Make quick, confident decisions at each stage of diagnosis and patient management. Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care now offers printable rehabilitation instructions, full-screen video demonstrations of injection techniques, and more! The new 3rd Edition and DVD-Supplement enable you to: Learn injection techniques with full-screen, narrated video demonstrations. Enhance recovery with detailed rehabilitation instructions and exercises for patients on personalized, printable forms Make better decisions with more images, many in full color, including Netter anatomy drawings . . . and new topics, including Fracture Healing, Compartment Syndrome of the Knee, UCL Tears, and much more! Sharpen physical examination techniques with full-screen, step-by-step video demonstrations. Plus! Current Procedural Terminology (CPTr) codes.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0
A ER intern's review:
As a 1st year ER resident, I picked this book up to supplement my knowledge on basic musculoskeletal and orthopedic injuries. The text does a wonderful job of illustrating proper physical exam skills, as well as covering a broad range of injuries commonly found in the ED. The specific topics are concise and in depth in terms of diagnosing musculoskeletal conditions. However, I felt the general orthopedics section didn't contain any new information that a fourth year medical student hasn't already covered at... more info
Excellent musculoskeletal book:
I am a first year physician assistant student. As a student, this is an excellent resource to have. It is very organized and easy to read. Unlike other books where you have to look/search for information, this book lists definitions of the syndrome, clinical symptoms, and tests: physical and diagnostic, differential diagnosis, treatment, and then additional home exercises all in order. Highly recommend it...one of my favorite books
Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care:
I am working in an Orthopaedic office as a Nurse Practitioner and find this book to be an invaluable reference, particularly for assessing specific areas I am less familiar with.
Essentials of Musculoskeletal Care:
If you're going to be in practice, you had better own this book. Every general practice physician I know owns this book, and every mid-level provider ought to have one, as well. Concise, easy to read/understand, discusses complaints by body region, includes IDC-9 codes.
