• Understanding Sciatica
  • Understanding Sciatica
  • Understanding Sciatica
  • Understanding Sciatica
  • Understanding Sciatica
  • Understanding Sciatica

By Tom Jesson, with contributions from Annina Schmid.

Understand sciatica. Discuss it with your patients with confidence. 

Available as an ebook or as a stylish paperback. 

Useful, interesting, and never, ever boring!

"Absolute gold... there's not many anatomy/physiology books that one can't put down" - June, Spinal Specialist Physiotherapist.

Click here to read the contents pages and see inside.

Ebook is in pdf and epub format. All paperback purchases also come with a copy of the ebook.

Ebooks sold on this page are for personal use. If you are purchasing an ebook for your team, department or library, please go to the group licence page.

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What's in the book:

  • Clinically-relevant anatomy, explained and illustrated so that everything just 'clicks'.

  • Fascinating explanations of nerve root injuries, why they hurt and why the nerve stops working.

  • A modern understanding of disc herniations. Equips you to answer all your patients' questions.

Customer Reviews

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Roberts
Work of art

Don’t miss out on this book! It’s easy to read and explains things really well. There’s a lot of examples that can be used with patients that are easy to understand.
Overall, a lot of great research, anatomy and plenty to learn.

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Nick Rainey
Outstanding book on anatomy

I loved this book. I'm going through it a second time right now. It has in depth anatomy that is usable and written in a way that is much more interesting than a textbook!

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Anonymous
Essential

Essential reading for any health professional looking after patients with this condition.

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Rachel
Excellent book

This book is a fantastic resource to learn more about radiculopathy and radicular pain. It contains so much useful information which has helped me answer patient's questions, particularly explaining why they might be experiencing symptoms not explained by the MRI findings.

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Suzanne Clapham
Excellent Resource

This book was great for helping me understand the link between (patho)anatomy, how a patient presents, why different patients with apparently the same pathology might present differently, and in being realistic about how these patients recover. An excellent resource for therapists that goes beyond the basics of what we learn at uni.

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Hilton
Should be standard education for all manual therapists

Amazingly structured and understandable content. In my opinion should be a module in all major musculoskeletal healthcare education. It goes beyond just sciatica and it really explains neuropathic pain

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Ari G
Everyone should read this

I was recommended to visit Tom's blog during my osteopathy studies by my anatomy and physiology lecturer. Reading Tom's blog, his book and zines has made what 4 years of anatomy at University level has failed to do. A wonderful book for students, practitioners and patients. It is such a complex topic but somehow Tom manages to deliver it in an informative, clear and easy to read manner. The information is reliable, up to date and truly helpful for clinical practice. I am now in private practice and recommend all my patients with low back pain with or without leg pain to visit Tom's website or purchase his work. It is a game changer for informed decisions, pain science and patient and practitioner empowerment.

What readers say

"Absolute gold... Not many anatomy/physiology books that one can't put down" - June, Specialist Physiotherapist in Spinal Triage.

"I was expecting a good read, but what you get is even better! Absolutely brilliant stuff and a MUST read for any clinician who works with sciatica" - Michael, Physiotherapist.

"The book has made a massive difference to my practice and in explaining things to my patients." - Philip, Spinal Advanced Practice Practitioner.

Simply a good book as well as a good medical book. So much contemporary content, blended with a personal, readable format like the classic medical texts of the past.’ - Greig, Orthopaedic doctor & GP.

"Highly recommend this book. In addition to being informative and engaging it provides sensible, well-reasoned insight, useful for patients and clinicians alike" - Michael, US military PT.

"The sciatica Bible" - Luke, Physiotherapist.

About the authors

Tom Jesson is a physiotherapist specialising in nerve root problems. He has written two books about radicular pain, and published peer-reviewed research and textbook chapters on the topic. He is also an experienced writer and educator, practiced at summarising complex information in an easy-to-read style.

Prof. Annina Schmid is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and a Neuroscientist affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at Oxford University in the UK.

She leads the Neuromusculoskeletal Health and Science Lab at Oxford University. Annina was the first allied health professional to win a prestigious Clinical Research Career Development Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust, recognising her contributions to discovery sciences.

FAQ

Check your inbox! I've sent you a link to download the ebook.

As for the difference between the two versions: This version has been substantially re-written to make it more readable. All of illustrations have also been improved. Of course, the fact that it's available in paperback is also a major change.

As for the content - there are some changes and additions, none of which are major. For example, there are new short passages on neuropathic pain and other topics, and slight changes in the way we interpret certain bits of evidence.

Yes. I recognise that the price of this book is a lot of money in some parts of the world.

Unfortunately we can't automate a discount, so please email us using the contact form - the link is located at the bottom left of this page. Let us know where you are from and we will send you a code for a substantial 'parity pricing' discount based on your location. There is no need to justify your request beyond providing your location.

For ebook use licenced in perpetuity please follow the link in the product description.

Yes, discounting is as follows:

5-9 copies = 15% discount

10-20 copies = 20% discount

20+ copies = 25% discount

Please use the contact form to place an order.

Possibly! The book is written for clincians, but we have had lots of very happy lay readers. All the information is broken down into simple chunks, and technical jargon is avoided where possible.

That said, to get the most out of the book it will help to have a very basic understanding of how nerves work, such as what an action potential is, and of the gross anatomy of the spine.

If you do buy the book and find that it's not for you, we can happily provide a full refund.

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