If you’re suffering from a herniated disc in the low back and it’s causing sharp pain or sciatica (pain going down the leg), your doctor may recommend epidural injections to decrease the pain and bring down inflammation.
I made this video to help people understand the purpose of epidural injections and to get a behind the scenes look at the actual procedure since a lot of people are fearful of an injection close to their spine.
The procedure takes less than a minute and the patient feels minor discomfort due to the fact that a local anesthetic is used to numb the injection site and once done, the patient can go home the same day.
First things first, epidural injections WILL NOT heal a herniated disc. They are used to bring down inflammation in case a person is in severe pain or can’t function properly.
Epidural injections may bring relief for a week or sometimes months, and sometimes it may not help at all. People will respond to them differently and if you do get relief, most of the time it is temporary.
If the injection does help to decrease your back pain and/or sciatica, then that is the perfect time to start an exercise and rehabilitation program to strengthen your low back and rehab your discs.
It’s not recommended to get more than 3 epidural injections a year or they may cause side effects such as osteoporosis.
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