Now someone has to convince the doctors to stop sending patients to
injection treatments. I also have permanent injury to my neck and jaw
from a car whiplash injury. That doctor tried a shot also. It hurt
like hell and made things worse not better.

Best to all.

Eileen

--- In piriformissyndrome@yahoogroups.com, Mary Smith
<filmfest12@y...> wrote:
> If you review the posts at this site, you will find no
> one has reported any success with injections of any
> kind. Generally, you get 24 hours of pain relief from
> the anesthetic. I f there is pain relief after 24
> hours, it is generally short -lived.
>
> Personally, I have had trigger point injections,
> prolotherapy injections, cortisone injections,
> epidurals & facet injections. None gave me anything
> more than 24 hours relief. And frequently, once the
> anesthetic wore off, I had more pain & immobility
> because of the pain inducing positions I was put in
> for the injection process.
>
> Catherine had 7 botox injections with no effect.
>
> According to "Treatment of Low Back Pain: Closing the
> Gap between Research & Practice",
>
> "There is no evidence that other interventions (e.g.
> antidepressants, steroid injections, acupuncture & EMG
> biofeedback) are effective. However, effects are
> usually small & short term effects only."
>
> I would caution you not to pin your hopes on these
> injections, because you will only be disappointed.
>
> Please report your experiences & long term effects
> back to the group. We can learn from the group's
> collective experience.
>
> It is not necessary for each one of us, to go through
> the same ineffective but expensive treatments that
> have not worked for anyone else with this condition.
> Good luck! Mary
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more
> http://taxes.yahoo.com/