Back pain can occur due to many different reasons. When your pain is no longer temporary a different intervention may be necessary.
Before you consider back surgery come to Performance Pain & Sports Medicine for expert, quality treatment and care, we exhaust conservative, non-surgical spine treatments first.
Sacroiliac (SI) Injection
A sacroiliac (SI) joint injection is primarily used to treat low back pain and/or sciatica symptoms associated with sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
A SI joint injection starts with numbing the sacroiliac joint with local anesthetic .The injection is x-ray (fluoroscope) guided for accuracy. Once the needle has entered the sacroiliac joint, contrast is injected into the joint to ensure proper needle placement and proper spread of medication. An anti-inflammatory medication is injected to provide pain relief by reducing inflammation within the joint.
What are the Benefits of a Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Injection?
- Minimally Invasive
- Short Recovery
- High Success Rate
- Reduce Inflammation and Irritation
- Same day Procedure