One in every four adults suffers from chronic pain, according to the CDC. For one Indiana lawmaker and his doctor, the fight ...

Some evidence seen for epidural steroid injections reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies and possibly in lumbar spinal stenosis. HealthDay News — There is some evidence ...

Patients experienced significant improvement in low-back and radicular pain within 5 months following epidural steroid injection, with pain relief observed for up to 1 year. Epidural steroid ...

Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits ...

Patient-controlled epidural analgesia was associated with reduced postoperative pain intensity among patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty. After total knee arthroplasty (TKA), ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for ...

Researchers found that epidural steroid injections may modestly reduce pain and disability in patients with a pinched nerve in the back. Photo by Kampus Production/Pexels ...

With an epidural steroid injection, a steroid or corticosteroid medication is injected into a part of the spine called the epidural space. The goal is to help reduce certain kinds of back pain.

In all, the authors analyzed 90 studies done over 16 years that examined the use of epidural steroid injections in patients suffering pain caused either by a pinched nerve (radiculopathy) or a ...

Scientists have developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether they reduce pain and disability for ...