spinal stenosis

N.Y. Mets' star, David Wright, returned to the field Monday night and announced his recovery from spinal stenosis in the best possible way: by hitting a long home run in his first at-bat. The mystery of why he came down with this condition is unknown. Sadly, a new report shows that local steroid injections probably won't help people suffering from Wright's condition.
A commonly-used medical procedure spinal injection of a mixture of lidocaine and anti-inflammatory steroid has been shown to be no more effective in relieving certain symptoms of back problems than the numbing agent alone.