Cortisones Shots.,.,.,.,.,.

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17 years ago 01/25/2007 3:48pm EST

Last month (about christmas time) I had come down with a bad case of patella tendonitis. At first sign I started running every second day, it still got worse, so I switched to every 3rd, and I got very slow and I mean slow improvent. I have been on and off for the last month (maybe 1 or 2 runs a weak + lots of swimming) and it is still not getting better. I am now thinking about getting a cortisone shot. It would not be my first option but running is seriously important to me. (I am grade 12 4:07 miler). What are the major things I should know. Will one shot have any permanent effect or anything I should know about. I would really like all the information about them. Also if I get the shot should it make my injury go away fully, as long as I ease back into it? (btw right now I have been icing like 4 times daily, take anti inflams, and going to physio)

Any help would be very much appreciated.

17 years ago 01/25/2007 5:06pm EST

re: Cortisone shot

17 years ago 01/25/2007 5:35pm EST

re: Cortisone shot

getting a couple of cortisone shots is not going to hurt you or do any permanenant damage. I got about 10 of them, spread over a 2 year period in college, when i had very bad plantar fasciitis in both arches. (I finally got orthotics to solve the problem).

Now, if you were getting 1-2 shots a week over a period of time, I would worry a bit; (like pro football guys do); but you will be fine.

17 years ago 01/25/2007 7:44pm EST

re: don't worry....

17 years ago 01/25/2007 8:21pm EST

re: Cortisone shot

I strongly suggest you consider other options, continue on the path you're already working down. Cortisone shots work okay for some (10 shots? lucky no permanent damage), but often leave runners in more pain than they had before the shot. Talk to a doctor about it before you get it done--get their opinion.

17 years ago 01/25/2007 9:12pm EST

re: Cortisone shot

cortisone shots can work wonders for some, and do nothing for others. i had a couple of injections (a few months apart) in my shins for some MTSS. They worked relatively well. Wasn't 100% pain-free, maybe 75-80% in my case. Also have to think about where you're getting it. Tendons can be a pretty dangerous place to get cortisone shots. You definitely don't want to weaken the patellar tendon and have it rupture down the line. good luck...

17 years ago 01/25/2007 9:17pm EST

re: Cortisone shot

I banged my knee cap hard on a door jam. It was not healing after 2 weeks. I got a cortisone shot and rested another week. It helped. Some ligaments and tendons just do not heal, due to poor blood flow, (like plantar fasciitis in the arches), no matter how long you rest it or ice it or ultra sound it.....a cortisone shot can work wonders, clearing up the inflamation.

17 years ago 01/26/2007 7:12am EST

re: i had a couple, before

17 years ago 01/27/2007 12:58pm EST

re: Conety

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