So I got a call from my doc today and he says I have tendonitis and we can do nothing or we can refer me to an orthopedist who will most likely give my shoulder a steroid injection. Anybody else ever have one of these injections? Will the euphoria of the large needle be so great that I become addicted? j/k Anyhow, the ortho he is reffering me to did a fellowship specializing in joints and my doctor has a significant amount of faith in him. I am allowed to get back in the water when I feel the time is right but he warned me to take it easy so as not to aggravate it before it completely heals. At least I don't have to worry about surgery and can concentrate on my recovery. Thanks again to all of you who responded to my posts with words of encouragement.
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I was once run over by a car when I was jogging in college. I used to get steroids in my shoulder & knee every 5-6 months form then on. The I graduated form college & moved to DC. When it was time for my next shot, I told my doctor. She sent me to the head of Orthopedics at Howard. That doctor was the team doctor for Howard's football & basketball team & gave opinions to the Redskins. He was very much against steriods & suggested that I had probably never healed form the accident. He sent me to a physical therapist. The therapist had me do several differnet exercises that were very strange at the time. We used a large ball!! After about 6 sessions the pain was almost always gone. RICE was also used.
I take steroids for amy asthma. I have gotten serveal shots of solumedral(sp) in ER's through out the contry. But I will never get a steroid shot for an orthopedic or any other (besides asthma) reason ever again. I must say that I'm not a doctor. For three years I was in constant pain. In one month there was NO PAIN. I've had some doctors suggest that the prednisone I have taken for asthma helps relieve the pain in my shoulder & knee. I've also had doctors say that's nonsense.
I was once run over by a car when I was jogging in college. I used to get steroids in my shoulder & knee every 5-6 months form then on. The I graduated form college & moved to DC. When it was time for my next shot, I told my doctor. She sent me to the head of Orthopedics at Howard. That doctor was the team doctor for Howard's football & basketball team & gave opinions to the Redskins. He was very much against steriods & suggested that I had probably never healed form the accident. He sent me to a physical therapist. The therapist had me do several differnet exercises that were very strange at the time. We used a large ball!! After about 6 sessions the pain was almost always gone. RICE was also used.
I take steroids for amy asthma. I have gotten serveal shots of solumedral(sp) in ER's through out the contry. But I will never get a steroid shot for an orthopedic or any other (besides asthma) reason ever again. I must say that I'm not a doctor. For three years I was in constant pain. In one month there was NO PAIN. I've had some doctors suggest that the prednisone I have taken for asthma helps relieve the pain in my shoulder & knee. I've also had doctors say that's nonsense.
