THE QUESTION When other treatments don't seem to ease the pain, people with leg and lower back pain from sciatica sometimes opt for an injection of steroids. How effective is this treatment, which ...

Therefore, the ideal candidates for a spinal injection are those with symptoms (sciatica) that are predominantly driven by ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

Review and meta-analysis of clinical trials on the efficacy of epidural corticosteroid injections by Australian scientists revealed the limited effectiveness of this invasive procedure. Epidural ...

ESIs have only a limited role [in managing sciatica] and should definitely be used less frequently. This study randomized 228 patients with a clinical diagnosis of unilateral sciatica lasting one to ...

Epidural corticosteroid injection (ECI) has been part of the nonsurgical treatment of sciatica for nearly half a century, and is widely used in everyday clinical practice. Numerous open-label studies ...

Epidural corticosteroid injections offer little benefit to sciatica sufferers, a study has found. Sciatica is lower back or leg pain, often severe, which may radiate down the leg and cause tingling or ...

Dear Doctor K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six month. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me ...

Q: I suffer from sciatica, which has caused a lot of pain over the past six months. My doctor has recommended epidural injections, but I hear that they have been disproven. Can you help me sort this ...