Connect
← Return to Ablation recommended for back issues: Anyone else?
Discussion
Ablation recommended for back issues: Anyone else?
Spine Health | Last Active: 4 days ago | Replies (45)Comment receiving replies
Has anyone had Trigger point injections for thoracic back pain when epidural steroid injections and radio frequency ablations no longer work to relieve pain? I have had laminectomy and fusions from C3 to T1 and from T8 through the pelvis. The remaining unoperated on thoracic vertebrae (T2-T7) have become severely painful with no medication or procedure relieving the pain. I am very concerned that this isn't the appropriate treatment for the condition. I have DDD, RA and OA, some spinal stenosis and neural foraminal stenosis, facet arthrosis, anterolisthesis, Modic Type 1 disc degeneration at various levels over the last 5 years on MRIs and CT Scans. If anyone has experienced Trigger Point injections in any part of the spine, what was the procedure like, was it painful and was it beneficial?
Replies to "Has anyone had Trigger point injections for thoracic back pain when epidural steroid injections and radio..."
Connect
I failed every treatment over the last 20 years. Finally gave up and just lived with the pain. I had an L4-5 fusion and L2-4 laminectomies 11 years ago that gave me relief for about 2 years. I'm an RN and avoided that surgery for 9 years, but woke up one morning with unbearable pain and both legs were numb, otherwise I wouldn't have had it done. I started trigger point injections Jan 2024 and had immediate relief, with NO PAIN for a month. It gradually came back and I can only get the injections every 3 months because of the steroid. But, I was very happy anyway. My last ones in Aug didn't work at all and I was really bummed out. I've now had progression of stenosis with back and severe hip pain and leg numbness after walking or standing 10 minutes. I'm scheduled for surgery in January but getting a second and third opinion. The last time my leg went numb, it gave out and I fell. I'm also scheduled for ablation and thinking of cx surgery to do that first. My first surgery was 9 hours because I had 3 epidural cysts that had to be teased carefully from the dura. They didn't show up on MRI. SURPRISE! I know I have at least one again. Suggest you try everything before surgery.