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 ...

Injecting Botox Into Spine Could Relieve Pain Botulinum neurotoxin type A — or Botox — may reduce responses to an inflammation-related pain stimulus when injected into the spine, following a study ...

Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

A spinal steroid injection—also known as an epidural injection—may only reduce neck and back pain for a few months, according to a recent review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Spinal ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Scott Kreiner, MD, an expert on spine care and pain medicine who testified at Kestner's criminal trial, said that true tendon origin injections (or TOIs) typically are used to treat inflamed joints, ...

Steroid injections can help relieve back pain and reduce a person’s need for surgery. They are typically a safe and effective treatment but do not provide a full cure for the cause of back pain. Many ...

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. -- Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse -- so she could get the pills that made her back feel better. Shaw, 56, who has ...

McMINNVILLE, Tenn. — Each month, Michelle Shaw went to a pain clinic to get the shots that made her back feel worse — so she could get the pills that made her back feel better. Shaw, 56, who has been ...