Noted authority Mark D. Miller, MD, together with a stellar editorial team and numerous contributors representing a breadth of specialty areas within orthopaedics and primary care, offers you the comprehensive, multidisciplinary insight you need to confidently diagnose and treat sprains, fractures, arthritis and bursitis pain, and other musculoskeletal problems, or refer them when appropriate. Videos on DVD demonstrate how to perform 29 joint injections, 7 common physical examinations, a variety of tests, and 6 splinting and casting procedures. Presents multidisciplinary coverage that provides authoritative orthopaedic guidance oriented towards the practical realities of primary care practice.

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How to use this book -- Orthopaedic terminology -- Imaging of the musculoskeletal system -- Sports pharmacology -- Impairment and disability -- Rehabilitation -- Special populations: geriatrics -- Special populations: disabled -- Special populations: pediatrics -- Special populations: obesity -- Special populations: comorbidities -- Special populations: female athletes -- Special populations: athletes -- Trauma: principles of fracture management -- Trauma: compartment syndrome -- Trauma: heterotopic ossification -- Myositis ossificans traumatica -- Arthritides -- Infections (septic joint, septic arthritis, and osteomyelitis) -- Neurovascular disorders: deep venous thrombosis -- Neurovascular disorders: arterial conditions in athletes -- Neurovascular disorders: nerve entrapment -- Osteoporosis and osteopenia -- Tumors -- Pain management: acute pain -- Pain management: chronic pain -- Pain management: fibromyalgia -- Pain management: complex regional pain syndrome -- Pain management: the use of opioids for chronic pain -- Overview of the shoulder -- Anterior shoulder instability -- Posterior shoulder instability -- Multidirectional shoulder instability -- The overhead throwing athlete -- Superior labral injuries -- Biceps tendon injury -- Pectoralis major muscle rupture -- Shoulder impingement syndrome -- Rotator cuff tear -- Glenohumeral disorders -- Adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) -- Acromioclavicular joint injuries -- Acromioclavicular degenerative joint disease -- Acromioclavicular osteolysis -- Sternoclavicular injuries -- Scapulothoracic problems -- Neurovascular entrapment -- Proximal humerus fractures -- Humeral shaft fractures -- Scapula fractures. Clavicle fractures -- Anterior shoulder relocation technique -- Glenohumeral joint injection -- Subacromial injection -- Acromioclavicular injection -- Overview of the elbow -- Chondral injuries -- Osteoarthritis of the elbow -- Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) -- Golfer's elbow (medical epicondylitis) -- Distal biceps tendon rupture -- Elbow ligament injuries -- Elbow dislocations -- Olecranon bursitis -- Ulnar nerve entrapment -- Fractures of the distal humerus -- Radial head and neck fractures -- Proximal ulna fractures -- Radial and ulnar shaft fractures -- Reduction of elbow dislocations -- Injection or aspiration of the elbow joint -- Lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) injection -- Medical epicondylitis (golfer's elbow) injection -- Olecranon bursa aspiration/injection -- Overview of the wrist and hand -- Scapholunate ligament injury -- Wrist osteoarthritis -- Kienböck's disease -- Triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries -- de Quervain's tenosynovitis -- Tendinitis of the wrist -- Ganglion cysts -- Carpal tunnel syndrome -- Thumb basal joint arthritis -- Ulnar collateral ligament injuries of the thumb (gamekeeper's thumb, skier's thumb) -- Trigger finger -- Flexor tendon injuries -- Boutonniere deformity -- Mallet finger -- Jersey finger (flexor digitorum profundus avulsion) -- Nail bed injuries -- Dupuytren's contracture -- Hand tumors -- Hand infections -- Hand dislocations -- Distal radius fracture -- Scaphoid fracture -- Thumb fractures -- Metacarpal fractures -- Phalangeal fractures -- Distal radius fracture reduction -- Finger dislocations -- Aspiration of ganglion cyst -- de Quervain's/first dorsal compartment injection -- Radiocarpal joint injection -- Carpal tunnel injection -- Carpometacarpal injection -- Trigger finger injection -- Digital blocks. Overview of the spine -- Whiplash (cervical strain) -- Cervical disc disease -- Cervical spondylosis -- Cervical spinal stenosis -- Spinal cord injury -- Burners/stingers (brachial plexopathy) -- Thoracolumbar strain -- Thoracolumbar disc disease -- Cauda equina syndrome -- Thoracolumbar stenosis -- Spondylolsis and spondylolisthesis -- Hip and pelvis overview -- Sarcoiliac joint -- Hip pointer -- Piriformis syndrome -- Osteitis pubis -- Groin strain (adductor injury) -- Snapping hip -- Meralgia paresthetica -- Trochanteric bursitis -- Hip: labral tear -- Hip subluxation and dislocation -- Hip joint disorders: osteoarthritis and avascular necrosis -- Hamstring injury -- Quadriceps contusions -- Femoral stress fractures -- Pelvic fractures -- Proximal femur fractures -- Femoral shaft fractures -- Trochanteric bursa injection -- Overview of the knee and lower leg -- Anterior cruciate ligament injury -- Posterior cruciate ligament injury -- Medical collateral ligament injury -- Lateral collateral ligament and posterolateral corner injury -- Knee dislocation -- Synovitis -- Meniscus tears -- Chondral injuries of the knee -- Osteonecrosis of the knee -- Osteoarthritis of the knee -- Baker cyst (popliteal cyst) -- Patellofemoral pain syndrome -- Patellar instability -- Iliotibial band syndrome -- Quadriceps and petellar tendinitis -- Prepatellar bursitis -- Pes anserine bursitis -- Extensor tendon rupture -- Medical tibial stress syndrome (shin splints) -- Exertional compartment syndrome -- Medical gastrocnemius rupture (tennis leg) -- Stress fractures of the tibia and fibula -- Distal femur and proximal tibia fractures -- Patella fractures -- Tibial and fibular shaft fractures -- Knee aspiration and/or injection technique -- Prepatellar bursa aspiration and/or injection technique -- Pes anserine bursa injection technique -- Technique for measuring compartment pressures. Overview of the ankle and foot -- Chondral injuries -- Arthritis of the ankle -- Ankle sprain -- Achilles tendon disorders -- Posterior tibial tendon disorders -- Peroneal tendon disorders -- Haglund's deformity (pump bump) -- Plantar fasciitis -- Os trigonum -- Tarsal tunnel syndrome -- The diabetic foot -- Morton's neuroma (plantar interdigital neuroma) -- Hallux valgus (bunion) -- Bunionette -- Hallux rigidus -- Turf toe -- Sesamoid disorders of the hallux -- Corns and calluses -- Lesser toe deformities -- Nail disorders -- Subtalar dislocation -- Lisfranc injuries -- Stress fractures of the foot -- Ankle fractures -- Tarsal fractures -- Metatarsa fractures -- Phalangeal fractures of the foot -- Ankle aspiration and /or injection technique -- Tarsal tunnel injection -- Plantar fascia injection -- Morton's neuroma injection -- First metatarsophalangeal joint aspiration and/or injection technique -- Trimming of corns and calluses -- Ulcer débridement -- Digital block -- Nail removal -- Overview of pediatric orthopaedics -- Little leaguer's shoulder -- Little leaguer's elbow -- Nursemaid's elbow -- Common congenital hand conditions -- Scoliosis -- Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis -- Pediatric discitis -- The limping child -- Normal lower extremity anatomic variants -- Pelvic avulsion fractures -- Legg-calvé-perthes disease -- Slipped capital femoral epiphysis -- Developmental dysplasia of the hip -- Congenital lower extremity disorders -- Osteochondritis dissecans -- Discoid meniscus -- Osgood-Schlatter/Sinding-Larsen-Johansson lesions -- Tarsal coalition -- Congenital clubfeet -- Cavus foot -- Salter-Harris fractures -- Special fractures in pediatrics.