B: accordiona-5What exactly is a spine block injection? Will it work long-term for low back pain due to disc problems?
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If you have chronic back pain, it means that you?ve had the pain for over three months. Injections are used to deliver a combination of local anesthetic and steroid into or near your spine to help ease chronic back pain. Sometimes they?re used to help identify the source of back pain by blocking pain in certain areas. Success rates vary depending on the primary diagnosis and whether or not the injections are being used primarily for diagnosis.
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Effect of spinal block is very good but duration of effect is unpredictable. 90% patients with back pain due to disc gets better without intervention. Start physiotherapy, avoid sitting as far as possible. Reading or watching tv can be done in prone position. Avoid forward bending, lifting weight. Practice bhujangasan, shalbhasan, makrasan, markatasan, chakrasan under supervision and regularly.
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