At NY Neurology Associates, we specialize in advanced treatments like epidural injections to help you find relief from pain and get back to living your life. Contact us today to schedule your consultation and take the first step toward feeling better.
The epidural space is a space inside the spinal canal that surrounds the spinal cord and contains fluids, nerve roots, and other tissues. Injections of medications into the epidural space can be helpful in reducing nerve irritation and inflammation that can cause pain and other symptoms. Also called ESIs, epidural steroid injections are used most commonly to treat pain in the legs and arms that emanates from the lower back.
The epidural space is a space inside the spinal canal that surrounds the spinal cord and contains fluids, nerve roots, and other tissues. Injections of medications into the epidural space can be helpful in reducing nerve irritation and inflammation that can cause pain and other symptoms. Also called ESIs, epidural steroid injections are used most commonly to treat pain in the legs and arms that emanates from the lower back.
Epidural steroid injections are performed on an outpatient basis using local anesthetics to numb the injection site, sometimes accompanied by light sedation to help the patient relax. The injection site is carefully cleansed, and then the needle is inserted into the epidural space using a special x-ray to guide its placement.
Once the needle is properly positioned, the medication is injected, and the needle is removed. A small bandage will be placed over the injection site, and patients will spend a brief period of time in a recovery area before being discharged. Most patients can resume their regular activities the next day, with relief of symptoms occurring from one to three days after the procedure.
Don’t let back pain or lumbar radicular pain keep you from enjoying your life. At NY Neurology Associates, our team provides advanced chronic pain management solutions, including lumbar epidural steroid injections designed to relieve pain and improve function.
Call one of our offices in New York today or request an appointment online to learn if epidural steroid injections are the right option for you.
Here are some common questions about epidural steroid injections.
The epidural space is a space inside the spinal canal that surrounds the spinal cord and contains fluids, nerve roots, and other tissues. Injections of medications into the epidural space can be helpful in reducing nerve irritation and inflammation that can cause pain and other symptoms.
Epidural steroid injections deliver medications to relieve inflammation associated with nerve compressions resulting from arthritis, bone spurs, herniated discs, scoliosis, cysts, degenerative diseases, and injury.
Epidural steroid injections are performed on an outpatient basis using local anesthetics to numb the injection site, sometimes accompanied by light sedation to help the patient relax. The injection site is carefully cleansed, and then the needle is inserted into the epidural space using a special x-ray to guide its placement.
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