The stellate ganglion are sympathetic nerves in your neck. They're found on either side of your voice box. You can get an injection called a stellate ganglion block (sympathetic nerve block) to ease ...

How Does a Hypogastric Plexus Block Work? The hypogastric plexus is made up of various nerves positioned at your fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebrae in your spine. It is found on the lower part of ...

Medically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MDMedically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD A nerve block for migraine headaches involves an injection of a local anesthetic into the base of the skull or ...

The occipital nerve runs from the base of the skull along the back of the head. An occipital nerve block is a procedure to temporarily provide relief from pain related to this nerve, such as that due ...

The following text summarizes information provided in the video. Facet joints, or zygapophyseal joints, are true synovial joints in the spine that have been identified as potential pain generators.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The study included 58 young persons with migraine flares lasting 24 hours to 3 months. A majority of those given ...

A new analysis ranks intravenous administration of dexamethasone as the most effective approach to prevent rebound pain after ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Continuous adductor canal block (CACB) outperformed the conventional single-injection approach for relieving pain in people undergoing total knee replacement in a randomized trial, a ...

This study is a retrospective comparative study of previous medical records. Patient privacy and data confidentiality were maintained throughout the study.Ethics Committee of the Red Society Hospital ...

It is not common for pain to get worse after a medial branch block (MBB). However, this could happen if there are complications during the procedure that result in nerve damage. It is also possible ...