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• Lumbar epidural steroid injections for low back pain and sciatica

  An epidural injection is effective in significantly reducing back pain and/or leg pain for approximately 50% of patients. Read about the benefits and potential risks of an epidural steroid injection, when it's typically recommended, and how it's performed.
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• Spinal Stenosis Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

  The term “stenosis” comes from Greek and means a “choking”. In lumbar spinal stenosis, the spinal nerve roots in the lower back are compressed, or choked, and this can produce symptoms of pain, tingling, weakness or numbness that radiates from the low back and into the buttocks and legs, especially with activity.
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