If back pain or neck pain is making it difficult to perform daily tasks, spine injections are a low-risk treatment option that provides quick relief without the need for surgery. Here, Duke’s Michael Guo, MD, PhD, an associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and a physiatrist specializing in treating spine-related problems with injections, explains the common types of injections and the types of back and neck pain they treat.
Spine Injections Treat Two Main Types of Back and Neck Pain
According to Dr. Guo, spine injections are most effective at treating pain that radiates from your back to your legs, or from your neck to your arms (radicular pain) as well as localized pain that stays along the middle of your back or the side of your neck (axial pain). Learn more.