my daughters had epidural during the delivery of their babies and have had back pain ever since. so i would say yes they do cause back pain.
can epidural cause persistent back pain. i've never had any back pain until i had my children and received an epidural injection and now if i sit or stand to long or fold laundry my shoulders and back hurt. they hurt worse when cleaning up such as washing dishes mopping sweeping etc. i have worked out before and it didn't hurt til finished. it feels as if it is stiff and needs to be popped/stretched out dr says just take tylenol but nothing seems to really help.