A British study reveals a new approach to treating nonspecific back pain, a condition that has eluded the medical profession for ages and left many patients with chronic pain. Advances in the field of back pain treatment will mean less time off from work and lower risk of developing progressive conditions.

In the treatment of sciatica, epidural steroid injections have played a vital role for the past couple of decades. Radicular pain occurs from both a nerve root being mechanically depressed from a herniated disc, as well as to the action of inflammatory mediators as a result of either this pinched nerve or from a tear in the intravertebral disc which creates chemical inflammation. Because of the chemical inflammation that is created in both of these situations, epidural steroid injections have been an excellent option due to its extreme anti-inflammatory affect.

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For the treatment of a herniated disc in the cervical spine causing radiculopathy, the procedure for an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion has shown great results. The good to excellent results have been in the neighborhood of 90 to 95%. Over the last few years, artificial disc replacement for the cervical spine has come into existence. Which procedure is better for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy from a herniated disc?