SI Injection for lower back pain

I actually have an appointment tomorrow morning to get an injection. But it was only a month ago that I had an SI injection and tomorrow I'm getting a lower back injection. I think one of the reasons the doctor decided on the SI joint injections is because some insurance companies won't cover lower back injections unless you have pain going down your leg. This may be the case with your insurance. This pain is called sciatica. It's a pinched sciatic nerve that causes the pain to go down the leg. At least that's what I was told when I asked them to instead of doing my SI joints to do my lower back. But now it's going down my leg so they've agreed to do my lower back. Over the many many years I have had injections I had one that actually took almost all my pain away for 9 months. I got off the opiates by tapering and I enjoyed a few months of no pain. Then slowly my pain came back which is the case with these epidural injections. I've never had an injection since then that has given me that kind of relief. And to be quite honest my doctor office has stated that I have to have a 50% Improvement in order for insurance to pay for another injection. That's according to my insurance. And when I had my last SI joint injection I didn't get any relief from it and I lied cuz my doctor told me that I have to have a 50% Improvement for insurance to cover another injection in the future. Insurance can be a real hitch.

That is interesting. I don't really know where the doctor was going with the needles in my case. But I assume it was to help control my arthritis pain that is in my SI joints. Because at the time I had no pain going down my leg.