Cortisone injections

[teresa green]

Suffering with an elbow problem for a while. I’ve had tennis elbow on and off over the years but about six months ago I really give my elbow a good knock where I thought I’d broken/chipped a bone. X ray came back with no breaks but I’m suffering with lots of pain. May arm goes into a locked position. Anyways wondering peoples good or bad experiences of getting cortisone injections? Much appreciation 

[Mark Bolam]

I had a couple which really sorted out my tennis elbow, along with rest, physio, using a clasp and changing the way I did things.

 

Very much a last resort deal I believe, though.

[Rich Rule]

If you have tennis elbow related pain.

 

BUy yourself a Theraband flexbar and look up the exercise called ‘the Tyler Twist’ on YouTube.  
 

To fix the problem is much better than masking the problem with Cortisone.  Although it does provide relief.

[Bunzena]

Cortisone injections are a balancing act.  If there's a chance you can sort out your elbow using physio - that's the first port of call.

 

If it's too painful and you can't do the necessary physio - then a cortisone injection can get you back to the point where physio can help.  As Mark says above.

 

It sounds as if that's where you are.

 

Make sure whoever does the injection knows what they are doing - i.e. they have done it a few times before.

 

My wife had an injection a few years ago - from a GP - who wasn't that experienced.  She developed some atrophy and wasting of the muscle and tissue in her arm.  The specialist told us that this might have been because the injection was administered improperly.

 

Hope you get it all sorted.

 

 

[woody paul]

Sounds like you need to have an MRI to find out more than an X Ray shows. 

[Stubby]

I have had several over the years , most of them in my shoulder . It is important to rest the injured site for some time after the injection . As above it has to be accurate . Some doctors will put it in using ultrasound to get it in the right place .

[pops hall]

Like most guys backbreaking work takes it’s toll, had 3 jabs lower back, result no better, now having Chiro which probably costs about the same as Physio,early days but less pain more movement, elbow could well benefit, worth a try, 

[Haironyourchest]

Try hanging upside down for five minutes every evening before supper.

 

Ideally by the ankles with a proper inversion table, but results can also be achieved by inverting in a climbing harness. Relax and let the weight of the head and arms gentle stretch the spine.

 

Not much good for elbow or shoulder, but very beneficial for the back, especially the lower back.

 

 

[Mr. Squirrel]

Had a few cortisone injections in my shoulder, wouldn’t call it a last resort as others have though. 
If physio isn’t quite getting you there then they’re helpful, they were for me anyway. Ultimately it was a crutch though, and when I finally had an mri it was clear my shoulder was pretty well fu***d. The radiologist was genuinely in hysterics, she couldn’t believe I was still climbing with the state it was in. 

[Stubby]

4 minutes ago, Mr. Squirrel said:

Had a few cortisone injections in my shoulder, wouldn’t call it a last resort as others have though. 
If physio isn’t quite getting you there then they’re helpful, they were for me anyway. Ultimately it was a crutch though, and when I finally had an mri it was clear my shoulder was pretty well fu***d. The radiologist was genuinely in hysterics, she couldn’t believe I was still climbing with the state it was in. 

My left shoulder is a very old metal one and has pretty much no rotator cuff holding  it in place so my right shoulder has to do all the work . Constant pain because there are 2 snapped tendons in it beyond repair .