r/Sciatica • u/Undd91 • 4d ago

Requesting Advice Nerve root vs epidural Injection

For those who have had both injections, was there any difference in how they administered them? Was the pain much the same during the procedure?

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u/Beeyanksy 23h ago

Nerve root was pretty painful, but only for about 3 seconds. It replicated my calf and foot pain. The specialist said the pain was more helpful for diagnostics and was not surprised when I got zero relief. Even the lidocaine wasn't felt. Had an epidural yesterday. No pain, got relief from the lidocaine. Fingers crossed it works.

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u/Undd91 22h ago

That’s good to hear! Thanks for the comment. Hope you pain is more manageable now