Until I read Stabbed in the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society, I didn’t realize that it was possible to write a book about back pain that was thoughtful and full of interesting tidbits, and yet had nothing useful to say to patients.
Tag: Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting On the Road to Recovery
Book Review: CROOKED: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting On the Road to Recovery by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Crooked was sufficiently useful that I listened to the audiobook twice, and then bought a hardcopy so I could page through it more carefully. In many ways, it changed my thinking about back pain and treatment, and made me realize that my failure to respond to the treatments prescribed to me has less to do with my own unique situation and more to do with the failures of the system.