Editorial Review:

This standard-setting book is known for its practical approach to the assessment, management, and counseling of patients with regional musculoskeletal disorders resulting in occupational incapacity. The approach is supported by a display of the relevant science and the author's philosophy in approaching uncertainties and discrepancies. The Third Edition offers discussions of the current approach to the diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia and its sister functional somatic syndromes. Recent scientific studies explore the treatment of regional musculoskeletal disorders when such a sufferer feels compelled to seek care from a physician, surgeon or "alternative" provider. Dr. Hadler has pioneered an understanding of the interfaces between statutory recourse for disabling regional musculoskeletal disorders and the patient and physician. Witty and persuasive, Hadler's text is grounded in sound, scientific principles and has been recommended by ACOEM, JAMA, JBJS, and others.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

Best book ever written on this topic:

The outmoded management of occupational musculoskeletal disorders robs millions of workers of their productivity, their dignity, and their sense of well-being. It engulfs the medical system with desperate patients. It fills disability rolls and tears at the fabric of our economy and social safety net.
The new edition of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders (3rd edition, 2004) is perhaps the best book ever written on this topic. It describes a scientific revolution in thinking about back pain, arm... more info

Obfuscation meets Occupation:

Dr. Hadler has written here a book that is turgid, but not so much with content. Rather, the book is a reliquary for 50 cent words and abstruse sentence structure. Although I purchased the book to augment my diagnosis and treatment of work-related musculoskeletal disease (MSD), I ended up reading passages to challenge my fellow workers to decipher.

Here's an example:
"Seduced by the promise of dramatic diagnosis, of unbridled interventions for cure, and the largesse of wage replacement or more, the... more info

Dr. Hadler's Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2nd Ed.:

Few problems that patients have are more contentious and confusing than the occupational musculoskeletal disorders. As Dr. Hadler documents, conditions like persistent low back pain, neck pain, and arm pain have not yielded to simple mechanical explaniations nor to simple mechanical cures. This book is about why that is. In his passionate, lively, inimitable way, Dr. Hadler examines the physiology, the social psychology, and even the policies that influence these disorders. In the process, he has written a... more info

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