When back pain won’t go away, your doctor will consider all the treatments that could help you, from exercise and physical therapy to medication. Part of that may include injections to ease your back ...

A large study on the effectiveness of injections for spinal stenosis was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July of this year. It was designed by top doctors in the field of pain ...

Connie Lester was concerned when she heard that a deadly meningitis outbreak had been linked to spinal steroid injections. Anxiously watching the news for reports of cases in her home state of ...

With an epidural steroid injection, a steroid or corticosteroid medication is injected into a part of the spine called the epidural space. The goal is to help reduce certain kinds of back pain. For ...

Having steroid injections to ease back pain could be a waste of time, after researchers found they do little to alleviate sciatica. The condition, which is a common form of leg and back pain, is ...

BACK injections have helped hundreds of York hospital patients who suffer from crippling back pain, a leading consultant said today. Dr Peter Hall, a consultant in anaesthesia and pain at York ...

Sufferers of chronic lower back pain are often given an epidural injection if simple painkillers, stretching exercises or good posture fail. Pain in the lower back is particularly common but generally ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural ...

Patients with lower back pain in Lancashire and South Cumbria will see limits placed on the number of spinal injections they receive as part of their treatment. Did you know with a Digital ...

Injections are widely used in the U.S. for chronic back and sciatic pain, yet a careful review of the research supporting this use does not support this practice. This blog presents the scientific ...