The Lumbar Spine

The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy®

Diagnose low back pain and design patient lumbar spine therapy protocols using the McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy® with this two-volume set of books. These texts include an up-to-date review of disc pathology; new patho-biomechanics data; and updated and expanded descriptions of derangement, dysfunction and postural syndromes.

This 2nd edition has been expanded into two volumes, incorporating over 700 pages of updated content including an up-to-date review of disc pathology; new patho-biomechanics data; and updated and expanded descriptions of derangement, dysfunction and postural syndromes.

Volume 1 chapters include:

• The Problem of Back Pain
• Risk and Prognostic Factors in Low Back Pain
• Pain and Connective Tissue Properties
• The Intervertebral Disc
• Disc Pathology – Clinical Features
• Biomechanics
• Diagnosis and Classification
• Mechanical Diagnosis
• Derangement Syndrome – The Conceptual Model
• Centralisation
• Literature Review
• Serious Spinal Pathology
• Other Diagnostic and Management Considerations

Volume 2 chapters include:

• The History
• Physical Examination
• Evaluation of Clinical Presentations
• Procedures of Mechanical Therapy for the Lumbar Spine
• Patient Management
• Follow-Up Evaluations
• Clinical Reasoning
• Recurrences and Prophylaxis Derangement Syndrome – Characteristics
• Derangement Syndrome – Presentation and Classification
• Derangement Syndrome – Management Principles
• Management of Derangements – Central Symmetrical
• Management of Derangements – Unilateral Asymmetrical Symptoms to Knee
• Management of Derangements – Unilateral Asymmetrical Symptoms to Below Knee
• Dysfunction Syndrome
• Dysfunction of Adherent Nerve Root (ANR)
• Postural Syndrome

The Lumbar Spine: Mechanical Diagnosis & Therapy was written by Robin McKenzie and Stephen May.

About the Author

Robin McKenzie, _{CNZM, OBE, FCSP (Hon), FNZSP (Hon), Dip MDT, Dip MT}

World-renowned Physiotherapist Robin McKenzie devoted more than 40 years to developing a system of examination and treatment for non-specific spinal mechanical pain, known as the McKenzie Method®. The McKenzie Method® offers an easy-to-follow self-treatment plan that includes education and exercises to quickly and effectively diagnose, treat and help decrease or alleviate debilitating pain, even for the long-term sufferer. This revolutionary self-treatment plan has empowered hundreds of thousands of people to treat their own pain.

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McKenzie Method® Books and Supports

Robin McKenzie created the world's first lumbar roll in 1968. The Original McKenzie® line now includes lumbar and cervical supports for people of all sizes and preferences. His series of Treat Your Own books has grown to address mechanical pain throughout the body.

From the Back Cover

When Robin McKenzie’s  The Lumbar Spine, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy  was published in 1981, it was greeted with scepticism and occasionally with ridicule. In the ensuing years, however, as more clinicians became familiar with the assessment process and treatment methods it offered, physical therapists, doctors, chiropractors and their patients discovered the value of these apparently simple concepts. Since then much has changed in the world of spinal care, and the confidence of medical practitioners in The McKenzie Method worldwide is reflected in the large body of scientific evidence supporting and validating those ideas – this new book reflects the literature that has accumulated in the interim.

This long awaited edition has been thoroughly updated and considerably expanded. It contains a wealth of background material about lumbar spinal problems both specific and non-specific. It explores in depth, the non-specific syndromes – derangement, dysfunction and postural – previously described by McKenzie (1983). The descriptions are expanded, more detailed and slightly amended. Also explained is the epidemiology of back pain, the role of the disc, the conceptual model behind the derangement syndrome, clinical reasoning, as well as offering a thorough review of the literature relating to the approach.