SI Joint Injections & Pain Relief
Florida Surgery Consultants located in Tampa, FL (Lakeland, Ocala, Lakewood Ranch, Gainesville, The Villages, and Palm Harbor) are here to help you administering SI joint injections & offering pain relief solutions. We have the right spine doctor for you who can perform an epidural steroid injection after finding out where the issue is and how to treat it all within in the same day. We will fix you up and get you feeling better in no time at all. Trust us to find answers and get you on the path to recovery!
Our Spine Doctor Can Administer An SI Joint Injection
Sacroiliac Joint Injections are used to diagnose or treat low back pain and/or symptoms of sacroiliac joint dysfunction. These joints lie next to the sacrum with the hip on both sides. At times, these are separated and a patient will undergo a purely diagnostic or therapeutic injection, although often the two are combined into one injection. SI joints like other joints in your body are covered by cartilage and joint fluid. Epidural steroid injection is used to locate or diagnose a problem within the spine.
An SI joint injection procedure only takes a few minutes and patients usually return home the same day. The patient lies face down, vitals are checked, the skin around the area is cleaned, insertion is made and the medications are successfully guided into the joint. A spine doctor at Florida Surgery Consultants is just the right person to perform SI joint injections. They are experienced and know just what to do for each patients needs. The injection is performed under fluoroscopy x-ray guidance for accuracy. Once the needle has entered the sacroiliac joint, contrast is injected into the joint to ensure the medication is going into the right place. The numbing medication is added as well.
The patient will be asked to perform painful activities to see if the numbing medication is working properly. If the patient feels 75-80% pain relief throughout the duration of the anesthesia, a tentative diagnosis is made. If the patient is still in a good amount of pain, we will have to repeat the procedure and hope for better results. Administering an Epidural steroid injection can be a tricky task because everyone’s body reacts differently. Which is why it is so important for doctors to follow the step by step process and make sure everything is done right.
Feel Pain Relief With A Therapeutic injection
The injection is done in a similar way to SI joint injections, except that an anti-inflammatory medication is included to provide pain relief by reducing inflammatory to the joint. If the patient experiences prolonged pain relief after the therapeutic sacroiliac joint injection, they should begin physical therapy and a rehabilitation program in order to further reduce pain levels and get back to everyday activities sooner.
Contact Us
If you are looking for a spine doctor in the Tampa, FL area, (The Villages, Bradenton, Ocala, Lakeland, Gainesville, and Palm Harbor) Florida Surgery Consultants is the right place for you. We can perform an epidural steroid injection to locate the issue and get answers for you right away. Give us a call at 1 (888) 411-6824 to schedule an appointment.
