Spinal stenosis pain in AM MD suggests EPIDURAL of STEROID

Posted by shrinkette @shrinkette, Jul 27 6:42am

Considering an Epidural but uncertain to try it.
I manage the pain in my lumbar region. Pain is mostly in the morning when I get up from bed. I sleep with pillows under my knees.
I use a heating pad which is my best friend. I do stretches daily and walk at least 2 miles daily.
I’m fine during the day after I use heat and stretch. But it takes at least 2 hours with my morning routine and then walking routine.
I avoid oral pain killers but when needed I take Aleve. Any advice?

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genie15 | @genie15 | Jul 29 2:57pm

In reply to @shrinkette "Unable to find out more info regarding this method. Could you please explain." + (show)

Go to Amazon. Esther Gokhale's book is called 8 Steps to a Pain Free Back. If the first chapter makes you think she's nuts, don't give up. Try it. Her techniques worked a miracle for me.

nataliewood | @nataliewood | Aug 2 6:54pm

Do not do steroid injection. I got arachnoiditis from it. Medi they inject is toxic. It has a black box label. Drs don’t tell you

jan2783 | @jan2783 | Aug 3 7:30pm

In reply to @nataliewood "Do not do steroid injection. I got arachnoiditis from it. Medi they inject is toxic. It..." + (show)

Epidural Spinal Injections are not FDA approved. I had a horrible experience, the doctor punctured my dura which is a lining of the spinal cord which gave me the worst spinal headache and I had to have an emergency blood patch to seal the hole. You couldn’t pay me enough money to ever go through another one not to mention the fact it wasn’t even successful. They are not worth the risk that is associated with them.