Specialist holding off THR

Injections r only for short term. They are anti inflammatory meds. Cortosones and numbing the area . Once the lad octane injected wore off about a hour the pain came right back. It was in my groin for hip pain.that in itself was almost as painful as walking.. YIKES!

Hi Sue, sorry to hear that you are going through it as well. I am going to ask my GP about being referred for my pain. Mine presently is groin pain and sometimes if I turn my legs a certain way then I get the shooting pain as if I've trapped something, also of a night I gave a bad throbbing pain at the side of my knee, I am unsure if this is from the falls I've had or possibly nerve pain. I had one of those boyfriend pillows that I wrap round my legs to keep them apart and this does help. I possibly get about 3 hrs solid sleep each night.

Presently I really can't afford to cut my hours although if this carries on it may be a route I have to go down.

Injections didn't help me everyone is different. Good luck..

Chrissy,

There is a big tendon that runs from your hip down the outside of your thigh and attaches just below your knee (it's called the iliotibial band). Most hip injuries and/or surgeries affect it in some way; some worse than others. That might be one source of your pain. My TENS unit and stretching always helped mine after it was severely stretched during my labral repair surgery. 

The steroid injections always help me. I'm getting one on 7/7 for my iliopsoas tendonitis. 

That is a major issue with my current issues.. As well as a failed hip implant.. 

Glad to hear injections have helped u. I have micro tears in my tendon... The foot is dropping along with tissue damage causes most of my issues. 

Everyone is different. Hope u can get that tendon to behave soon..

Water PT helps in my case.. And rest.

 Steroid injections are cortisone antiinflammatories. I had many shoulders hips feet elbow knee. Each time when the numbing agent in the injection wore off  the pain returned & and just made it worse. 

Do u know what's in the injections u had. Also glad to hear u get relief from them...thanks for sharing.. Take care and stay strong...

(( hugs ))

HOPE

Mine were a combination of different medications but I don't remember what they were exactly. The good ones were done at the pain clinic with an ultrasound machine so they could see the nerve they were injecting near. It was with radio frequency ablation where they burn the nerve to calm it down so I think the medication was specific to that process. So far it has been 4 months since my last injection and I'm still doing pretty well. The injection I'm having on the 7th will be different because it's just for my iliopsoas but I'm expecting it to help, while I rest it, then I'll be better by August. At least that's my plan. 😊

I forgot that they did a "test" injection with meds that work like the ones you described. It was numb for about 24 hours then the pain came back plus the pain of having a 6 inch needle jabbed in my hip. Those tests were just diagnostic for me though, just to see if the pain would be relieved to determine what the problem might be and whether or not a steroid injection would help. I'm lucky that they did. I can find out what's in my injection on the 7th and let you know. 

Hi Cindy,

how'd ur appr go?

CHEERS

HOPE

Hi Hope,

I forgot got to ask what medications were used in my injection because I had just gotten my MRI results on my foot. As for the injection, I had it on Monday and will have two more (one every two weeks). That's different than the ones I've had in the past but the one on Monday hurt a lot more than any of the other 5 or 6 I've had done (all by the same doctor). He said it hurt so much because there was so much inflammation. Hopefully after the next two injections, my iliopsoas will be happy again. 

As for the MRI, in addition to tendonitis, tendonopathy, and tenosynovitis in multiple tendons in my foot and ankle, the posterior tibial tendon is torn. I've already been treated with a walking boot and a tibial tendon aircast and, as of today, a fiberglass cast from my toes almost to my knee. The doctor is not very hopeful that it will help since nothing else has and tears usually require surgery but I wanted to do everything possible to avoid surgery if I can. If the cast doesn't work, my only option is surgery to repair the torn tendon. I hope it helps but if not, I will go ahead with surgery hoping that I'll be closer to that glorious day when I'll finally be able to walk again. 

Thanks for asking!  I'll ask them about the medications in the injection when I go for the next one on 7/21. 

Cindy

Good luck, hope this series gives you some long term relief.

Thank you! The doctor said the results are very good when the shots are done in a series. I really hope so!