Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain: Primary Management of Low Back Disorders with the CRISP Principles
- 1st Edition, Volume 1 - September 25, 2026
- Latest edition
- Authors: Donald R. Murphy, Gary Jacob
- Language: English
An ideal resource for busy clinicians and students who encounter patients with spine-related disorders, Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain: Primary Management of Low Back Di… Read more
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Description
Description
An ideal resource for busy clinicians and students who encounter patients with spine-related disorders, Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain: Primary Management of Low Back Disorders with the CRISP Principles is an up-to-date manual that provides practical approaches to diagnosis and treatment. This unique guide synthesizes a vast amount of information on spine care into a concise, user-friendly format for the clinic or the classroom, offering a systematic, time-saving approach that can be applied in any clinical context.
Key features
Key features
- Clearly explains Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain® (the CRISP® principles): an evidence-based, patient-centered approach that encompasses all potential biological, psycho-emotional, and social factors that can contribute to patients’ suffering in diagnosis and management
- Offers a focused, streamlined approach to a complex topic for easy understanding and immediate application
- Explains the decision-making process to determine appropriate treatment, an evidence-based means of monitoring progress, how to make referral decisions
- Teaches up-to-date manual, exercise, and self-care techniques that can easily be applied in a busy clinical or teaching environment
- Features 250 high-quality images for visual guidance, including figures of spine care pathways, photos of diagnostic tests and exercises, x-ray and MRI images, and photos and line drawings of spine pathophysiology
- Offers practical, evidence-based, “how-to” guidance for clinicians, instructors, students, and researchers whose work involves patients with low back disorders
Readership
Readership
Any clinician, instructor, professor, student or scientist whose work focuses on spine-related disorders: Chiropractors, Physical Therapists (Physiotherapists) and Osteopaths
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section I. Background Introduction. Primary Spine Care and Low Back Disorders
1. Principles of Primary Spine Care
2. The Aetiology of Low Back Disorders – The Biopsychosocial Model
Section II. Diagnosis Using the Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain™ Protocols
3. Taking a Thorough and Efficient History
4. Diagnostic Question #1
5. Diagnostic Question #2
6. Diagnostic Question #3
7. Establishing a Diagnosis, Clinical Decision Making and Outcome Measurement
Section III. Management Based on the Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain™ Protocols
8. Principles of Effective Patient Management
9. General Management Strategies
10. Treatment Approaches for Diagnostic Question #2
11. Treatment Approaches for Diagnostic Question #3
12. Maximum Medical Improvement, Aftercare and Referral Decisions
1. Principles of Primary Spine Care
2. The Aetiology of Low Back Disorders – The Biopsychosocial Model
Section II. Diagnosis Using the Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain™ Protocols
3. Taking a Thorough and Efficient History
4. Diagnostic Question #1
5. Diagnostic Question #2
6. Diagnostic Question #3
7. Establishing a Diagnosis, Clinical Decision Making and Outcome Measurement
Section III. Management Based on the Clinical Reasoning in Spine Pain™ Protocols
8. Principles of Effective Patient Management
9. General Management Strategies
10. Treatment Approaches for Diagnostic Question #2
11. Treatment Approaches for Diagnostic Question #3
12. Maximum Medical Improvement, Aftercare and Referral Decisions
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 1
- Published: January 6, 2027
- Language: English
About the authors
About the authors
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Donald R. Murphy
Dr Murphy is well known in the chiropractic, physical therapy and medical fields and, as a result of over 100 peer-reviewed publications, books and book chapters as well as extensive speaking engagements around the world, he has developed a wide-ranging name recognition. he has done extensive practice, consulting, teaching and research in the area of spine-related disorders (back and neck problems) and his teachings and publications have been very popular.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USAGJ
Gary Jacob
Dr. Jacob received a BA in Philosophy of Science from SUNY Binghamton in 1974, a DC degree from LA College of Chiropractic in 1978, graduated California Acupuncture College in 1981, was the first DC to receive the Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (DipMDT) from the Mckenzie Institute in 1991 and received a Masters of Public Health in Community Health Education and Promotion (UCLA) with his thesis on the Biopsychosocial Model for Back Pain. From 2018 to 2019 he was research adjunct/topic expert at Rand Corp. for a study on Chiropractic and chronic pain. Dr. Dr. Jacob maintains a private practice in Pacific Palisades, California and is currently Clinical Professor at Southern California University of Health Sciences and Doctoral Faculty at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Professor, Southern California University of Health Sciences and Doctoral Faculty, Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, USA