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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. 123rf.com A new study from Johns Hopkins shows that there is little benefit to imaging patients' backs before treating their pain ...

Injections are widely used in the U.S. for chronic back and sciatic pain, yet a careful review of the research supporting this use does not support this practice. This blog presents the scientific ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers found that a minimally invasive procedure combined with epidural steroid injection treatment led to superior pain reduction and disability improvement over one year in ...

A new study from Johns Hopkins shows that there is little benefit to imaging patients’ backs before treating their pain with an epidural steroid injection. MRIs are routine before the injections, 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 ...