Hi, one physician I saw wanted to do an injection for me when I was in much more pain 2 months ago, I said I wanted to wait and see if the pain would improve based on lifestyle changes I wanted to make. A few months later my pain is almost gone even though I do have a compressed cord and and abnormal cord signal. A spine rehab doc I am now seeing said that it was fortunate that I did not get that shot because it may have made my compressed cord condition worse. Good luck!