Fischer (orthopedics and trauma surgery, Orthopedic Center Luisenplatz, Germany) provides orthopedists, sports medicine physicians, physical therapists, and practitioners of manual medicine with instructions for managing pain through the injection of local anesthetics. Using a two page-format with text on one side and color drawings of anatomy on the other, he explains how to recognize clinically recurring pain patterns, administer treatment, and manage pain syndromes in various parts of the body, with concise descriptions of indications, differential diagnoses, materials and techniques, insertion points, direction and depth, possible risks and side effects, and concomitant therapies. An introduction describing the physiology of pain, methods of application, effects, injection techniques, and side effects and contraindications is provided. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)