A study recently published Arthritis and Rheumatism clearly demonstrates that using ultrasound to guide an injection is not only more accurate but patients who received these injections had better outcomes in function than those patients who were given these injections “blindly”. read more…
A study just published by the internationally famous physician, Nikolai Bogduk, M.D., in Pain Medicine reveals good evidence of the efficacy of transforaminal epidural injections for people with sciatica due to a herniated lumbar disc. When compared to other “sham” injections in or near the spine, a transforaminal epidural steroid injection gave patients 2-3 times more pain relief than other injections. read more…