Jianren Mao - Spine Pain Care: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide

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Spine pain refers to pain conditions resulting from spine pathologies including disease, trauma, degeneration, and tumor. Spine pain can also result from changes in the structures adjacent to the spine such as sacroiliac joints and musculoskeletal origins. Spine pain is a primary and significant cause of loss of productivity and high cost of expensive healthcare. Care for spine pain involves multiple medical specialties and is a major focus of contemporary pain management. The issue of spine pain care may also be directly linked to the current nationwide crisis of opioid use and misuse.

Although there have been publications and book titles on the topic of spine pain and its management, most of these publications and book titles focus on a singular aspect of spine pain management such as surgery, interventional procedures including imaging books, medication management, psychotherapy, etc. While these publications and book titles may serve individual groups of professionals, these materials lack integration among various specialties involved in spine pain care. The objective of this book is to present multifaceted perspectives regarding spine pain care by breaking the barriers between different specialties, thereby providing the readers with a comprehensive guide to spine pain care in a single book.

This book is written by specialists in the field of spine pain care, including pain specialists, spine surgeons, neurologists, physiatrists, radiologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and researchers. The book is divided into six sections: Epidemiology and Economic Impact; Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Etiology; Clinical Evaluation; Spine Pain Conditions; Treatment of Spine Pain; Challenges and Future Directions.

I sincerely thank my colleagues for their valuable contributions to this important book project. I also would like to thank Springer, including Ms. Diane Lamsback, for the tireless effort and support. I hope that this book will provide healthcare providers (physicians, nurses, physician assistants, physical therapists, radiology technicians, etc.) with much-needed, comprehensive materials about spine pain care.