Spine Clinics
Spine Clinics James D. Kang Hai V. Le Kenneth C. Nwosu Back pain is one of the most common chief complaints in the emergency room and primary care clinic. It…
Local Anesthetics
Local Anesthetics Michael M. Bottros Lara Wiley Crock Simon Haroutounian Physicochemical Properties of Local Anesthetics “Cocaine and its salts have a marked anesthetizing effect when brought in contact with the…
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management: Overview and Lessons from the Public Sector
Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management: Overview and Lessons from the Public Sector Jennifer L. Murphy Michael E. Schatman History of Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Management In the 1940s, John J. Bonica became…
Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain
Exercise Therapy for Low Back Pain Ellen McGough Joyce M. Engel Exercise is a frequently prescribed nonpharmacologic intervention for low back pain (LBP).1,2 Exercise for therapeutic purposes is defined as…
Motivating Chronic Pain Patients for Behavioral Change
Motivating Chronic Pain Patients for Behavioral Change Akiko Okifuji Emily Hagn Christina Elise Bokat Dennis C. Turk Motivation is a primary determinant of human behavior, influencing its initiation, direction, intensity,…
Complementary and Integrative Health
Complementary and Integrative Health Charles A. Simpson This chapter looks at therapies that historically have been classified as being “unorthodox,” “complementary,” or “alternative” to conventional medical interventions for pain. A…
Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders
Assessment and Treatment of Substance Use Disorders Andrew J. Saxon James P. Robinson Mark D. Sullivan This chapter on assessment and treatment of substance use disorders provides guidance, particularly for…
Group Therapy for Chronic Pain
Group Therapy for Chronic Pain Melissa A. Day Beverly E. Thorn Group therapy continues to be an appealing and common method of chronic pain treatment delivery both in clinical and…
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants and Analgesic Balms
Skeletal Muscle Relaxants and Analgesic Balms Ausim Chaghtai Charles E. Argoff Skeletal Muscle Relaxants The class of medications termed skeletal muscle relaxants is ill defined leading to much confusion for…
