"An analysis of 17 review articles on epidural steroid injections for spine pain found inconsistent conclusions, and that positive results were three times more likely when the review was authored ...

If you have back pain or decreased flexibility, you might want to consider receiving lumbar facet joint injections or lumbar facet steroid injections. Of course, you might first be wondering ...

Steroid injections can relieve joint pain but may cause long-term tissue damage. Alternatives like hyaluronic acid, PRP, and ...

"Our review affirms the limited effectiveness of epidural steroid injections in the short term for some forms of chronic back pain," study co-author Dr. Pushpa Narayanaswami of Beth Israel ...

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 ...

Epidural anesthetic or steroid injections, nerve blocks, and related interventions are commonly used to treat chronic back pain. This review found no solid evidence showing that these ...

Back pain is one of the most common health problems in the world, affecting millions of people and making everyday tasks ...

Back pain is difficult to treat because it has so many different causes — and this one is frequently overlooked.

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).

Spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief vs. sham injections, according to new clinical practice guidelines. The ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) offer limited effectiveness in reducing back pain and disability, an updated review by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) suggested. “They may modestly ...

Just a week after an American Academy of Neurology (AAN) committee found "limited efficacy" for epidural steroid injections to treat chronic back pain, an international panel is going much further ...