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. Epidural ...

When back pain won’t go away, all the treatments that could help should be evaluated, from exercise and physical therapy to medication. Part of that evaluation, may include injections to ease back ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 75-year-old male and have had pain in my buttocks down to my outside thigh muscles. My primary care doctor ordered an MRI of the lower back and referred me to an orthopedic ...

The top pain management doctors in Los Angeles at BZ Pain are now offering three different types of epidural injections. The procedures work well over 80% of the time at relieving the pain from ...

In the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis, epidural injection of glucocorticoids plus lidocaine offered minimal or no short-term benefit compared with epidural injection of lidocaine alone, a new ...

Medicare should cover epidural steroid injections to relieve spinal pain caused by certain conditions lasting at least 4 weeks despite other treatment. An epidural steroid injection is a noninvasive ...

The top pain clinic in Broward County, Berkower Pain, is now offering several different types of epidural injections. With a Double Board Certified Fort Lauderdale pain management doctor, Berkower ...

Patients describe pain, weird sensations and loss of bowel control. Oct. 25, 2012— -- Helen Bertelli, a mother of two young girls from Raleigh, N.C., has been crippled with weird symptoms -- ...

The American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians has sent a letter to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services objecting the inclusion of epidural and transforaminal injections to the ...

Injections deliver liquid medications, fluids, or nutrients directly into a person’s body. Different types of injections include intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous, intraosseous, and intradermal ...

People with lower-back pain have several options for potential relief, including spinal manipulation, massage, medication, surgery, and simply letting time pass. But steroid injections are an ...