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How can an epidural injection help back pain?

By reducing inflammation around your spinal cord.

An epidural injection is used to administer anesthetic to women during childbirth. But back pain specialists Arpan Desai, DO, Timothy Ko, MD and Timothy Moore, MD reveal another application. Patients with spine disorders can receive safe epidural injections to reduce inflammation and provide pain relief in the lower back, legs and arms.

If you have chronic back or extremity pain, ask the experts about epidural injections. Call for a convenient consultation in your community:

  • In Conneaut:
    Dr. Desai, 440-593-0203
  • In Geneva:
    Dr. Desai, 440-415-9511
    Dr. Ko, 877-844-8446
  • Surgical Spine Consultations:
    Dr. Moore, 440-285-6975


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