Are joint injections painful? Joint injections can be painful and those with joint pain often fear them. But if your injection is given by an expert doctor then the procedure is usually painless. This page discusses shoulder injections, knee injections and the techniques / medications used. You can also find out about joint injection side effects
It's important to tailor the injection technique both to the patient in question and to the joint condition that needs treated
Cortisone injections are often helpful in back pain treatment - they can be injected into the facet joints or the muscles - or sometimes around the nerves in what is called a lumbar epidural injection
facet joint injections
muscle injections
sacroiliac joint injections
nerve epidural injections
Injection into the shoulder joint can be given from the posterior approach or from the front (the anterior approach) Shoulder joint injection is not usually painful
osteoarthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
frozen shoulder treatment
effusion after injury
gout treatment
Platelets and the plasma around them contain very high levels of healing agents and anti inflammatory chemicals. Injections of plasma and platelets has been shown to speed up the healing of wounds
platelet rich plasma therapy
autologous platelet injections
Synvisc is one of the commonly used viscosupplement drugs
now often used for shoulder pain disorders but more common still in knee arthritis
Several different steroid drugs are commonly used for joint or soft tissue injections
hydrocortisone
kenalog or triamcinolone
depomedrone or methylprednisolone
other steroid drugs
Viscosupplementation injections are used to replace the bodies own synovial fluid in joints that are having pain due to osteoarthritis
sometimes called, rooster comb injections
Joint injections are often not painful but some people get what is called a post injection flare of pain. This can take a few days to settle down.