Terri, if the block works, it will prove the location of the pain. The injection includes a numbing agent (lidocaine or similar) and a steroid. The numbing agent will wear off after about 6 hours. The steroid should prevent inflammation, hopefully preventing the impingemet on the nerve. Sometimes a body reacts to the steroid with a flare of inflammation. So it is really the first six hours that certifies the pain's origin. Relief from the steroid is sometimes only 3 months. Radiofrequency ablation is a longer term solution targeting only the pain nerve. Eventually the nerve can regenerate. I've been told that it always regenerates.
Do you have any treatments to recommend for scoliosis?