Are Perineural Injections Right for Your Pain?

Are you having a pain that just doesn’t some to go away, that feels like it’s burning, stabbing, zapping or maybe even tingling? You may be in need of perineural injections.

So what are perineural injections? Perineural injections are a form of regenerative medicine therapy used to treat and calm down inflamed nerves. Often nerves can become inflamed and irritated due to a multitude of reasons. A more common example would be having chronic muscle tightness due to an unstable joint, of which the muscle is now trying to stabilize the joint. When this happens, the fascia (think of that thin layer of tissue that covers a chicken breast) covering the muscle also becomes tight, and the cutaneous/superficial nerves that pierce through the fascia have a harder time moving through it comfortably, and essentially becomes pinched. This can cause an irritating pain that lingers, and can be worse with certain movements.

For instance, if you have cluneal neuralgia you may notice standing from a bent over position, or leaning backwards can cause more aching pain in your low back or glute region. And if you have meralgia paresthetica, you may feel a burning or stabbing sensation felt on your outer thigh, that can extend down to your knee.

Perineural injections can help because they act as a nutritive to nerve cells, to give them some of the basic building blocks to heal themselves and reduce inflammation, while increasing nerve protection. You will often feel the effects of the injections within 5-20 minutes, so it is fast-acting.

Perineural injections can be beneficial for:

· Meralgia paresthetica

· Thoracic outlet syndrome

· Cluneal neuralgia

· Sciatica

· And more…

Symptoms for these conditions can include:

· Burning or stabbing on the outside of the thigh

· Numbness or tingling down and arm or leg

· Burning, stabbing or chronic tenderness of the low back and glutes

· Burning or zapping pain of the back of the head or neck

· And more….

If nerve pain is due to sciatica, for example, perineural therapy can be used in conjunction with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) or extra-cellular vesicles (ECV). While the PRP or ECV are healing the area of nerve impingement, adding superficial perineural injections a couple weeks later can further reduce nerve inflammation. And since these injections are superficial, the treatment is quick, easy, and patients experience very little discomfort with almost immediate relief.

So if you’re dealing with any of the issues listed above, or have a lingering burning, stabbing, or tingling pain? Then come to see us at Chamber’s Clinic for relief.