Steroid injection

Had one for a wrist problem*. Takes a few days till you feel the benefit.

*I've heard every joke....

 

Wife has them regular for rheumatoid atheritis, had them in shoulder, hands and backside.

She says the shoulder one hurts the most

 

Had 3 hydrocortisone injections 3 months apart into my elbow years ago and the pain and swelling came back each time. I tried accupuncture as an alternative and had about 8 sessions, havent had a problem with that elbow since. Not going to say it will work for everyone/everything but it worked well for me.

 

Had tennis elbow years ago. Doctor gave me a cortisone injection and from what I remember it worked well.
Never had the problem since but my tennis is still terrible.

 

My dad has them every six months or so for his knee and it works wonders for him, can keep playing golf...

 

I have pain in my big toe joint, which I suspect is arthritis, no its not gout. Do you think it would work there? I'm intending to do Hadrian Wall walk - 85 miles, in Sept and I'm getting worried.

 

Had them in my shoulder and hips , the hips ones were uncomfortable

 

Nothing to be ashamed of if it was. There's a stigma attached to the illness. It's just fluctuating uric acid levels in your blood. It doesn't always result in an attack either. Dehydration from change in exercise routine can bring it on.

Anyway since I've been on allopurinol I haven't had an attack.

Back on topic are Botox injections for pain. Noticed there's a Botox clinic at work?

 

I had regular injections in my knee a few years ago - in order to keep playing football. The more I had the less time they lasted. They really are a VERY short term solution and the result is increased and lasting damage to the knee. I would advise not to get used to them - no matter the drug of kicking a ball as along as possible.

 

Can you play football with a knee replacement?

 

This is where it gets a bit complicated. When my knee pain got so bad that it was having a major impact on the rest of my life (it took me a week to recover from the rigours of a game, ruining everything else in my life - but I thought it was still worth it for the buzz of the game - idiot!) I went to see the surgeon.

He gave me 3 options: full knee replacement - no realistic hope of football ever again: A half knee replacement - ditto, or an Osteotomy (essentially an operation where they break your leg, cut a wedge out of the bone and sew you back up). The theory is that it re-aligns your leg so if you were slightly (or a lot) bow legged, the pressure moves from your knackered knee cartilage to your good knee cartilage. I'd already had (stupidly in hindsight) 3 Arthroscopy operations and had very little cartilage left on one side of my knee.

The reasoning behind the Osteotomy Op is that is would have allowed me to keep playing football and that's what I was told. It didn't! It also meant I wasn't so clever at running any more - I'd done a lot of distance running up to that point. However, it did transform the rest of my life: I didn't walk with a limp any more, I wasn't in permanent pain, and I could still play Tennis, Cycle, climb hills etc..

In hindsight it worked out well but boy do I still miss everything about playing footy. And, I feel I had to 'retire' far too early (54) and that was a terrible loss to the game generally.

 

Don't forget pain is a signal to tell you about the problem.
Steve Coppel , from his dad's words was having these before playing.
His dad at the time said he will end up in a wheelchair.
I've no idea how Steve is doing.
But think carefully regards prognosis.
I begged them to remove cartilage from both knees.
At 60 plus I have had to have 2 full knee replacements as the joints were knackered.
Look after yourself and don't push it if there's pain.
Anti inflammatory would be my advice .

 

Had one for tennis elbow cured it, seem to remember it hurt like buggery, but also remember being told you can only have 2 per year as they can cause muscle wastage

 

I had one about 3 years ago. Dr told me it might not work, might last a month, might be a success, everyone is different. The jab didn't hurt at all. It lasted a good 18mth but now flares up quite badly at times. Consultant had me have 3 different scans but can't identify why it's painful. I had a osteotomy in 09 and he suggests removing the plate and screws but with no guarantee of success. He rang me last week to ask what I wanted to do? I said no to the op but I told him I I don't want discharging to go back to the bottom of the list so he said no problem, if I need a new knee in 6mths or 6 years he'll do it. He's Jez Brown, works at Sheff NG but I saw him at Thornbury.

 

I had one years ago in my wrist for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Decades later I can still remember it feeling like molten metal being injected, as they wiggled it around like dodgy gearstick.

 

Try not to let them discharge you.
Stay in the system, as you will go to the back of a very long Queue.
Good luck with it ,avoid the cartilage removal if you can.
They are starting to implant gel of some sort to grow cartilage and reduce wear on the bones.

 

Try less impact sport like cycling.

 

Far too late in my case

Knees are fcked.