RE: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

[Guest guest]

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

sorry, the computer sent the email before i was thru. anyway, nerve root

blocks, to me, mean that the doctor is burning the nerves. this is called

radio

frequency ablation. when i have had shots in my spine, cortizone shots,

sometimes i am stiffer after the shots but most of the time i just love the

shots. unfortunately they don't last a whole long time anymore with me. not

like they use to. oh well. marsha

[Guest guest]

Is this the electrical nerve block ? I have had 2 in my neck with no problems

....

fraft13 <fraft13@...> wrote: Hello,

When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

No, injections.

Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: Is this the electrical nerve

block ? I have had 2 in my neck with no problems ...

fraft13 <fraft13@...> wrote: Hello,

When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

Maybe I had something else. I had 3 epidurals last spring and am now receiving,

what I thought was nerve blocks. I get an xray guided injection to numb the

nerve. What is this called?

Phyllis

BLEECKERST10012@... wrote:

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

I had the steroid / numbing med ones many times, sometimes a little soreness

– I usually avoid working out that day but that is it for me and within two

days if they are going to work I am usually in WAY LESS pain….?

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Is this the electrical nerve block ? I have had 2 in my neck with no

problems ...

fraft13 <HYPERLINK " mailto:fraft13%40 " fraft13 (DOT) -com> wrote:

Hello,

When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

Did the ablation work? I didn’t think they could do this on the L5, S1??

Am I wrong? My main problem is sciatica and lower back pain.

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

sorry, the computer sent the email before i was thru. anyway, nerve root

blocks, to me, mean that the doctor is burning the nerves. this is called

radio

frequency ablation. when i have had shots in my spine, cortizone shots,

sometimes i am stiffer after the shots but most of the time i just love the

shots. unfortunately they don't last a whole long time anymore with me. not

like they use to. oh well. marsha

[Guest guest]

That is what I had and the doc said they were selective nerve blocks- they

are a combination of a long acting steroid and short term lidocaine med. I

even confirmed it cause I was calling them epidurals and family members were

freaking out that I was getting injections IN my spine…course now I actually

am! LOL

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Maybe I had something else. I had 3 epidurals last spring and am now

receiving, what I thought was nerve blocks. I get an xray guided injection

to numb the nerve. What is this called?

Phyllis

HYPERLINK " mailto:BLEECKERST10012%40AOL.COM " BLEECKERST10012@-AOL.COM wrote:

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

I am confused. I am receiving the shots which are steroid and lidocaine, so

what are they called? The doctor said that the lidocaine is for the short term

until they find the right spot. After he finds the right spot he will attempt

to numb it permenently. Good luck to him since I have three spots.

So, are these shots nerve blocks, someone said that nerve blocks are a burning

of the nerve.

Phyllis

jen <jennybonner13@...> wrote:

That is what I had and the doc said they were selective nerve blocks- they

are a combination of a long acting steroid and short term lidocaine med. I

even confirmed it cause I was calling them epidurals and family members were

freaking out that I was getting injections IN my spine…course now I actually

am! LOL

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Maybe I had something else. I had 3 epidurals last spring and am now

receiving, what I thought was nerve blocks. I get an xray guided injection

to numb the nerve. What is this called?

Phyllis

HYPERLINK " mailto:BLEECKERST10012%40AOL.COM " BLEECKERST10012@-AOL.COM wrote:

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

I believe what you had is a facet injection

Phyliss <fraft13@...> wrote: No,

injections.

Smokie1952 <smokie1952@...> wrote: Is this the electrical nerve

block ? I have had 2 in my neck with no problems ...

fraft13 <fraft13@...> wrote: Hello,

When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

THE BURNING OF THE NERVES IS CALLED ABLATION…When the block actually goes IN

the spinal column then it is called an epidural. At least that is what the

pamphlets say at my dr office and that is what he told me., if the

steroid/lidocaine goes where the nerves has exited the spinal column, that

is called a selective nerve block- they pick certain nerves to target – the

epidural gets all the nerves from where they put it in and down – so if you

get it at L5 it coats the L5 and S nerves.

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Maybe I had something else. I had 3 epidurals last spring and am now

receiving, what I thought was nerve blocks. I get an xray guided injection

to numb the nerve. What is this called?

Phyllis

HYPERLINK " mailto:BLEECKERST1-0012%40AOL.-COM " BLEECKERST10-012@-AOL.-COM

wrote:

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

for years i got the cortizone shots in my spine for the sciatica and they

were wonderful. i no longer have sciatica as an issue. also the spine shots

no longer really work for me anymore.

too many years of doing them. the radio frequency ablation helped

tremendously with the lower back pain that i have all the time. the rf lasts

about 6

months and then you have to do it again.

