A review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has found that epidural steroid injections (ESIs) provided short-term ...

There is evidence for epidural steroid injections reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies.

A new review reaffirms that spinal steroid injections only reduce neck and back pain for a few months, but they don't improve ...

A lumbar facet injection is also referred to as a lumbar facet joint block. In this procedure, a local anesthetic agent (numbing medicine) is injected into your back: specifically, the small ...

This procedure, called percutaneous image-guided lumbar decompression (PILD), removes part of a ligament that’s gotten thicker. This keeps the ligament from affecting the nerve root and frees up ...

American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine guidelines highlight SSI prevention in regional anesthesia and ...

All subsequent effects refer to comparisons with sham procedures. For chronic axial spine pain, the following probably provide little to no difference in pain relief (moderate certainty evidence): ...

As the name suggests, their slim design is optimal for supporting your lower lumbar region, but we also think they have enough visual appeal to take your pillow arrangement to the next level.

If you're thinking of getting an injection for back pain ... As an example, they report that between 1994 and 2001 in the US, lumbar epidural steroid injections increased by 271%, and the use ...

Objectives Evidence comparing the effectiveness of surgical and conservative treatment of symptomatic lumbar disc herniation is controversial ... Those with an inadequate response to opioids were ...