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Recent scientific advances and ongoing research in injection therapies for chronic spine and arthritic problems have expanded the non-operative treatment options for patients. At MSA we have focused our practice on making these highly successful alternative treatments available in Southwest Georgia. It is certainly easier to make a decision about the necessity of surgery if you have explored all your non-operative treatment options first.

Epidural Steroid Injections
Cortisone medication is placed over the nerve sac and nerves to reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by compression of the bone or herniation of disc material.

Nerve Root Injections
This more specific and specialized spinal injection may be done with just an anesthetic medicine to localize the source of pain or a combination of anesthetic medicine and cortisone medication to reduce the swelling and inflammation caused by compression of the nerve root by a herniated disc or bone spur. This injection is able to pin-point the medicine directly in the area of the problem.

Facet Injections
A combination of anesthetic or numbing medicine with a steroid is injected into this small joint in the back of the spine to help diminish pain. Sometimes the nerve to the joint is injected or numbed to determine if that is the source of pain. This test is called a Facet Nerve Block.

Sacroiliac Joint Injections
Similar to the facet injection, this treatment uses a combination of anesthetic or numbing medicine with a steroid injected into the SI (where the spine and pelvis join) to help diminish pain in the back, buttocks, and leg.