Cervical epidural steroid injection procedures are injections that deliver anti-inflammatory medicine to inflamed pinched spinal nerve within the cervical spine. These steroid injections can provide lasting or temporary relief of pain in the neck, shoulders, and arms. Spinal conditions such as a bulging disc or herniated discs, spinal stenosis or arthritis can irritate, compress and pinch nerves, causing pain, numbness, tingling and inflammation.

Cervical epidural steroid injection procedures are injections that deliver anti-inflammatory medicine to inflamed pinched spinal nerve within the cervical spine. These steroid injections can provide lasting or temporary relief of pain in the neck, shoulders, and arms. Spinal conditions such as a bulging disc or herniated discs, spinal stenosis or arthritis can irritate, compress and pinch nerves, causing pain, numbness, tingling and inflammation.

The goal of the cervical epidural steroid injection is two-fold, to provide therapeutic pain relief, and diagnostically confirm the affected spinal nerve. First, the injection can reduce the swelling and inflammation of the spinal cord and exiting nerves of the neck. Reducing the inflammation and swelling can significantly provide pain relief and reduce symptoms, so that patients may start their rehabilitation and cope with their daily routines. Second, steroid injections can be used diagnostically to pinpoint the affected spinal nerve. If the patient responds to the injection temporarily, but the pain returns in a few days or weeks, a secondary interventional procedure or spinal surgery can be offered to enhance the patient’s pain relief further.