonged period of time can wreak havoc on your body. Not only can it affect your back, neck, and shoulders but it can also be the cause of tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome among other things. In order to counteract the negative effects that heavy computer use can have on your body it is important to develop some sort of regular fitness regimen.

Throughout "Yoga for Computer Users," Sandy Blaine provides us with a variety of yoga poses along with detailed explanations and photographs showing how to perform them correctly. There are poses in the book that can be performed right at your computer desk at work and there are others that are for when you are away from your computer. Under each exercise's name is a list of what body areas this particular stretch will help to work. To receive the highest level of benefits Blaine advises us to take "at least two focused, 10-to-20 minute yoga breaks during the course of a full workday." (p. 25)

Being an avid computer user, this book was definitely geared toward me. Even though I had always wanted to, I had never tried yoga in the past. I found that the instructions and photographs that Blaine provided were very adequate in helping me to achieve the desired positions. There were some exercises that I could not fully do because my body just didn't stretch that way; but I am hoping in the future, with more practice, that I will be able to master them. With the short amount of time that I have been practicing the poses in "Yoga for Computer Users," I have noticed the benefits already, particularly in my neck and shoulders. I think this book would be beneficial to anyone who spends a lot of time on a computer or at a desk.

There are other herbals you can read leisurely in the back yard, while sipping home-grown herbal iced teas; this is a rugged little book to take with you to the bulk herbs bin or mail-order house, to round out your outdoors first-aid kit. Written by a well-grounded and well-versed EMT, this is also the book to pack into your first aid kit, with excellent on-the-spot "what do I do now" advice.
Highest regard, whether you want to be ready for anything that happens at a summer outdoors festival, camping trip, or in your own back yard.

I have friends who've been fortunate enough to stave off anything from heatstroke & dehydration to anaphylactic shock (from insect sting) thanks to this book.

It's NOT an herbal. There's not much for theory here -- and that's its strength, which sets it apart from everything else. The topic is pretty much confined to what you need to do, and the handful of items you ought to be carrying with you.

No long discourses to plow through, which just might save your life in an emergency. Whether you're into rafting or cycling, or NASCAR events, "20 Herbs" could be the best few dollars you've ever spent, and should be the first thing you pack when you leave the house.