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How do trigger point injections work for cervical spine disc herniation?
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Sometimes: If associated with muscle spasm they can help alleviate the pain do to the muscles spasming as a reaction to the disc herniation.
Answered 5/3/2019
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Symptom relief: If a disc herniation is causing muscle spasm and localizable pain the injection can decrease pain. It will have no effect on the disk herniation itself or any spinal cord or nerve irritation caused by pressure from the herniation.
Answered 5/3/2019
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