Do Corticosteroid Injections Work Without Nerve Root Inflammation? | PT Pro Talk Podcast
In this video, we explore a critical flaw in many clinical studies on transforaminal injections for nerve root pain: the lack of proper inflammation-based inclusion criteria. If the nerve root isn’t inflamed, corticosteroids won’t be effective—so it’s no surprise that many studies show mixed or poor results. Until now, no one has looked closely at whether patients actually had inflammation before receiving treatment. Our next study tackles this head-on, investigating outcomes in patients with high inflammation scores to determine if targeted transforaminal injections really work when the underlying issue is inflammatory. Stay tuned for this game-changing research.











