This article regarding Epidurals should open everyone’s eyes. These steroid injections show no lasting benefit according to medical research. Chiropractic needs to be the first choice for lower back pain and disc conditions. Most of these disc conditions can be settled down with a combination of exercise, stretching, and Chiropractic. To read the whole New England Journal of Medicine article, click to the link below.
Epidurals can also be dangerous since a number of people had a Fungal infection from these steroid shots. See article from the CDC for this research.