Moving to the Injuries forum.
Moving to the Injuries forum.
The correlation between radiological findings indicative of inflammatory processes and symptomology isn't great. Cortisone shots are perfectly fine for people who won't actively do anything to make themselves better. Prior to allowing my shoulder to be injected "to see if it settles it", I'd ask that a trial injection of Marcaine / lidocaine be given to make sure we had the pain generator identified.
(I'm not the OP, for the record)
My dad had a biceps tendon rupture after having 3 cortisone shots in his shoulder (I don't recall specifically if it was pre or postop from his rotator cuff repair; I think it was after). He's not a lifter but a generally strong guy who'd been working with his hands his entire life (still is at 75). I would think long and hard about treating it with cortisone, especially if you're intending to stay active.
Hi Dr. We spoke about this a year or so back on another thread. I have done a years worth of physiotherapy here in the uk but it hasn’t changed anything so it’s not that I won’t do anything to fix it. They just don’t seem to know what the cause is and I think the shot is a default option they are going too to treat the symptoms temporarily. My worry is that when I asked what stops the pain and inflammation coming back when the shot wears off I was met with a shrug. They basically said I should stop training heavy and doing overhead work and just go light and try not to aggravate it forever more. Not much of an answer but I have no idea how to rehab it so it looks like I may have to learn to live with lifting heavy and naproxen! I think they are hoping the shot will just make it (And me) go away!!
What about platelet rich plasma rather than a steroid?
Yeah thats an interesting suggestion. Never really heard of it until recently. Not sure if the NHS here (UK) would use it and no idea what the cost would be private ( guessing t would be eeeexpensive though. Though I did read that it takes several months to be effective.