Types of Spinal Injections Performed by the Spine Specialist for Back and Neck Pain

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Types of Spinal Injections Performed by the Spine
Specialist for Back and Neck Pain
Email info_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
www.mehtaspine.co.uk Clinical
Secretary 44 785 0211939
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• Spinal Injections are the treatment procedures
  used by spine specialists when non-surgical
  treatment options like physical therapy
  medications do not give-out desired results in
  reducing pain and improving the back condition of
  the patient. Spinal injections along with a
  comprehensive strengthening and mobility program
  are commonly chosen treatment options when the
  back condition is not severe enough for surgical
  intervention.

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What is a Spinal Injection?

• The human spine is a flowing structure made up of
  tiny bones called vertebrae which are
  interconnected to one another with intervertebral
  discs and facet joints. Trauma injury, medical
  condition or general aging are three common
  reasons that may cause the structural elements of
  the spine (discs, joints, bones) to wear down
  causing back pain and mobility problems. These
  anatomical changes may further inflame the nerves
  of the spinal cord resulting in pain that
  emanates to other body parts as well.
• Using X-ray guidance, Spinal injections deliver
  medicine to the source of this pain in the spine
  to reduce inflammation or block pain from the
  location. Local anaesthetic and steroid
  medication are two medicinal elements used in
  the spinal injection. While the local anaesthetic
  immediately blocks the pain from the injected
  area, steroid slowly eases reduces the swelling
  and irritation for up to 3 months in general.

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Type of Spinal Injections 

• Type of spinal injection used for the patient
  suffering from back pain depending on the type of
  pain, and ease of delivering the medication to
  the location of the pain source.
• The following are the most common type of spinal
  injection techniques used by spine
  specialists here in the UK to treat the back and
  neck pain.
• Epidural Injection
• Facet Joint Injection
• Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Injections

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Type of Spinal Injections 

• Epidural Injection
• The epidural injection carries the
  anti-inflammatory medication that is targeted at
  the location just outside the protective membrane
  of the spine by reaching out through the space
  between the vertebrae. The therapeutic medication
  delivered, reduces the pain and inflammation and
  sometimes can also be used to detect the cause of
  back pain.
• Facet Joint Injection
• The small joints located on the back of the spine
  between each vertebra are called facet joints
  where medication is delivered with these types of
  injections. Neck, mid-back or low-back pain
  caused by arthritic/degenerative conditions are
  commonly treated using facet joint injection by
  injecting medication to the areas surrounding the
  facet joints.  
• Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Injections
• Inflammation caused in the Sacroiliac joint
  formed by the Sacrum (lower spine) and ilium
  (pelvic bone) sometimes can be the cause of the
  pain in the lower back or buttocks. The
  Sacroiliac joint injections target the pain
  source near the joint to reduce the inflammation
  and swelling.

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Discography

• Provocation diskography as it is often called is
  a diagnostic procedure to identify if one or more
  disc is the cause of back pain. It is itself not
  a treatment option but is used to plan further
  treatment options for back or neck pain. Multiple
  disks are stimulated by injecting a sterile
  liquid into the intervertebral disks to identify
  the pain-causing location which is then used as
  information to plan the back surgery.
• As said the type of spinal injection procedure
  performed by the spine specialist to relieve your
  neck or back pain depends on the symptoms and
  source of the pain. That said spinal injections
  are used by spine surgeons for treatment and
  diagnosis (to identify and plan further treatment
  options) of a patients spine problems. Mr.
  Jwalant S. Mehta Children and Adult Spinal
  Surgeon in U.K have helped hundreds of patients
  relieve their back and neck pain with the help of
  spinal injections and can help you too.

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Contact us

• Royal Orthopaedic Hospital
• BMI The Priory Hospital
• Spire Parkway Hospital
• Bromsgrove Private Clinic

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Contact and Connect

• Clinical secretary Samantha Leavy 44 785 021
  1939
• Medico-legal secretary Jan Clarke 44 121
  4508928
• Spire Parkway Hospital 0121 704 5500
• BMI NEC (National Enquiry Centre) 0808 101 0337
• BMI Priory 0121 446 1638
• Email info_at_mehtaspine.co.uk
• The appointments are booked through the clinic