Hainesport, N.J.-based North American Spine and Pain has incorporated advanced injection-based therapies and image-guided diagnostics into its approach for back pain management. The initiative, ...
In some cases, a steroid (cortisone) injection can reduce back pain and nerve pain that travels into your buttocks and legs by reducing inflammation. Our spine specialists may prescribe a combination ...
Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...
Rebecca Tirs spends most days in bed with her dog, Jenny-Bee. Ten years ago, Rebecca was an active 28-year-old. Then came a roll-over car accident. I had a mild traumatic brain injury. I had a ...
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 ...
A facet joint injection is a procedure in which pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory medications are injected into the facet joints to reduce pain. Your facet joints are a pair of small joints located ...
The Food & Drug Administration is warning that injections of corticosteroids into the spine’s epidural space -- an extremely common treatment for radiating back or neck pain -- in rare cases may ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An international panel found no high certainty evidence on conventional procedures for spine pain. The panel ...
Two new studies cast serious doubt on a widely used and expensive treatment for painful fractures in the spine. The treatment, vertebroplasty, injects an acrylic cement into bones in the spinal column ...
The FDA is requiring updated labeling for tranexamic acid injection to emphasize the risk of serious harm, including death, if administered incorrectly via spinal injection. Tranexamic acid injection ...
What Are the Treatments for Spinal Stenosis? Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the canal in your spinal column that affects mostly people age 50 and older. Nothing can cure it, but there are things ...
People with lower-back pain have several options for potential relief, including spinal manipulation, massage, medication, surgery, and simply letting time pass. But steroid injections are an ...