 [ Symptoms ] can epidural cause persistent back pain i have 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 did not hurt til finished it feels as if it is stiff and needs to be poppedstretched out dr says just take tylenol but nothing seems to really help [ Disease ] 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