Yes they work, and there is a trick to getting them so they don't hurt so much. The nerve is were they need to put it, and the nerve hurts. So they mash on the nerve a bit, make it ouch, then give the injections which really at that point don't hurt. Sting a bit. After the first two, nothing. The injections last most of the day and night. It is meant to break the pain cycle. I took meds at home after the shots wore off, and did cold 20 on and 20 off.
These shots were followed the next day with the massage. That night I noticed a small difference in the intensity of the pain in my arm
I am re dong this whole thing over again with shots every other week, and massaged every week. Since medicare will not pay to help me, only for the tests, this is expensive. I guess debt does not matter when your ability to use your arm is at stake. I do not understand our medical system. If they pay to get the arm fixed, no more tests, shots and doctors calls. To me, the therapy is cheaper, and is a way to stop going into the doctor gerbil wheel.
I would try this, if I were a patient not knowing anything about it like I did.
I went in blind on the recommendation of my pain specialist, who by the way said she had my same kind of injury. Doctors usually do not relate personal stuff to their patients. She took this same therapy and can do surgery again.
ginnie.