"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.

“Epidural steroid injections are very common after traumatic injuries such as car accidents or slips and falls,” says Devers.

There is an increased risk for osteoporotic fractures among patients receiving epidural steroid injections for radicular ... from the United States Medicare 5% random sample for the years 2005 ...

She had been receiving these epidural injections ... of the preparation. [5] The patient's medical history was significant for osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, and lumbar degenerative disk disease.