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Second Opinion Before Spine Surgery or Injections: Questions to Ask Your Doctor
Advised spine surgery or a steroid injection? When a second opinion helps, which reports to bring, and the questions to ask before you decide.
Pain After Spine Surgery: Why It Happens and What Can Still Help
Still in pain after back or neck surgery? Why pain can persist or return, red flags to watch for, and the steroid-free care that can still help.
Selective Nerve Root Block: What It Is and When It Helps
Advised a selective nerve root block for leg or arm pain? Learn what it is, why it is used, its limits and side effects, and how Dr Heal finds and treats the pinched nerve without steroids.
Epidural Steroid Injection: What to Know Before You Agree to One
Been advised an epidural steroid injection for sciatica or a slipped disc? What it can and cannot do, the side effects, questions to ask, and how Dr Heal treats the same pain without steroids.
Piriformis Syndrome: When a Buttock Muscle Mimics Sciatica
Deep buttock pain that runs down the leg after long sitting may be piriformis syndrome, not a slipped disc. How to tell it apart from sciatica, what causes it, simple stretches, and how Dr Heal treats it without steroids or surgery.