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 ...

Lower back pain A team of investigators assessed outcomes following epidural steroid injections for pain relief in older adults with new episodes of back pain. Study finds that older adults with a new ...

(Reuters Health) - Spinal epidural injections of steroids may relieve low back pain from a ruptured disc, but only briefly, a new study shows. And the injections offer no significant relief for pain ...

MINNEAPOLIS – The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other clinicians the evidence for epidural steroid injections and whether ...

Alexander P. Hersel, MD, medical director of Pain Management and Injury Relief Medical Center, recently released an article ensuring patients that epidural steroid injections are still a safe ...

Epidural steroid injections demonstrated limited efficacy in reducing back pain and disability, according to a systematic review from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). In cervical and lumbar ...

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Everyone will have back pain at some point in their lives, but not all can be cured with a couple days of rest. Dr. Jay Jagannathan, with Jagannathan Neurosurgery, says a simple procedure can help a ...

There many safe minimally invasive medical approaches for various options for chronic low back and leg pain treatment. Naturopathic approaches such as massage and acupuncture are excellent ...

In 2009, Dr. Chou and colleagues reviewed 40 studies comparing epidural injections (and other types of injections or ablations) to placebo injections. For back pain without pain radiating down the leg ...

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 were ...