What is an epidural treatment for lower back and hip pain?

Some lower: Back and hip pain can be caused by inflammation of nerves secondary to either stenosis or leakage of disc contents. An epidural steroid injection can reduce the inflammation and, as a result, decrease or eliminate pain. It is administered through a lumbar level epidural injection through an area of numbed tissue.

Cortisone injection: This is a cortisone injection in the spine, into the epidural space, to reduce inflammation and reduce the excitability of the nerves of the spine, to help control pain in the low back that can also radiate down the lower extremity into the buttock and groin and down the leg to the foot sometimes.

Steroid injection: is supposed to provide anti-indlammatory effect, reducing swelling and amount of pressure and irritation of the nerve roots involved in the pain. It is still matter of the sciebrific debate because, while helpful in some patients, it could not be unquivocally proven that epidural placement of corticosteroids is superior to the systemic effect when administered orally or iv, as far as I understand