"This is especially true when they are performed on people who have pain only in their lower back or another type of pain that will not likely be helped by an epidural steroid injection.

Those with a history of previous lumbar spine surgery or those who had received epidural steroid injections within the ... in the corticosteroid group had low morning serum cortisol levels ...

Abstract: Degenerative disc disease of the spine causing lower back ... utilization of epidural injections for managing chronic back pain was shown to increase 121% over a 7 year period as reported by ...

Epidural steroid injections (ESI) are often used as pain ... If the injection occurs in the lower back, it might best to ...