On the Monday Podcast, Our Geek mentioned that his back pain was causing him quite a bit of discomfort, so when I seen this article I thought it would be a good idea to share it with you, it’s from Wired News and it’s called “The Painful Truth”
“Because nerve blocks affect a precise area of the body, they fall under the category of regional (rather than general or local) anesthesia. An elementary form of regional anesthesia is already widely used in maternity wards: the epidural block, employed to numb the pain of labor and achieved by injecting analgesics and narcotics along the spine.”