"Some patients present with a primary complaint of pain while others complain of pain secondary to a more generalized disease process or procedure. As a healthcare professional, you are trained to diagnose the pathology and then treat it. A patient presents with pneumonia, your work-up supports the diagnosis; you treat it, then the patient gets better. However, another layer of patient care needs more focus in the medical community. If the patient with pneumonia complains of intercostal pain secondary to a violent cough, we have the ability to manage the symptoms of pain effectively, and should not hesitate to do so promptly. Our actions to alleviate pain will not hinder our ability to treat the underlying disease. Yet modern medicine often considers these goals mutually exclusive, with pain management a distance second. As medical professionals, when we have an incomplete understanding of how to treat a condition, we under treat it, erring on the side of do no harm. This book will give you the confidence to confront your patient's discomfort and succeed in conquering the pain"--

Part I. Symptoms and conditions -- 1. Musculoskeletal pain : common causes -- 2. Neuropathic pain -- 3. Cancer pain -- 4. Abdominal pain -- 5. Pelvic pain -- 6. Podiatric pain, foot and ankle -- 7. Miscellaneous pain disorders that affect multiple areas of the body -- 8. Postoperative pain -- part II. Noninterventional treatments -- 9. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- 10. Acetaminophen (Tylenol) -- 11. Topical pain medications -- 12. Muscle relaxants -- 13. Antidepressant medications used for neuropathic pain -- 14. Antiseizure medications used for neuropathic pain -- 15. Opiods -- 16. Patient-controlled analgesia -- 17. Epidural catheter analgesia -- 18. Radiation therapy -- part III. Interventional treatments -- 19. Epidural steroid injections -- 20. Facet joint procedures : facet joint injections, medial branch blocks, and radiofrequency ablation of the medial branches of the spinal nerve roots -- 21. Sacroiliac joint injections -- 22. Trigger point injections for myofascial pain -- 23. Joint and associated bursa injections : shoulders, elboys, hips, and knees -- 24. Sympathetic blocks : stellate, celiac, lumbar, superior hypogastric and ganglion impar -- 25. Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty -- 26. Injections for headache (occipital nerve blocks and botulinum toxin injections) -- 27. Common nerve blocks -- 28. Discogenic pain : lumbar discography -- 29. Implantable pain devices : spinal cord stimulators -- 30. Implantable pain device : programmable intrathecal pain pumps -- 31. Percutaneous lumbar disc decompression -- part IV. Multimodal approach to pain -- 32. Physical therapy -- 33. Complementary treatments -- 34. Chiropractic treatment -- 35. Avoiding opioid abuse.