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aklim · #16 05-17-2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ruchase

I didn't think just one shot would be the answer - from what I understood, the cortisone shots would be part of the non-surgical approach, so they would be several shots, spaced out in addition to PT.

When I did it last year, it was injected and you wait for a while to see what happens. The pain went away for a while and came back so I went in for another shot and after the 3rd shot, they warned me that if the pain continued to come back after a week or so, they want to send me to imaging. As I said, my insurance would not pay for more than 3 shots without imaging.

I wouldn't worry too much about the side effects unless I got shot after shot, day after day. 3 shots in a 9 month period or so wasn't worth the worry.

ruchase · #17 05-17-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

When I did it last year, it was injected and you wait for a while to see what happens. The pain went away for a while and came back so I went in for another shot and after the 3rd shot, they warned me that if the pain continued to come back after a week or so, they want to send me to imaging. As I said, my insurance would not pay for more than 3 shots without imaging.

I wouldn't worry too much about the side effects unless I got shot after shot, day after day. 3 shots in a 9 month period or so wasn't worth the worry.

Very true - I went for accupuncture, and the guy that does it kinda talked me away from cortisone shots. Maybe that made me paranoid. Maybe it was the placebo effect, but accupuncture seemed to work.

aklim · #18 05-17-2013, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ruchase

Very true - I went for accupuncture, and the guy that does it kinda talked me away from cortisone shots. Maybe that made me paranoid. Maybe it was the placebo effect, but accupuncture seemed to work.

No kidding. Of course I'd talk you out of it since I am selling a different treatment. If I were a Ford salesman, I'd tell you that the Chevy you are looking at sucks.

All the cortisone does it reduce the inflammation to allow healing

Cortisone Injection - Steroid Shot

Skid Row Joe · #19 05-17-2013, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

No kidding. Of course I'd talk you out of it since I am selling a different treatment. If I were a Ford salesman, I'd tell you that the Chevy you are looking at sucks.

All the cortisone does it reduce the inflammation to allow healing

Cortisone Injection - Steroid Shot

Cortisone, fixes nothing. It can cause damage to the human body. I'd say it does cause damage to the human body, but then potentially some &%$#&%&# might ask for proof here.

I'll take the Ford over the Cheby any day.

ruchase · #20 05-17-2013, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

No kidding. Of course I'd talk you out of it since I am selling a different treatment. If I were a Ford salesman, I'd tell you that the Chevy you are looking at sucks.

All the cortisone does it reduce the inflammation to allow healing

Cortisone Injection - Steroid Shot

To be fair, the accu did suggest non-steroid anti-inflammatory if the inflammation did not subside; however, might be my partial tear wasn't too bad either as it seemed to ease up after about 2-mos of PT and accu.

aklim · #21 05-17-2013, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

Cortisone, fixes nothing. It can cause damage to the human body. I'd say it does cause damage to the human body,

but then potentially some &%$#&%&# might ask for proof here.

I'll take the Ford over the Cheby any day.

Really? How did you come to that conclusion? It stops inflammation so things can heal better or do you have some reason to think otherwise?

Would you accept some theory without any evidence to back it?

Skid Row Joe · #22 05-17-2013, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Really? How did you come to that conclusion? It stops inflammation so things can heal better or do you have some reason to think otherwise?

Would you accept some theory without any evidence to back it?

Well, at the risk of quoting someone that is so very fond of answering questions in this way; "google it."

aklim · #23 05-17-2013, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Skid Row Joe

Well, at the risk of quoting someone that is so very fond of answering questions in this way; "google it."

Used to have an instructor that would write in red ink over papers like that "BULL****"

The Clk Man · #24 05-17-2013, 07:57 PM

I have the same problem and know how much it hurts. I feel for ya man.

barry12345 · #25 05-18-2013, 01:29 AM

It had been suggested to me at one time that suppresing pain speeds healing. Prior to that I felt either condition was really irrelevant to that process.

Actually the last time in a hospital I noticed they now also had that information posted in the recovery rooms now. [/I]

We seem to self educate in my experience. If it kills you to move something. Just do not move and irritate the situation. Movement also may slow the healing of certain joint conditions.

My hip did not respond initially till I decided to lay off stressing the condition by usage. I foolishly thought a day or so resting it was enough. It felt fine so I used the leg on the second day.That was a bad lesson in spades. Pain went right back to day one.

For a little time I though it might mean surgery with a possible new joint. Really time from initial injury to a return of normalacy was almost two weeks of going very easy in total. Without using and further irritating it. As long as every day was slightly improved I just kept understressing the injury.

After about five days I started to lightly walk again with the only pain getting in and out of the drivers seats of cars. Now even that is totally gone.

aklim · #26 05-18-2013, 09:23 AM

My guess would be that if the inflammation were down you could move it with less irritation to the area so it could heal better. Besides, why suffer pain when you don't have to? All it does is get you to be less rested and more miserable and possibly aggravate the area more.

barry12345 · #27 05-18-2013, 11:02 AM

Tom, The main thing is hopefully it will get better earlier than later. To me it is amazing how well in general our complex systems usually hold up.

elchivito · #28 05-18-2013, 11:17 AM

Like I always say. No pain, No PAIN!

aklim · #29 05-18-2013, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by elchivito

Like I always say. No pain, No PAIN!

So, like me you are not a masochist?

MS Fowler · #30 05-18-2013, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by aklim

Really? How did you come to that conclusion? It stops inflammation so things can heal better or do you have some reason to think otherwise?

Would you accept some theory without any evidence to back it?

My wife has had something approaching 40 cortisone injections in various parts of her body over the years, and I've had several. Maybe my opinion has some merit.
To say it "fixes" nothing is probably pretty close to accurate. It can give some temporary relief from symptoms--and that can be very welcome relief. If the cause of the pain was something other than chronic arthritis.
It also attacks the joint itself, causing further deterioration. Now that may, or may not be acceptable given what pain level is tolerable, or what surgery may be tolerated.