I have a ruptured disk , L4-5. Before the bak injury, I was running 9 miles a week. My blood pressure while running and lifting was 130/76 54 pulse . Since my ruptured disk, I haven t been active, I haven t even been out of the bed until a week ago, when I got an epidural . My blood pressure has gone through the roof, 180/117. Can an epidural, mixed with the constant pain cause my blood pressure to be high?