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What can be done to treat/ reduce pain? i heard injection of steroids into the spine will help with back pain. true? what else?
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Back pain: Make sure you have a diagnosis first. Could be many things: disc, stenosis, sprain, strain, tumor, etc.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Spine Pain Options: This chronic pain in the distribution as you suggested is the result of an irritated nerve or facet joints or other injury typically in the spine (mid back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease, etc requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist and may be candidate for facet injections/radiofrequency ablation and epidural steroid injection.
Answered 4/9/2016
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