Your Nerves Are Having Back Surgery: Neuroscience Education for Patients Having Back Surgery

Based on the latest neuroscience research, Your Nerves are Having Back Surgery explains nerve sensitization for patients who will be undergoing or have undergone back surgery for radiculopathy.

Section topics include:

* The decision to undergo surgery
* The nervous system
* Increased sensitivity of the nervous system
* Surgery and the nervous system
* Calming the nervous system down
* Recovery following lumbar surgery

Nerve sensitization is covered in an easy-to-understand format with numerous color images.

Written by Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD.

Illustrated. Softcover; 28 pages.