What types of conditions will respond to Epidural Steroids?
Epidural steroids are used to treat chronic neck and back pain. The most common conditions include herniated or bulging discs, spinal stenosis, and pain following back surgery. Some other painful conditions may respond to these injections such as post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles), lumbar thoracic or cervical radiculopathy, headache due to cervical disc disease, and neuralgia. 4. Does the injection hurt? The injection of local anesthetic (numbing medication) at the beginning of the procedure may sting some, but ESI is an otherwise painless procedure that is extremely well tolerated by adult patients ranging in age from late teens to well over ninety years old. Upon request, a mild sedative can be given at the beginning of the procedure to reduce any anxiety and discomfort. The injection is performed in our state of the art facility in Coral Springs, Florida which is convenient to Fort Lauderdale, Margate, Pompano Beach, Lauderhill, Tamarac and anywhere in South Florida. 5. What should
