Practical Office Orthopedics

Internal medicine physician for 17 years here. I preordered this book after seeing Dr. Parks give amazing talks on the knee and the shoulder at the American College of Physicians conference. The book does not disappoint. He talks about internists who are comfortable with septic shock but terrified of a sprained ankle. This was me! The book is entertaining (with interested trivia bits) and educational. He demystifies orthopedic conditions and gives a non orthopedist confidence in dealing with patients and making decisions. I feel like I understand orthopedic problems much better after reading this book. I am more confident in my patient care and also more confident talking with my patients. The book includes what is useful to know. Unlike many ortho review articles, he doesn't waste time on useless physical exam techniques from the stone age with sensitivity and specificity of 10%. He focuses on what is important. Lots of high quality photos and diagrams. An extensive final chapter on multiple injection techniques. I highly recommend this book to any internist, FP doc, hospitalist, NP or PA. I love to learn and this book was a pleasure.

I'm transitioning from hospital practice to primary care, and bought a number of books to help improve my clinical skills. This book fit the bill PERFECTLY. The author explains different diseases and his approach succinctly and directly. He gives great analogies (that I'm filing away to share with patients) that help illustrate the concepts. The book is well-illustrated. I particularly like the frequent sidebars-- when I find I'm losing focus getting through the main material, I read a tidbit from one of the sidebars and that's enough of a break. I wish this book had been around when I was in medical school, because examining knees/shoulders/hips would have made much more sense. I would recommend this book for: -Medical Students learning how to do an Orthopedic Exam (and who want to know what they're actually testing for) -Residents looking to develop skills at Orthopedic examination and diagnosis -Primary Care physicians looking to hone their Orthopedic diagnostic skills, or figure out how to better-treat patients in-house without blindly referring every joint pain to a specialist.

This really is a great book!!! Easy reading and great examples!! I am in primary care and this book has been so helpful!

Every thing you need to know and with excellent diagrams.

Learn as a intern in Family medicine or 4th year medical school, some big essentials for ortho for a month long rotation. Though I would say find essentials of musckuloskeletal for the harrison's of orthopedics, especially when it comes to describing ortho findings in detail, like planes of ROM, etc.

I really appreciate this book and find myself using it multiple times per week in my family practice clinic. The explanations of commonly diagnosed MSK conditions and how to differentiate between conditions is fantastic. The length of the readings is perfect, the organization of the book is great and has increased my confidence with treatment plans for orthopedic diagnoses. 10/10 recommendation for primary care.

This is an excellent book!! I needed to brush up on a few things as I just got a job as an NP in a physical medicine and rehab clinic! This book was excellent at helping me refresh anatomy and different common conditions as well as emergency conditions! It really explains it in a way that makes it easier for you as a provider to explain these conditions to patients something that is not always easy to do. It really “dumbs” stuff down but then ends up tying everything together with a more in depth explanation which is wonderful! Highly recommend!

I'm an FNP at a community health clinic and I LOVE this little book! I'm an avid fan of the Curbsiders (podcast) and they interviewed the author for an episode on knee pain. I learned so much from the interview, and then looked up the book to find out more. So glad I did! I actually bring this little book into the patient room with me sometimes, when I am explaining something. It's surprisingly easy to read (and even entertaining!), and I read it cover-to-cover the first few days I had it. It's just enough info to be comprehensive but not too laden with detail for someone who isn't in an ortho specialty but just wants a good overview on assessment and management. Can't recommend it enough!

This book is the best book in ortho i came across. If i could personnaly thank the authour i would.

This is an excellent overview of the most frequent orthopedic pathologies seen in general practice and explained in a very simple way. A must-read!

Received a used book!