Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the last 6 months were excluded. Patients were randomized to injections with ...

"This is especially true when they are performed on people who have pain only in their lower back or another type of pain that will not likely be helped by an epidural steroid injection.

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower back pain, new guidance from the American Academy of Neurology finds.

In other cases, doctors employ epidural steroid injections to manage chronic pain conditions like spinal stenosis, herniated discs, and sciatica. In either instance, there is often confusion about ...

In this study, caudal ESI was ineffective for chronic lumbar radiculopathy. These results are consistent with those from a recent systematic review (Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2009; 34:49) and an ...

The clinic’s range of services includes traditional therapies such as epidural ... injections, muscular trigger point injections, and nerve blocks. For patients with more severe or persistent pain, we ...

Interventional pain management uses special tools and techniques to diagnose and treat pain, especially when regular methods like medicine or physical therapy fail to provide adequate relief.

Here are a few ways that can help you get relief from back pain, according to Cleveland Clinic. Medication injections, like an epidural steroid injection (ESI) or a nerve block Muscle relaxers ...