@workswithclay29 Hi, I had the RFA in my cervical spine and the physiatrist who administered the treatment said I would experience the feeling of sunburn for a couple of days. Instead, I experienced nerve pain across my upper back and down the arm on the opposite side of the injections. It has been about 3 months since I had the treatment and I still feel some surface numbness and deeper tenderness but the extreme nerve pain has dissipated. But the neck pain for which I was being treated is not much better.

HOWEVER, my brother in law was experiencing extreme leg pain and he had the RFA in his lumbar spine, had no problems with the procedure and leg pain has been resolved. So, I don't know if my problem was with the location of the RFA or the doctor who administered the procedure. I won't be going back to that doctor again and at some time, may see my brother in law's physiatrist.

But you say that steriod injections didn't work. Both my brother in law and I were first given steroid injections and only if they worked even briefly would the physiatrist know if the RFA would work. We both had some temporary relief from the steroid so proceeded with the RFA.

You may find doing the "active child's pose" just before bed will give you relief as it may give you some space around the nerve which is causing the pain. Might help, can't hurt.

If you haven't done this already, you might consider getting some physical therapy to strengthen your core muscles which help hold your spine in place. I have been doing these exercises for a couple of years and I have found I have mostly good nights without any cramping. Every so often I have a bad night so must be pinching something.

I wish you good luck in having some relief from your leg cramps. They are just awful.