Jeff LangmaidFounder, The Evidence Based Chiropractor

Are Injections Leading to MORE Surgeries?

2 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube commentary, Jeff Langmaid asserts a direct causal relationship between repeated steroid injections and subsequent surgical or advanced interventions, particularly in the spine. He argues that the prevalence of over a million elective spine surgeries annually reflects a systemic overuse, with many procedures being unnecessary and potentially leading to further complications beyond the original injury. Langmaid emphasizes the need to educate patients about the body’s natural healing processes, the beneficial role of acute inflammation, and the risks of fast‑tracking patients toward surgery without allowing proper recovery time.

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But there is a direct line between receiving steroid injections, especially people who are receiving many of them, and going towards a surgical intervention or an advanced intervention later on. I don't think that's on accident. I'm not saying it's a conspiracy, but what I am saying is people don't know any better. So unless you're getting out there and telling your story, telling the truth, telling the real story of how their body works, how it heals, why you need to give it time, why acute inflammation is good, people end up on a fast track to surgical intervention. We know this because there's like a million elective spine— elective, by the way— a million-plus elective spine surgeries done each and every year. And I'm convinced an overwhelming majority of those do not need to happen and actually cause then consequences later on that are far beyond even the initial injury.