By: Dr. Amar N. Goyal, M.D.

A very pleasant female presented to our office for chronic lumbar pain, which had limited her function, sleep and quality of life. She had a lumbar MRI revealing epidural fibrosis(scar tissue), causing inflammation of a nerve in her lumbar spine. Dr. Amar N. Goyal, M.D. performed Lysis of Adhesions; an outpatient procedure in which a catheter is inserted into the epidural space of the lumbar spine in order to access the area of adhesions (scar tissue) and medication can be injected to relieve pain and dissolve scar tissue. 

A follow up MRI several months later revealed almost complete resolution of scar tissue, excellent improvement in pain, and reduction in opioid medications.

Physical therapy and exercise can help ensure recovery and allow patients to benefit the most from procedures such as Epidural Lysis of Adhesions. For more details about this and Dr. Goyal’s other successful treatment methods, visit his website at http://www.nopainohio.com/SUCCESS-STORY.html.