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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
Not seeking medical care for back pain is the most common reason for frequent physician visits globally. Patients desire clear, consistent and personalised information on prognosis, treatment options and self management strategies.
This back care book covers everything from strengthening your back to diagnosing, treating and preventing injuries. It presents simple and clear diagrams that illustrate the anatomy of the back. It also provides fully-illustrated, step-by-step exercise routines for immediate treatment as well as long-term strategies to prevent recurrent injuries.
The book features invaluable, practical advice on coping with back pain, information on how to get the best results from rehabilitation and the very latest developments and trends in both orthodox and complementary approaches to back care.
It is a simple, easy-to-read and comprehensive book in which all the chapters have been written by clinicians who are directly involved in all aspects of back care for many years.
Dr. Babita Ghai, Dr. Dipika Bansal, Dr. Varun Singla
Dr. Babita Ghai
Dr. Babita Ghai is a professor of anaesthesia and consultant-in-charge for the pain clinic at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. She has 22 years of post-MD teaching and research experience with a keen interest in pain management, pain education and pain research and policy creation. She has a special interest in the management of chronic pain with the main focus on comprehensive pain management of low back pain. She has more than 150 internationally indexed publications and has authored several national and international book chapters.
Dr. Dipika Bansal
Dr. Dipika Bansal (MBBS, MD, DM) is an experienced clinical pharmacologist with over 2 decades of experience. As a pharmaceutical physician, Dipika has led a wide range of research, education and patient support programmes, all directed towards ensuring optimal access to innovative medicines for patients. She has a special interest in health technology assessment and clinical data analytics with both hypothesis and data-driven experimentation. She has developed pharmacoeconomic models in chronic low back pain and west syndrome. She has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Dr. Varun Singla
Dr. Varun Singla (MBBS, MD, PDCC) is an academic anaesthesiologist with a special interest in chronic pain management, currently designated as an assistant professor at the Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh. He has gained experience in acute and chronic pain management from reputed institutions like PGIMER, Chandigarh, and SGPGI, Lucknow, and palliative care from AIIMS, Delhi. He is involved in research in various aspects of acute and chronic pain involving minimally invasive, interventional pain therapies.
