Older adults who get steroid injections to ease lower back and leg pain may have increased odds of suffering a spine fracture, a new study suggests. It's not clear, however, whether the treatment is ...

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 There appears to be limited ...

A study in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery analyzed the positive predictive value of diagnostic 1 percent lidocaine containing transforaminal epidural steroid injections after outpatient ...

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 ...

February 7, 2012 (Miami Beach, Florida) — A modified interlaminar lumbar epidural steroid injection, referred to as the parasagittal approach, can achieve better pain relief than a midline approach in ...

November 07, 2025 – PRESSADVANTAGE – North American Spine and Pain has announced the introduction of a new clinical approach ...

Among postmenopausal women who received an epidural steroid injection (ESI) in the lumbar spine to treat back and leg pain arising from a compressed nerve in the spine, levels of bone formation ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lumbar epidural steroid injections (LESIs) are associated with a heightened risk for infection after lumbar spine decompression surgery, a new meta-analysis shows. In a review that included more than ...

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 ...