OT : Elliptical Steroid Injection?

[redvipe2010]

Steriod injections are not 100% safe. There are complications that can occur. And they are not painless IMO. I have yet known anyone that says they are painless.

However, I do believe in postponing surgery as long as possible. Joey has his youth, which is a big help IMO.

 

[acsi]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9866171#post9866171 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by redvipe2010
Steriod injections are not 100% safe. There are complications that can occur. And they are not painless IMO. I have yet known anyone that says they are painless.

However, I do believe in postponing surgery as long as possible. Joey has his youth, which is a big help IMO.

I agree but nothing is 100% safe and they are still one of the safer procedures, especially of the ones available in this instance. As for pain, when done properly , they should be no more painful than a needle stick. I did hundreds of them early in my carrerr and have had also received some as a patient. I found that a patient's fear and anxiety were a bigger factor than actual pain.
I don't want to start a war here just describe my experience and add my opinion.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Whoa dudes stop saying surgery(freaks me out lol). I'll ask my Primary Dr. about a Chiropractic next time I see him. I'll keep a note of all the things mention to see what can be done. I will personally try anything that does not deal with somebody going in there and trying to fix the problem themselves. Thanks!

 

[BenjieC]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9865439#post9865439 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kimoy
I would consider seeing a chiropractor just like what benjiec said. you'll be amazed on what wonders those tiny long needles do.

Nope wasn't me and I wouldn't recommend one, b/c I'm in the true medical profession. Not saying it doesn't work, but it's doesn't go through the rigorous guidelines and testing that real medicine/healthcare goes through to be proven safe and effective. Don't mean to start a debate, just don't want my name and chiropractor together.

 

[kimoy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9868434#post9868434 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BenjieC
Nope wasn't me and I wouldn't recommend one, b/c I'm in the true medical profession. Not saying it doesn't work, but it's doesn't go through the rigorous guidelines and testing that real medicine/healthcare goes through to be proven safe and effective. Don't mean to start a debate, just don't want my name and chiropractor together.

sory bout that, i meant jjjjimy. anyway, some insurance company now covers chiroparatic.

 

[Deleted member 7065]

I have had these - they usually do them in set 2 or 3. I found that the first shot hurt like a mother because of the amount of inflamation. The second and third hurt less because of less inflamation.

Some pain guys with put you out to do the shot - that way you are not too uncomfortable and don't move. Plus, depending on the doc they might be trying to break up scar tissue at the same time.

They did not cure me but did take the edge off the pain.

This is the key that I found out - the doctor doing the shot matters the most. I had three sets at Northwestern. One of the doc was very well known. Minimal improvement. They also did trigger point injections and a nerve block. No inprovement. - each time the targeted one nerve.

Last year I saw a new guy that is in private practice. He use to be chief of pain at Rush. He used a totally different technique for the epidural steroid injection. He did a caudal epidural steroid injection.. When he did it, he injected a large amount of dye to look for scar tissue. He found a lot.. He then broke it up and flused it off the nerves. (I was out for this.) After this you could see the difference with the dye. Then he did the injection. I was not cured but it helped. - What I learned - the shots at Northwestern could not have helped much because they never got to the nerves because of the scar tissue. - Big F&ck-up.

A couple of weeks later he did trigger point injections. Unlike Northwestern where they targeted a single nerve - he targeted 6 and did 6 injections into different areas. I was out for this also. The next day I felt like I was beat with a baseball bat. Three days later I was 85% pain free for the first time in 15 years. I lasted 3 weeks. What did we learn - 1 the pain is coming from more than 1 nerve. 2 A large amount of the pain is from the nerves and not the disc or other place. 3 The procedures are Northwestern sucked.

They are going to do another treatment and freeze those nerves and hopefully make the treatment more permanent. That is my summer.


It sounds like you might have more going on than me, so I hope I was not too long winded but I thought it might help you out.

Good luck.