If neck and back pain is making it difficult to accomplish day-to-day tasks, spine injections are a low-risk treatment choice that offer quick alleviation without surgical procedure. Here, Duke’s Michael Guo, MD, a physiatrist that specializes in treating spine-related troubles with shots, describes common sorts of injections and the sort of back and neck discomfort they treat.
According to Dr. Guo, spine shots are most effective at treating discomfort that emits from the back or neck to the legs or arms (radicular discomfort) and local pain that stays in one place (axial pain).
Dealing with neck and back pain without surgery:
00:00 Intro
00:12 What sort of neck and back pain can spinal column shots relieve?
00:40 What triggers emitting neck and back pain?
00:49 How can injections help radiating back pain?
01:13 What causes pain in the back that does not emit?
01:29 How can injections help back pain that does not radiate?
02:15 Why should I think about back shots?