Interventional Pain Medicine for Women’s Health: Comprehensive Treatment Strategies

A Comprehensive 2026 Reference for Modern Women’s Pain Management

Interventional Pain Medicine for Women’s Health: Comprehensive Treatment Strategies is a comprehensive clinical reference dedicated to the evaluation and management of acute and chronic pain conditions affecting women.

Edited by Anita Gupta, MD and published by Oxford University Press, this 2026 volume brings together a multidisciplinary group of experts to examine how biological, hormonal, anatomical, psychological, and clinical factors influence pain across a woman’s lifespan.

From migraine and post-mastectomy pain to chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, musculoskeletal disorders, pregnancy-related pain, postpartum syndromes, and pain in older women, the book combines foundational knowledge with practical interventional treatment strategies.

Book Details

Editor: Anita Gupta, MD
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Edition: 2026
Specialty: Pain Medicine / Interventional Pain / Women’s Health
Chapters: 55
Major Parts: 10
Print ISBN: 9780197820476
Online ISBN: 9780197820506

Why Choose Interventional Pain Medicine for Women’s Health?

✓ Focused specifically on pain in women — exploring important biological, hormonal, anatomical, and psychosocial differences that influence pain presentation and treatment.

✓ 55 expert-authored chapters covering a broad spectrum of acute, chronic, perioperative, pelvic, musculoskeletal, obstetric, postpartum, and age-related pain conditions.

✓ Strong interventional focus with discussion of nerve blocks, regional anesthesia, radiofrequency ablation, neuromodulation, injections, and other advanced pain procedures.

✓ Comprehensive pelvic pain coverage including chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, uterine fibroids, menstrual pain, pelvic adhesions, pudendal pain, and pelvic floor disorders.

✓ Women’s pain across the lifespan — from reproductive health and pregnancy to postpartum recovery and pain management in older women.

✓ Multimodal treatment strategies combining interventional procedures with pharmacologic, nonpharmacologic, rehabilitative, and integrative approaches.

✓ Current 2026 perspective including precision medicine, personalized pain treatment, and evolving approaches to modern pain management.

What You’ll Explore

Women-Specific Pain Mechanisms & Clinical Foundations

Build a stronger understanding of how pain may differ in women through dedicated discussions of:

• Biological sex differences in pain perception
• Hormonal influences on pain
• Pain epidemiology in women
• Diagnosis and pathophysiology
• Multimodal pain management
• Interventional treatment principles
• Personalized approaches to pain care

Migraine & Craniofacial Pain

Explore the evaluation and treatment of headache disorders that commonly affect women, including:

• Migraine and headache disorders
• Female head and neck anatomy
• Nonpharmacologic migraine management
• Interventional migraine treatments
• Multimodal management of complex migraine pain

Thoracic, Chest Wall & Post-Mastectomy Pain

Review clinically important causes of thoracic pain in women and the interventional options available for their management.

Topics include:

• Thoracic and chest wall anatomy
• Common thoracic pain syndromes
• Interventional chest wall procedures
• Post-mastectomy pain
• Targeted regional anesthesia

Chronic Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis

One of the book’s strongest sections provides extensive coverage of abdominal and pelvic pain, an important and often complex area of pain medicine.

Topics include:

• Chronic pelvic pain
• Pelvic adhesions
• Uterine fibroids
• Menstrual pain
• Endometriosis
• Endometriosis-related chronic pain
• Pudendal nerve-related pain
• Pelvic anatomy
• Abdominal pain interventions
• Nonsurgical pelvic pain treatment
• Integrative and complementary therapies
• Advanced evidence-based interventional techniques

This section connects diagnosis, anatomy, underlying pathology, conservative treatment, and advanced interventions—making it particularly valuable for clinicians involved in multidisciplinary pelvic pain management.

Advanced Interventional Pain Techniques

Go beyond traditional pain treatment and explore modern interventional strategies, including:

Nerve Blocks & Regional Techniques

Understand targeted approaches designed to address specific pain generators and regional pain syndromes.

Radiofrequency Ablation

Review the role of radiofrequency-based interventions within contemporary pain management.

Neuromodulation

Explore advanced neuromodulation approaches for selected chronic and refractory pain conditions.

Epidural & Injection-Based Therapies

Review clinical applications of interventions such as epidural steroid injections for musculoskeletal and spinal pain.

Enhanced Recovery Strategies

Learn how Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and multimodal perioperative strategies can contribute to improved pain management.

