04 Nov 🥴 Struggling with Shoulder Pain or Low Back Pain

Been told that you “failed” therapy 😳for your Shoulder Pain or Low Back Pain, so now you need to have a cortisone injection 💉

Here at My Favourite Physio, we often meet Shoulder Pain and Low Back Pain Sufferers 🥴who have been told that if they “fail” Physiotherapy, their doctors will send them to have Cortisone Injections. Like all treatments, Cortisone Injections have benefits and side effects.

Here are the facts about Cortisone 💉Injections:

Cortisone is a type of steroidal anti-inflammatory drug which is commonly injected under ultrasound to target the areas of inflammation such as tendons and joint spaces in the Shoulder joint or Lumber Spine joints.
Cortisone is thought🧐 to work by reducing the inflammation in the tendons and nerves to reduce pain.
Because the Cortisone is delivered directly into the area of inflammation, Cortisone injections 💉work more quickly than oral medications 💊to manage inflammation and pain in the specific joint targeted.

In theory, that sounds great, right?🤗 However, in reality, it doesn’t always work. For some people, the Cortisone Injection itself causes more pain😖 than their actual pain itself. The main problems with Cortisone Injections are, it does not treat the actual cause of your Shoulder Pain or Low Back Pain, so after the Cortisone wears off, the Shoulder Pain or Low Back Pain returns. 😳Frequent and repeated Cortisone injections can also cause tendons and ligaments to weaken over time, which can lead to a higher risk of tendons and ligaments rupturing! 😱

However, Cortisone Injections when used in combination with Physiotherapy can provide better outcomes,🚀🚀 because the Cortisone can reduce inflammation and pain to allow a ”pain free window” where the initial cause of the problem can be addressed by Physiotherapy. 💪

So If you have an injury and are wondering whether you should have a cortisone injection💉 or Physiotherapy or maybe perhaps you have tried cortisone and found minimal relief for your Shoulder pain or Low Back Pain, why not ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 to speak to one of our Expert Physiotherapists🤓 today!