
Crooked
Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery
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Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand - a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades - delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery.
In her effort to manage her chronic back pain, investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin spent years and a small fortune on a panoply of treatments. But her discomfort only intensified, leaving her feeling frustrated and perplexed. As she searched for better solutions, she exposed a much bigger problem. Costing roughly $100 billion a year, spine medicine - often ineffective and sometimes harmful - exemplified the worst aspects of the US health-care system.
The result of six years of intensive investigation, Crooked offers a startling look at the poorly identified risks of spine medicine and provides practical advice and solutions. Ramin interviewed scores of spine surgeons, pain management doctors, physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians, exercise physiologists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and specialized bodywork practitioners. She met with many patients whose pain and desperation led them to make life-altering decisions and with others who triumphed over their limitations.
The result is a brilliant and comprehensive book that is not only important but essential to millions of back pain sufferers and all types of health-care professionals. Ramin shatters assumptions about surgery, chiropractic methods, physical therapy, spinal injections, and painkillers and addresses evidence-based rehabilitation options - showing, in detail, how to avoid therapeutic dead ends while saving money, time, and considerable anguish. With Crooked, she reveals what it takes to outwit the back pain industry and get on the road to recovery.
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Journalistic approach to back pain
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Must Read for Anyone
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Cathryn's book is a must-read for anyone dealing with joint problems anywhere in the body -- not just the back. I listened to this book on audio and now I am going to get the print copy so I can easily look back at the information. If you have any joint issues, run – at least hobble – or go online - or send a friend – to get this book!
Fabulous and important book
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Thank you for all your research.
Deborah
Helpful
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Confirmation
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Most of the information is current and evidence based, I dropped one star for some reliance on anecdotes as evidence and brief reaching on correlating causes of back pain without evidence. She does fully disclose at the times she is reaching.
Part One starts to get very hopeless, which, she warns you in advance to skip to Part Two if you can't take it. I thought I could handle it, but 3/4 of the way through I almost had to skip ahead. I began to think it was approaching fear mongering, but people need a lot of discouragement from the idea that surgery is a quick fix, so I decided I didn't mind.
I especially love that she admits in the end that she still has some bad days. It gets so frustrating to feel like you're doing everything right and still have episodes of pain. Anyone offering a "cure" is a liar, she offers excellent help, but no claims to have found the miracle cure. Thank you for being honest! I will be following her website for the updates she's promised.
Good luck everyone out there with back pain! :) We're all in this together, and there is hope. <3
Mostly Reliable
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This book, however, is about the back pain industry, and the measures hospitals, clinics, surgeons, chiropractors, physical therapists and professional exercise trainers MAY -big MAY- use to fix your shrieking back.
I was reading along and realized a procedure using an off label bone graft material that became known to cause strange bone growth, nerve pain in back and legs and cancer if used in the cervical spine, had been used on me twice. I had no idea. Facts are hard to get and the doctor no longer works at my hospital.
You may not have an epiphany, but you will certainly have pause before quick back surgery and shut down fantastic claims.
You will ask much better questions.
This is an interesting, easily understandable listen, not overly dense but truly important, and a must read before any sort of spinal surgery.
A very important and well done book.
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A must read for anyone with back pain!
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Impressive investigative reporting.
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great story and great info
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