In some cases, a steroid (cortisone) injection can reduce back pain and nerve pain that travels into your buttocks and legs by reducing inflammation. Our spine specialists may prescribe a combination ...

Back injections can provide significant pain relief for some people. Doctors target specific locations in your spine and muscle to provide the most effective pain relief. If you have back pain that’s ...

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 ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to reduce ...

Injections for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) refer to two treatments that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for SMA: nusinersen (Spinraza) and onasemnogene abeparovec-xioi (Zolgensma ...

Epidural steroid injections have become a cornerstone in the nonsurgical management of spinal pain arising from conditions such as disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis and radiculopathy. By ...

Spinal injections to treat back pain are typically safe. However, side effects can occur, such as bleeding, infection, increased pain, headache, and more. Doctors may suggest spinal injections to ...

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 ...

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 ...