Steroid injections can help relieve back pain and reduce a person’s need for surgery. They are typically a safe and effective treatment but do not provide a full cure for the cause of back pain. Many ...

Epidural steroid injections can deliver an anti-inflammatory steroid into the epidural space around the spinal cord. It is unclear why this might cause pain before relief, but there are many theories, ...

Steroid injections appear to lead to significantly greater pain relief and movement for up to four months than current best care in adults with hip osteoarthritis, finds a trial published by The BMJ ...

Researchers found that a minimally invasive procedure combined with epidural steroid injection treatment led to superior pain reduction and disability improvement over one year in patients with ...

Although Bristol-Myers changed the label on its Kenalog steroid seven months ago to say that it’s “not recommended” for injection into the epidural space near the spine, the steroid is still being ...

DETROIT – Patients treated with an epidural steroid injection for back pain relief are at increased risk of bone fractures in the spine, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. Researchers say the ...

At the tail end of 2011, a report in Bloomberg Businessweek highlighted a growing problem in the $300 billion pain market: the increase in severe and unexpected complications for patients who undergo ...

A single ultrasound-guided intra-articular hip injection of corticosteroid plus local anaesthetic can provide lasting pain relief in hip osteoarthritis, according to a new study led by researchers ...