Fast Facts: Soft Tissue Disorders

This new edition of 'Fast Facts: Soft Tissue Disorders' is written from the combined perspectives of rheumatology, orthopaedics and sports medicine and is designed to provide the primary care specialist with a well- rounded and highly practical 'handbook' on diagnosis, management and patient involvement in recovery.

The structure of all the major soft tissues and their common pathologies and disorders are covered here and each condition covered includes a set of practical exercises for the patient.

• Includes two entirely new chapters covering local injection therapies and anterior knee pain

• Covers common pathologies and disorders of all major soft tissues as encountered in the primary care setting

• Packed with practical advice including patient involvement in recovery and management of outcomes expectations

Contents:

• Pathophysiology and epidemiology

• Classification and diagnosis

• Management guidelines

• Local injection therapies

• Ankle sprains

• Achilles tendinopathies

• Plantar fasciitis

• Anterior knee pain

• Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)

• Shoulder disorders

• Polymyalgia rheumatica

• Fibromyalgia and regional myofascial pain syndromes

• Future trends