steroid injection. .will it work?

Hi Brian

steroids are only a short term measure. The temporally relieve inflammation but they don't fix the underlying cause of the inflammation. The idea is to have some relief of the symptoms so you can do physio and put the herniation right.

I had oral steroids after my herniation was diagnosed and they did work for a bit but in the end I had surgery as the herniation was really seriously ous. 

So if you do get an injection then you need to also have a course of treatment to actually fix the herniation.

hth

 

There not designed to work permanently, hencrypeiple can have up to 2 or 3 a yr . They can also cause more damage to the bone in the long long run might be good to read up on it. I've had 2 nether worked 2 sore me in hospital for 5 days with a fever. If u suffer from stomach problems like me this can make it worse. My niece works in neurosurgeon department on reception. She reports 90% of patients say it dosnt work. Why do they still do it u might ask . It's cheaper than other alternative s.

In my experience injections are a short term fix. Hade them in my neck twice. Stopped working. So began PT learning other ways to manage the herniated disc. Lower back disc was fixed with micro sugery,