Musculoskeletal Pain in Women

The book also addresses common and complex musculoskeletal pain syndromes, including:

• Neck pain
• Back pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Myofascial pain
• Chronic musculoskeletal pain
• Pelvic and musculoskeletal interactions
• Exercise-based pain interventions
• Epidural steroid injections
• Shoulder osteoarthritis in older women

The emphasis extends beyond procedures to comprehensive diagnosis, rehabilitation, exercise, and multimodal treatment.

Pregnancy, Labor & Pain Management

Pain management during pregnancy presents unique challenges, and this book dedicates an entire section to this important clinical area.

Coverage includes:

• Pain treatment considerations during pregnancy
• Pharmacologic approaches
• Nonpharmacologic strategies
• Maternal pain
• Labor and delivery
• Epidural anesthesia
• Alternative methods of labor analgesia
• Postpartum recovery

Postpartum Pain Syndromes

A detailed postpartum section addresses conditions that may persist beyond delivery, including:

• Pudendal neuralgia
• Pelvic girdle pain
• Perineal pain
• Scar tissue pain
• Pelvic floor dysfunction
• De Quervain tenosynovitis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Breast pain
• Postpartum migraine

The patient-centered approach makes this section especially relevant to clinicians working across pain medicine, obstetric anesthesia, rehabilitation, and women’s health.

Pain in Aging Women

The clinical picture of pain continues to change throughout life.

Dedicated chapters examine:

• Chronic pain in aging women
• Pain assessment across the lifespan
• Treatment considerations in older patients
• Shoulder osteoarthritis
• Opportunities for more individualized pain management

Precision Medicine & The Future of Women’s Pain Care

The final section looks toward precision medicine and personalized pain treatment, highlighting the movement away from a one-size-fits-all model toward more individualized treatment strategies.

It provides an important perspective for clinicians interested in the future of interventional and multidisciplinary pain medicine.

Complete 10-Part Curriculum

Part I — Introduction to Pain in Women

Foundations, epidemiology, sex differences, pathophysiology, multimodal treatment, and interventional pain principles.

Part II — Headache & Craniofacial Pain

Migraine, headache disorders, nonpharmacologic management, and interventional migraine therapies.

Part III — Thoracic & Chest Wall Pain

Thoracic pain syndromes, interventional management, post-mastectomy pain, and regional anesthesia.

Part IV — Abdominal & Pelvic Pain Syndromes

Abdominal pain, pelvic adhesions, interventional abdominal pain treatment, and perioperative strategies.

Part V — Pelvic Pain Diagnosis & Advanced Therapies

Chronic pelvic pain, fibroids, menstrual pain, endometriosis, pudendal-related pain, and advanced interventions.

Part VI — Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders

Back and neck pain, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, exercise therapy, injections, and comprehensive musculoskeletal management.

Part VII — Pregnancy & Pain

Pregnancy-related pain, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic approaches, labor analgesia, and epidural anesthesia.

Part VIII — Postpartum Pain Syndromes

Pelvic floor dysfunction, pudendal neuralgia, perineal pain, scar pain, breast pain, postpartum migraine, and related disorders.

Part IX — Aging & Pain

Chronic pain in older women, lifespan-specific considerations, and musculoskeletal conditions associated with aging.

Part X — Innovations & Future Directions

Precision medicine and personalized approaches to women’s pain management.

Who Should Read This Book?

Interventional Pain Medicine for Women’s Health is particularly relevant for:

✓ Pain Medicine Physicians
✓ Interventional Pain Specialists
✓ Anesthesiologists
✓ Regional Anesthesia Specialists
✓ OB/GYN Physicians
✓ Obstetric Anesthesiologists
✓ Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians
✓ Pelvic Pain Specialists
✓ Women’s Health Clinicians
✓ Neurologists treating migraine and chronic pain
✓ Fellows and Residents in Pain Medicine & Anesthesiology
✓ Clinicians involved in multidisciplinary chronic pain care

A Valuable Reference for Modern Pain Practice

Women’s pain can involve overlapping neurologic, musculoskeletal, gynecologic, hormonal, obstetric, surgical, and psychosocial factors.

Interventional Pain Medicine for Women’s Health brings these areas together within one comprehensive clinical reference, helping readers better understand the mechanisms behind women-specific pain conditions while exploring contemporary options for multimodal and interventional treatment.

For clinicians interested in interventional pain medicine, chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis, regional techniques, pregnancy-related pain, postpartum disorders, musculoskeletal pain, migraine, and personalized treatment, this 2026 Oxford University Press title is a valuable addition to a professional pain medicine library.