Pain Management - A Scientific Compendium for physiotherapists

This textbook combines research findings with practical relevance for physiotherapists, sports scientists, and orthopedists in the management of acute and chronic pain. Insights from pain research provide a deeper understanding of the neurobiological processes involved in pain and are applied to practical use. Contents include: the history of pain from ancient times to the present, neurobiology of nociception and pain, cortical-neuronal and biochemical correlates of pain perception and neuroplasticity, the discussion of postural-structural-biomechanical factors in relation to pain development, practical assessment strategies with questionnaires and documentation, as well as the most effective therapeutic methods, case-specific exercise recommendations for chronic back, neck, shoulder, and knee pain. This textbook deepens your knowledge of the symptom of pain and helps you better understand your patients' complaints, which is a fundamental prerequisite for optimal education and treatment.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Pain - The Story.-The Neurobiology of Nociception.- The Neurobiology of Pain.- The Postural-Structural-Biomechanical Model.-Examination and Therapy of Pain.- Exercise Planning in Pain Therapy.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ahura Bassimtabar
MSc is a lecturer in pain neuroscience and a sports physiotherapist in the Bundesliga. Since 2021, he has been teaching the course "Modern Pain Science," which he designed, at Hochschule Fresenius and the German Sport University Cologne. He is now founder and lead instructor of EDUPAIN. Additionally, he is a physiotherapist and rehabilitation therapist for the professional team of Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He is also pursuing a PhD at the German Sport University Cologne in molecular and cellular sports medicine

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ahura Bassimtabar
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.08.2025
• EAN: 9783662715611
• ISBN: 978-3-662-71561-1
• Seiten: 232
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 15 mm x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 445 g
• Illustration: XXVI, 232 p. 118 illus., 98 illus. in color.
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Medizinische Fachberufe; Ergotherapie, Orthopädie und Brüche, Sportmedizin, Sportverletzungen, Nocebo, sports medicine, BPS, Orthopaedics, PBS, Occupational Therapy, back pain, physiotherapy, Low Back Pain, shoulder pain, Chronic Pain, Acute Pain, Graded Activity, Nociception, LBP, Modern Pain Science, postural-biomechanical-structural model, biopsychosocial mode, pain education, neck pain