Low Back Pain and Nerve Blocks

Nerve blocks to reduce back pain include lidocaine and radio frequency nerve blocks, but can laser play a role too?

Show Notes

Nerve blocks are a common method to treat low back pain, particularly chronic low back pain.  Can photobiomodulation therapy have results equal to RF or lidocaine nerve blocks? In this summary of a 2016 study on lidocaine injections vs radio frequency nerve blocks vs laser nerve blocks, results showed that laser nerve blocks had better long-term results.

Study mentioned in this episode:

Photobiomodulation of the dorsal root ganglion for treatment of low back pain: a pilot study

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