Joint injections can reduce the pain of arthritis and improve function but many people are afraid of the whole idea.
Joint pain is very common and many millions of us suffer with it each day. Knee pain causes particular misery, with pain, stiffness and loss of mobility a major issue for many who suffer.
You can choose from many different treatments for painful joints. Will a joint injection help you? If you do choose that then will it be painful? Can a joint injection reduce arthritis pain?
Please remember that an injection is not always the best or the only method available for treating your joint pain. Lots of other treatments can help. Ask your doctor or your therapist about the other choices you could make.
Sometimes you will not get help from an injection and might need an operation. Perhaps even a joint replacement in some cases. Take care with joint injections if its possible that you might need surgery in the near future. Some surgeons don’t like to operate within two or three months of an injection being done.
Joint injections come in various forms.
Many doctors use a mixture of an anti inflammation steroid drug and some numbing drugs to act as a local anesthetic. Several different steroids can be used, with the most common being Kenalog, Depomedrol or Hydrocortistab.
If you get rid of the inflammation in the joint then you will reduce the level of pain. This is how a steroid injection works.
Some specialists now also use lubricating agents like synvisc or ostenil. These are sometimes called viscosupplements because they put back missing lubrication fluid into the joint.
So – is it painful to have an injection like this. The answer in most cases is no. If your doctor has had lots of experience of the technique and performs the procedure carefully then the most you are likely to feel is mild discomfort. There’s certainly no need to worry about it.
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