Pain occurs with anesthetic injections, including local anesthesia and continuous epidural anesthesia for the lumbar region. In general, general anesthesia uses intravenous anesthetic drugs, and patients do not feel pain. In local anesthesia lidocaine drug is routinely injected under the skin, and the patient may feel more pain during the first injection because a small dermal mound is formed under the skin, which damages the nerves under the skin. When the injection is continued later, the pain is usually reduced significantly by injecting in the area that has been previously anesthetized. When anesthesia is given in the lumbar area, also known as continuous epidural anesthesia, the patient will feel pain and soreness in the lumbar area during the injection process because the anesthesia needle is thicker and longer, and after the needle is given, the patient will no longer feel pain when the anesthetic is being injected.