Dear Dr. Roach: Last November, the outside of my left leg above my ankle started hurting badly. At its worst, it felt like someone had hit me with a bat. Other times, it was just a bad ache. The pain ...

When you have back problems, it can be hard to function during daily activities. It can be even harder to participate in leisurely activities that help you relax and enjoy yourself. Everyday chores ...

Spinal injections to treat back pain are typically safe. However, side effects can occur, such as bleeding, infection, increased pain, headache, and more. Doctors may suggest spinal injections to ...

Back injections can provide significant pain relief for some people. Doctors target specific locations in your spine and muscle to provide the most effective pain relief. If you have back pain that’s ...

As an example, they report that between 1994 and 2001 in the US, lumbar epidural steroid injections increased by 271%, and the use of facet injections in which local anesthetics are injected along the ...

A large study on the effectiveness of injections for spinal stenosis was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July of this year. It was designed by top doctors in the field of pain ...

There are several types of spinal cyst, all of which are rare. Tarlov or perineural cysts affect nerve roots, most commonly in the sacral region of the spine. The majority are asymptomatic, but they ...

People can make lifestyle modifications to help prevent spinal stenosis. These may include maintaining a moderate weight, quitting smoking, and practicing appropriate posture. Spinal stenosis ...

Steroid injections and physical therapy could not alleviate the patient’s neurologic symptoms. A 71-year-old woman presented to our pain-management practice with complaints of low-back pain as well as ...

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 ...