I had lumbar surgery l4-s1, 14 screws 2 rods last sept 2015 and am having severe pain in my hips, butt and numbness/tingling in left foot. I had my first set of injections from a pain mgt dr last Friday, and it made things worse, the pain is severe. The receptionist's response to my call was, "the first shots stir things up, should get better with next shots.." Should I trust that the next set will solve some of the symptoms or do I have justified worrries about more shots? reading the forum, it doesn't seem like theres much hope for treatment of this hip pain so many of us are experiencing. (and yes I know , everyone is different when healing.)