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When is an Epidural Injection Typically Recommended?
Published July 2nd, 2007 in Epidural Injections and Pain Management. 0 CommentsEpidural steroid injections for rehabilitation
In general, an epidural steroid injection is used to help provide pain relief to enable patients to progress with their rehabilitation. Individuals who have less back pain and feel more comfortable are generally able to work on the active therapies—such as stretching, strengthening/pain relief exercises and low impact aerobic conditioning—that are critical in rehabilitating the lower back and helping prevent (or minimize) future episodes of low back pain.
Several common conditions—including a lumbar disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, and lumbar spinal stenosis—can cause severe acute or chronic low back pain and/or leg pain. For these and other conditions that can cause chronic pain, an epidural steroid injection may be an effective non-surgical treatment option.
Benefits of Epidural Injections
Published June 18th, 2007 in Epidural Injections and Pain Management. 0 CommentsPatients will find that the benefits of an epidural steroid injection include a reduction in pain, primarily in leg pain. Patients seem to have a better response when the epidural steroid injections are coupled with an organized therapeutic exercise program.
While the effects of an epidural steroid injection tend to be temporary—providing relief from pain for one week up to one year—an epidural injection can be very beneficial for patients during an episode of severe back pain. Importantly, it can provide sufficient pain relief to allow the patient to progress with their rehabilitation program.
Epidural steroid injection success rates
An epidural steroid injection is generally successful in relieving pain for approximately 50% of patients. If a patient does not experience any back pain or leg pain relief from the first epidural injection, further injections will probably not be beneficial. However, if there is some improvement in back pain or leg pain, one to two additional epidural steroid injections may be recommended.
Epidural Injections
Published June 15th, 2007 in Epidural Injections and Pain Management. 0 Comments
Epidural injections is an integral part of non-surgical management of low back pain, and an epidural injection is typically used to alleviate chronic low back and/or leg pain. While the effects of the injection tend to be temporary - providing relief from pain for one week up to one year - an epidural can be very beneficial for patients during an episode of severe back pain. Importantly, it can provide sufficient pain relief to allow the patient to progress with their rehabilitation program.
An epidural is an injection that delivers medication directly into the epidural space in the spine. Sometimes a flushing solution (either lidocaine or normal saline) is also used to help “flush out” inflammatory proteins from around the area that may be the source of pain.
The epidural space is the space between the dura mater (a membrane) and the vertebral wall and is filled with fat and small blood vessels. It is located just outside the dural sac. The dural sac surrounds the nerve roots and cerebrospinal fluid (the fluid that the nerve roots are bathed in).
