Orthopedic Rehabilitation Clinical Advisor

I am a PT with 4 years of experience. I found this text as an invaluable resource to reference pathologies while studying for the OCS and my residency tests. Additionally, the clinical reasoning chapters were great to help build a foundation from which to approach a clinical examination. This however is not a "how to book" on how to sequence your examination. It is as it says 5 books in 1. Part 1 had decent background on tissue healing, radiology, pain behavior, biomechanics, etc. Part 2 and 3 had solid orthopedic reasoning and orthopedic pathology sections that are well-referenced. Haven't used the pharmacology or rehabilitation section much frankly. Moral of the story, for the cost, you most likely won't find a more helpful text. But, you will need to take the time to sit down and work through it to really get your money's worth. But using it as a reference tool alone is worth your cash.

I would highly recommend this book to any student or clinician who is interested in a book to help them improve as clinicians. It is written in a manner to provide quick bulleted information to the clinician and organized in a manner that is logical and easy to find. Clinical guidance is provided by some of the leaders in the field of physical therapy and rehabilitation. The orthopedic pathology section should be a great help to any clinician because it provides valuable information regarding each pathology and provides information on which tests are the best, how long it should take to recover, and which interventions may be the best to help facilitate recovery. Overall, a great book and extremely valuable to both students and clinicians. Buy it, you won't regret it!

This book does contain the searchable content of the hardcover copy. However, there are no page numbers, and the pages don't look anything like they do in the physical book. They are oriented in a way that makes them extremely difficult to read. Also, all the sub-chapters are quite long, and have no further subdivisions within them, which makes the chapter view virtually useless.I hate lugging a hard copy of a textbook around, but I'm seriously considering that option over this barely-functional digital one.I wish Amazon never made Kindle textbooks unless they actually looked like the original textbook.

I'm a PTA always looking to learn and increase my knowledge. This book is fantastic and presents pathology and injury in a well organized manner. If you are looking for a quick reference for cause, symptoms, special tests, treatment, and so on, this is the one book to have in your clinic or home library!

Crisp, clean information. Easy to access just what I need to know quickly. As a student it's nice to have everything I need to know about a condition in one tidy place rather than having to pick through a whole chapter of my text to put the puzzle together.

This text is very organized and great for entry level students, but contains plenty of research and differential diagnostic tools for the practitioner. The book is broken down into sections, going from very general to very specific. Can be very helpful in educating patients as well as honing clinical reasoning.

This is by far the best orthopedic clinic book out there. If you are a PT and need a nice, quick reference with clinical reasoning...this book is worth every penny!

Great reference for orthopedic PT internship. Only down side is it doesn't have the new ICD-10 info.