Differential diagnosis of pain low in the back includes various conditions. Lumbal apophyseal joint damage and intervertebral disc degeneration cause low back pain. The most common clinical symptoms are lumbar radicular pain and restricted range of motion. Epidural applications of water-soluble steroids are used successfully to relieve the lumbar radicular pain, the oedema of the nerve root compression and its inflammation. The objective of this study is to present the results of treatment of acute lumbar pain with epidural applications of steroids. 15 patients with complaints of acute lumbar pain and limited range of motion were enrolled. 3 epidural injections with Methylprednisolone 60 mg were applied every second day. After one month of treatment, the decrease the local and radicular pains with 60-80% is observed.