Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. 1. Back Pain Nation 1
6. 2. Even the Best and Brightest 19
7. 3. What’s Wrong? What’s Not? Can We Tell the Difference? 31
8. 4. Painkillers: Easy Solutions Sometimes Aren’t 41
9. 5. Painkillers and the Marketing of Pain 51
10. 6. Pain Management, Now Th at’s Money 59
11. 7. Stabbed in the Back 69
12. 8. Surgical Gadgets and the Explosion of Fusion Surgery 81
13. 9. The Pointed Search for Relief: Injections, Ablations, and Blocks, Oh My! 93
14. 10. Why Would You Get Better after Useless Therapy? 103
15. 11. Manipulating the Pain: Chiropractic and Other “Alternative” Treatments 113
16. 12. Nobody Takes It Seriously! 121
17. 13. Boot Camp 131
18. 14. Amplifying Your Voice 143
19. 15. Some Policy Implications 153
20. Notes 173
21. Index 203