Pain and Therapy (2022). [3] Efficacy of High-Voltage Pulsed Radiofrequency of the Dorsal Root Ganglion for Treatment of Chronic Lumbosacral Radicular Pain: A Randomised Clinical Trial.

Interestingly, while the brain uses different pain signaling pathways depending on the type of damage, there is also redundancy to these pathways. Even more intriguing, these neural pathways morph ...

Some types of chronic and acute pain appear more often in one sex, but it’s unclear why. For instance, about 50 million adults in the United States suffer from chronic pain conditions (SN: 5/22/23).

HealthDay News — There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies and possibly in lumbar spinal stenosis ...

Source Reference: Armon C, et al "Epidural steroids for cervical and lumbar radicular pain and spinal stenosis: Systematic review summary report of the AAN guidelines subcommittee" Neurology 2025 ...

The investigational injection SI-6603 may decrease pain scores for patients with radicular leg pain associated with lumbar disc herniation. Two phase 3 trials were performed in the U.S. and Japan.

Many people with back pain manage discomfort through over-the-counter (OTC) pain medication, stretching, or rest. However, these may not always be effective for more severe or persistent back pain.

Patients treated with SP-102 reported pain relief beyond 4 weeks; the median time to open-label repeat injection was 99 days (95% CI, 78-129), according to Kaplan-Meier estimation.

A study published in the Pain journal on December 2024 revealed a research team led by Yu Shin Kim, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the School of ...

In these contexts, pain is much more than a sensation: It is a protective call to action. But pain that is too intense or long-lasting can be debilitating. So how does modern medicine soften the call?

FRIDAY, Feb. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- There is some evidence for epidural steroid injections (ESIs) reducing pain and disability in cervical and lumbar radiculopathies and possibly in lumbar ...