If you're thinking of getting an injection for back pain, you might want to think again. A panel of experts has examined the practice, found serious issues with its use – including financial gain – ...

Anesthesiologists must always wear face masks when material is injected into the epidural or spinal space, regardless of location, according to a post in Anesthesiology by J. Lance Lichtor, MD, ...

Spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief compared with sham injections, say a panel of international experts in The BMJ.

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 interventions ...

Regenerative injection therapy involves using a patient's own blood to help strengthen and heal pain in overworked tendons and ligaments. The injection can help with pain in the spine, shoulders, ...

Epidural steroid injections can deliver an anti-inflammatory steroid into the epidural space around the spinal cord. It is unclear why this might cause pain before relief, but there are many theories, ...

A research team led by Kim Young-joon and Lee Jun-woo of the Department of Radiology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital said that diabetics who complain of leg pain can reduce pain through ...

Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to ...