Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

A large study on the effectiveness of injections for spinal stenosis was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July of this year. It was designed by top doctors in the field of pain ...

Steroid injections can help relieve back pain and reduce a person’s need for surgery. They are typically a safe and effective treatment but do not provide a full cure for the cause of back pain. Many ...

Spine injections should not be given to adults with chronic back pain because they provide little or no pain relief compared with sham injections, say a panel of international experts in The BMJ today ...

QUEEN CREEK, AZ - February 18, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - BackFit Health + Spine recognizes the professional background of ...

The spine landscape has transformed significantly for William Kemp, MD, especially with the rise of advanced practitioners and non-operative spine physicians. However he affirms there’s still ...

Before the injections, the patients had significant leg and back pain, with average self-reported pain levels of 7 on a 10-point scale. Six weeks after the injections, their average pain level was ...