Transforaminal epidural injections
You suffer with back pain. An MRI scan shows this pain is caused by a trapped nerve in your back. The practitioners have not yet alleviated the trapped nerve with exercises. In order to relieve the pain your medical practitioner has proposed a transforaminal epidural injection. This page further outlines what this treatment entails.
Goal of the treatment
You are administered a transforaminal epidural injection if you have a trapped nerve in your back. The nerve swells due to becoming trapped, becomes aggravated and causes pain. The medical practitioner administers an injection with medicines in the transforaminal epidural area; close to the problematic nerve. The transforaminal epidural area is the area around the spinal cord and the nerves coming out of the spinal column. The injected medicines reduce the swelling. The nerve is given more space; this will help you do the exercises necessary for improving your back which in turn lessens the pain.

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