Nerve Block for Common Pain

by Richard E. Cytowic

The approach in this book is direct and simple. The author deals only with nerve block for the most common pain syndromes that the average practitioner will encounter frequently. This option is highly effective, but often not used simply because oral analgesics and anti-inflammatories are more familiar methods. The text leads step-by-step to the appropriate nerve block procedure. The author also discusses succinctly practical psychological issues of pain and placebos.

108 pages, Paperback

First published June 26, 1990

About the author

Richard E. Cytowic, MD, MFA is a neurologist best know for bringing synesthesia back into the scientific mainstream in 1980. The trait of crossed senses is now seen as important to understanding how brains perceive.

Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with David Eagleman) won the 2011 Montaigne Medal.

Cytowic also writes non-fiction and fiction, and received his MFA in creative writing from American University. The Pulitzer nominee's work has appeared in The Washingtonian, New Scientist, and the New York Times Magazine.

His Blog at Psychology Today is The Fallible Mind: Emotion, perception, and other tricks of the brain