Methods for treating post-surgical pain by administering an anti-nerve growth factor antagonist antibody

1. A method for treating post-surgical pain in a human subject comprising administering to the subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of an anti-nerve growth factor (NGF) antagonist antibody, whereby the post-surgical pain in the subject is treated.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-surgical pain comprises resting pain, and wherein the resting pain is ameliorated.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-surgical pain comprises mechanically-induced pain, and wherein the mechanically-induced pain is ameliorated.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-NGF antagonist antibody is a human antibody.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-NGF antagonist antibody is a humanized antibody.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-NGF antagonist antibody binds human NGF.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the anti-NGF antagonist antibody binds human NGF with a binding affinity of about 0.1 nM or less than about 0.1 nM.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-surgical pain comprises resting pain and mechanically-induced pain, and wherein the resting pain and mechanically-induced pain are ameliorated.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-surgical pain comprises thermally-induced pain, and wherein the thermally-induced pain is ameliorated.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the post-surgical pain comprises resting pain, mechanically-induced pain, and thermally-induced pain, and wherein the resting pain, mechanically-induced pain, and thermally-induced pain are ameliorated.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein wound healing is not significantly inhibited.