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• Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

  An epidural injection is effective in significantly reducing back pain and/or for approximately 50% of patients. Read about the benefits and potential risks of an epidural steroid injection, when it's typically recommended, and how it's performed.
  By: Richard Staehler, MD Read More

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• Potential Risks of an Epidural Steroid Injection

  As with all invasive medical procedures, there are potential risks associated with lumbar epidural steroid injections. In addition to temporary numbness of the bowels and blad...

• Epidural Steroid Injections

  This article provides a comprehensive guide to epidural steroid injections: how they work, how they reduce inflammation, success rates, and patients who should not have the in...

• Epidural Injection Procedure

  The epidural steroid injection procedure takes place in a surgery center, hospital, or a physician’s clinic. Many types of physicians can be qualified to perform an epidural...

• Injections for Back Pain Management

  Another common injection, a selective nerve root block (SNRB), is primarily used to diagnose the specific source of nerve root pain and, secondarily, for therapeutic relief of...

• Radiofrequency Neurotomy for Facet and Sacroiliac Joint Pain

  A radiofrequency neurotomy is a type of injection procedure in which a heat lesion is created on certain nerves with the goal of interrupting the pain signals to the brain, th...