Spire Manchester Hospital has over 30 Orthopaedic surgeons, including six dedicated spinal surgeons, who carried out over 1, 750 procedures in 2008 at our hospital. This gives patients the reassurance they can be treated quickly by some of the North West’s leading surgeons.
What is an epidural injection?
For some people, epidural injections can help to relieve back pain or sciatica (shooting pain from the back down one or both legs) in the short term. This period of pain relief may allow them to become more active - keeping active is crucial to recovery from chronic back pain.
The injection consists of a steroid, a local anaesthetic or a combination of the two.. The position of the injection depends on which spinal nerves are responsible for the pain. This is usually in the lumbar region of the back (below the level of your lowest rib).
The injection is routinely carried out as a day case, with no overnight stay and usually takes between 10 and 20 minutes.