[Guest guest]

phyllis, i have no idea what the technical name of the shots are. sorry. i

think you need to ask you doctor for that. marsha

[Guest guest]

jp. good stuff. thanks for the explanation. marsha

[Guest guest]

I had two steroid injections in my cervical spine. The first hurt for

a couple days, but I had some relief from daily pain afterwards. The

second had me in tears for about 2 days, and increased pain for a week

after that. I was miserable. To make it worse, it didn't help with

my daily pain afterwards! (boohoo )

>

> Hello,

> When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

> afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

> one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

> cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

> Phyllis

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for saying so. I felt like a wimp when I was in pain afterward. To be

honest, after the first one in the c-spine, I was in bed with pain for 2 1/2

days.

Phyllis

achangedlife101 <no_reply > wrote:

I had two steroid injections in my cervical spine. The first hurt for

a couple days, but I had some relief from daily pain afterwards. The

second had me in tears for about 2 days, and increased pain for a week

after that. I was miserable. To make it worse, it didn't help with

my daily pain afterwards! (boohoo )

>

> Hello,

> When I have had the Nerve Root Blocks I am in a lot of pain

> afterward. I had trouble moving around for two days after the first

> one. Does this happen to any of you? My shots have been, 2 in

> cervical spine and 1 in lumbar spine.

> Phyllis

>

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[Guest guest]

Is that like a radio frequency nerve block? I think I got something like that

but it was supposed to kill the nerve.

jen <jennybonner13@...> wrote: That is what I had and the doc said they

were selective nerve blocks- they

are a combination of a long acting steroid and short term lidocaine med. I

even confirmed it cause I was calling them epidurals and family members were

freaking out that I was getting injections IN my spine…course now I actually

am! LOL

JP

Re: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Maybe I had something else. I had 3 epidurals last spring and am now

receiving, what I thought was nerve blocks. I get an xray guided injection

to numb the nerve. What is this called?

Phyllis

HYPERLINK " mailto:BLEECKERST10012%40AOL.COM " BLEECKERST10012@-AOL.COM wrote:

phyllis, i am confused. when i had the nerve root block, the doctor

basically burned the nerves in the facet joint

[Guest guest]

Hope this helps- it is long. Got if from my doc. I am sure there are more

but this should help. Course now that I am looking at the list I am

wondering if I am a candidate for some of the other things listed! LOL

JP

The sacroiliac joint is a joint of the pelvis located underneath each

buttock. This joint can be a source of back and buttock pain (sacroiliac

joint syndrome) when injured such as a sprain or during lifting. This

injection is performed for diagnosis and treatment of low back and buttock

pain originating from the sacroiliac joint. This injection is often times

combined with physical therapy or chiropractic care to maximize recovery.

Epidural injections are used for the treatment of " pinched nerve " pain known

as radiculopathy or sciatica. A numbing medicine like Novacain, with or

without a steroid, is injected into the epidural space, which surrounds the

spinal nerves that innervate the arms and legs. A lumbar epidural is

performed in the back for radicular leg pain and a cervical epidural is

performed in the neck for radicular arm pain. Epidurals are also commonly

performed in pregnant women for labor pain.

Facet joints are paired joints found throughout the spine to assist with

motion and weight bearing. The facet joints are true joints with capsule and

joint fluid. These joints when injured can be a source of neck or back pain

(facet joint syndrome) depending on the location of the injury. Facet joint

nerve blocks or facet joint injections are performed for the diagnosis and

treatment of neck and/or low back pain from facet joint syndrome.

This procedure is performed after a nerve block confirms that the facet

joint is a source of pain. During this step, the nerve for this area is

anesthetized to discontinue the nerves ability to transmit.

Radiofrequency is a procedure that uses high frequency radiowaves to

generate heat for the destruction of nerves like facet joint nerves and

nerves that transmit pain from the sacroiliac joint. This procedure is used

to reduce pain from facet joint or sacroiliac joint syndrome. The procedure

is performed after facet joint and sacroiliac joint injections have

confirmed pain from these sites in order to provide long-term pain

reduction. Pain relief can last up to two years after the procedure.

During this procedure, controlled levels of heat are applied to the disc

after the wand is inserted into the disc. The purpose of this technique is

to relieve pressure in the disc, and contract collagen in the thermal zone,

further shrinking and stiffening the disc.

Selective Nerve Root Block A block that is performed to determine if a

specific spinal nerve root is the source of pain and reduce inflammation

around the nerve root thus decreasing or relieving the pain. The patient is

given a local anesthetic. The physician then locates, under fluoroscopy, a

specific spinal nerve root. A needle is introduced through the skin into the

area adjacent to the nerve root. Medication is then injected into the area

bathing the nerve root. The HYPERLINK

" http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article166.html " medications

include an anesthetic and steroid.

RE: Selective Nerve Root Blocks

Is that like a radio frequency nerve block? I think I got something like

that but it was supposed to kill the nerve.

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