Back pain that occurs due to nerve compression can be treated with a Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injection. Discover how it eases pain here!

In clinical practice, a patient is asked to flex their back and spine to increase the space between the lumbar vertebrae.

A needle can be inserted to the epidural space to draw out cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis or to administer surgical anesthesia, postop analgesia and treatment of radicular pain or sciatica.

Epidural steroid injections are used to treat pain in the spine, normally caused by nerve compression, due to herniated disc, degenerative disc or other spinal conditions.

A small needle is first used to inject local anaesthetic to the area.

The steroidal injection is then inserted into the epidural space above the compressed nerve.

The aim of the treatment is to relieve the pressure on the nerve, reduce inflammation and thus reduce pain.