This article is one of a series covering back pain — causes, symptoms, and the treatments we use at Back and Body Medical in Midtown Manhattan. For the complete overview, see the full guide:
→ Back Pain Treatment in New York City — The Complete Guide
As you’re aware, we have a mountain of great info, advice, tips and news on our blog section of our site. This forms a very good library of what we have shared and continue to share in the future. Also, we have several online books that are free for you to download and read. They’re quite short, but contain good basic information and will give you a great foundation on the area of concern on your body. You can download one or as many as you want.
So, the books available are:
Your Comprehensive Guide to Lower Back Pain
This guide looks at the most common issues surrounding back pain, how it occurs and who is most likely to to be affected by it. It moves on to discuss treatment options and things you can do in your own home to help manage the pain.
Back and Neck Pain Related to Auto Accidents
If you’ve been involved in an accident, this is the book for you. It’s starts out by explaining why accident victims tend to get back and neck injuries and explains the concept of whiplash. Further help and advice is presented in the book and encourages you to seek treatment as soon as you can to avoid unnecessary future pain.
Everything You Need to Know about Text Neck
This book is very much at the forefront of what many people experience now thanks to modern technology and in particular, cell phone use. It shows the affects of tilting your head forwards to look at a phone and the affect on the neck while doing so. Neck problems have seen a huge increase over the past decade thanks to Steve Jobs and the iPhone. Find out what you can do to avoid text neck in this book.
Office Related Neck Shoulder Pain
Shoulder problems have also been on the increase, again thanks to modern technology. It seems the bulk of these issues are from the office place, so this guide looks at problems as they are related from that area. So some great tips to look at and help avoid in the future.
Sciatica
Our final book is about sciatica, how it forms and what can be done about it. Sciatica is a very common problem and one that can be treated. The book gives some great information about the causes of the condition and what to watch out for.
Feel free to download and share these books with your friends or family and remember, we are able to treat all the conditions covered in each book. Pain needn’t be in your life for long and as a collaborative care practice, we will be sure to find the therapy or therapies that can not only treat your pain, but get you feeling great as well.
If you are in pain, suffer from headaches or whatever, come in and see us, we can help. We also accept insurance and would be delighted to help you out of pain. Call us today or Schedule an appointment.
Dr Shan Sivendra MD is the founder and medical director of Back and Body Medical in Midtown Manhattan. A board-certified medical doctor, certified acupuncturist, and Director of House Physicians at St. Barnabas Medical Center, Dr Sivendra has been practicing in New York since 1995.
He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Saint Barnabas Medical Center (affiliated with Mount Sinai School of Medicine) and received the Resident Research Award for three consecutive years.
Dr Sivendra has a background spanning internal medicine, pain management, and conservative spine rehabilitation, and was licensed in both the US and the UK.
At Back and Body Medical, he leads a multidisciplinary team of chiropractors, physical therapists, and acupuncturists dedicated to helping patients recover from pain without surgery or unnecessary medication.
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