{"product_id":"crooked-outwitting-the-back-pain-industry-and-getting-on-the-road-to-recovery-9780062641793","title":"Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Cathryn Jakobson Ramin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Pain Management\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an 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. In the process of searching 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 U.S. health care system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result of six years of intensive reporting, \u003cem\u003eCrooked\u003c\/em\u003e offers a startling look at back pain medicine, and provides practical advice and solutions. Jakobson 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStunningly brilliant and utterly comprehensive, \u003cem\u003eCrooked\u003c\/em\u003e is not only important but also essential to millions of back pain sufferers and all types of health care professionals. Jakobson 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45113861406871,"sku":"9780062641793","price":1381.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062641793.webp?v=1767099280","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/crooked-outwitting-the-back-pain-industry-and-getting-on-the-road-to-recovery-9780062641793","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}