Spinal Injections

Spinal Injections For Pain can be used to identify the relieve from pain in specific areas of pain such as in the neck, back, legs, or wrists. These injections are often used in conjunction with other non-drug treatments, such as exercise, to relieve from pain symptoms.

• They can be used to identify the source of back, leg, neck, or arm pain (diagnostic).
• They can be used as a treatment to relieve pain (therapeutic).

The Spinal Injections For Back Pain are of the following types:

Epidural Injection

The epidural injections involve injecting a mixture of drugs involving analgesic, anti-inflammatory, or steroidal injections on an affected nerve in the epidural space. This injection reduces the  inflammation around the nerves thus relieving the nerve pain in legs. This also helps in reducing epidural fibrosis if we inject hyaluronic acid in combination with other drugs.

Selective Nerve Root Block Injection

Selective nerve root block injections are administered transforaminal in epidural space along the nerve root which is affected and causing pain because of slip disc problem. It can be used for both diagnostic or therapeutic use. These injections are injected in multiple areas of spinal compression and aim to relieve pain.

Medial Branch Block Injections

A medial branch block injection is a local anesthetic injection given onto the medial branch nerves; the nerves transmit pain signals from a facet joint. They can help pinpoint the exact position of the wing joint that is causing the pain.

Facet Joint Injection

Facet joint injections are given inside the facet joint and the drug given includes anti-inflammatory and analgesic medicines given directly on the arthritic facet causing pain.

Sacroiliac Injection

SI joint injections are given to joints located between the ileum(pelvic bones) and sacrum and Sacrio-iliac joint and ultimately improve pain in the buttocks, legs, and lower back.

Trigger Point Injection

Another type of injection which is known as a trigger point injection. Common conditions treated with trigger point injections include fibromyalgia, tension headache, and myofascial pain syndrome.

NOTE: Most spinal injections are administered under x-ray supervision for relieving pain on the exact spot.

Spinal injections can be used as therapeutic medicine in several spinal disorders along with other conservative approaches. Spinal therapy can help with the following types of spinal disorders:

• Failed back syndrome
• Spinal stenosis
• Disk herniation
• Sciatica
• Facet joint pain
• Sacroiliac joint pain

Consult with a Specialist –Dr. Sanyam Jain which is the Best Spine Surgeon in Delhi NCR, if  medication doesn’t heal your problem.