@nycmusic When I had the steroid shot in my neck, it took away all the pain for 5 days, then slowly, pain started returning and by 2 weeks, it was all back, and perhaps with a little less intensity. By 6 weeks, all the pain was back everywhere in full force. All that pain was cured by surgery and decompressing my spinal cord. It's a personal choice. The injections do help some people, but they are not good for me.