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AVAILABLE BOOKS

Low Back Pain Handbook
The non-specialists guide to treating low back pain.  This concise handbook will provide therapists and students with the tools they need to effectively treat low back pain for non-operative and post-surgical patients.
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Back Pain Rehabilitation
Unlike other texts on back pain, this book focuses on issues directly related to patient rehabilitation. Each section reviews the current literature to ensure the reliability of information, and balances that information with usable clinical strategies.
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The treatment of musculoskeletal disorders is a specialized area in physical therapy. The physical therapists at OSPTA are resident trained, professionally published specialists in orthopedic and sports physical therapy. OSPTA is nationally recognized for its excellence in physical therapy and is much sought after for clinical internships by several physical therapy schools. OSPTA is also one of the few clinical centers in the nation to offer specialist residency training in orthopedic and sports physical therapy.

As clinical specialists in orthopedic and sports physical therapy, the physical therapists at OSPTA use specialized musculoskeletal evaluation techniques that help identify the specific problem creating pain and disability. Some of the problems that are commonly referred for treatment at OSPTA include:

  • Muscle tension headaches
  • Hand trauma and carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cervical and Lumbar disk herniations
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Osteoporosis
  • Knee ligament and cartilage injuries
  • A variety of post operative foot and hand conditions
  • Pregnancy induced low back pain
  • Neck and low back pain
  • Post mastectomy shoulder pain and restriction
  • Arthritis
  • Rotator cuff strains
  • Shoulder bursitis
  • Tennis elbow
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Plantar fasciitis
  • Ankle sprains
  • Balance and gait problems
  • Joint replacement surgeries
  • Scaroiliac joint pain
  • Temporomandibular joint pain
  • Whiplash