Epidural Steroid Injections Specialist in Allen and Plano TX
American Pain and Wellness offers epidural steroid injections to help relieve your chronic low back pain and leg pain. If you are looking for a safe and effective treatment for your chronic pain in Allen TX and Plano TX, contact us today or request an appointment online.




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How long do epidural injections last?
What are the side effects of epidural steroid injections?
What is the success rate of epidural steroid injections?
Do epidurals help herniated discs?
What kind of doctors perform epidural steroid injections?
A doctor may give you epidural injections (also called epidural steroid injection) in order to help decrease tingling, pain, or numbness in your buttock, back, or leg. These could be the result of a disc or back problem. The injection goes directly into your epidural space, and this is the area in your back around your spinal cord. The injection may have both a local anesthetic and a steroid medicine. Local anesthetic medicine numbs your nerves for a short time right away. Steroids help reduce swelling and pain, but they take a few days to start working.
Some people end up getting a series of injections over weeks, even months.
A doctor may utilize and imaging test before your injection as tests may show where your nerve problems are. This can be done through a CT scan, MRI, or an X-ray. After finding the right spot, the doctor may inject a numbing medicine in the same area where you will get the steroid injection. Then they will put the needle for the steroid into the numbed area, and some pressure might be felt; you might also feel some stinging and burning during the injection. The injection takes about 10 to 15 minutes, and you will leave the doctor’s office about 30 minutes after you get it (note to patients: you will need someone to drive you home).
Epidural injections might give you short-term relief from the pain you are experiencing. On average, pain relief from the shot lasts anywhere from one week to one year. According to doctors and healthcare professionals, the steroid kicks in between two to seven days and its affect can be short-lived or last quite a while.
The procedure has very few risks, except however from the temporary localized pain from the injection. Rarely, there could be a puncture of the sack that contains spinal fluid, or other rare complications, like bleeding, infection, or nerve damage. Side effects of the epidural steroid injections are typically temporary and include temporary weight gain, hot flushing, or short-term increase in blood sugar.
The success rates of epidural steroid injection may vary, depending on a number of factors. While some patients report significant pain relief, other patients may not experience this benefit from the procedure. The effects of the injection could last for only a week or may continue for almost a year. Here are some common factors that may affect the success of the injection: underlying condition, route of administration, or the type of steroid. Recent studies demonstrate that the epidural steroid injection procedure is quite successful for those with sciatica due to disc herniation. It has also been proven beneficial for those with lumbar spinal stenosis and with patients experiencing 50% less pain a year following the injection. Now let’s turn our attention to the pros: researchers recently found an 89% success rate of epidural steroid injection treatment for acute lumbar disk herniation in professional football players.
Epidural steroid injections are commonly used to treat back pain that is caused by a slipped disc (herniated disc), sciatica, spinal stenosis, or lumbar radiculopathy.
Epidural steroid injections can be performed by several types of doctors, like physiatrists, interventional radiologists, and pain management physicians – all of whom are trained to perform the procedure.
If you are experiencing back pain or sciatica, then we welcome you to learn more about epidural steroid injections. American Pain and Wellness offers epidural steroid injections to help treat pain, and we encourage you to contact us and book an appointment through our website.

Additional Services You May Need

Additional Services You May Need
• BACK AND NECK PAIN
• FACET INJECTIONS
• JOINT INJECTIONS
• PAIN MANAGEMENT
• REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
• PRP INJECTIONS
• HERNIATED DISC
• SPINE PAIN MANAGEMENT
• ARTHRITIS
• MUSCLE PAIN
• RHEUMATOLOGIC PAIN MANAGEMENT
• SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN
• NERVE PAIN
• ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC PAIN
• SPINAL STENOSIS
• SCIATICA TREATMENT
• PHYSICAL REHABILITATION THERAPY
• COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME
• OSTEOARTHRITIS
• IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR SCIATICA PAIN
• EPIDURAL STEROID INJECTIONS
• DYSTONIA
• CHRONIC PAIN
• CANCER PAIN
• AUTO ACCIDENT INJURY
• ARACHNOIDITIS