Working after a steroid injection

yeah, you can not drive as it might feel numb for a while as well as littl bit pain and of course so much discomfort for few days. depending on what sort of job you work. you are nit allowed to lift heavy for 24 hrs. as per my experience take it easy for couple of days. good luck.

i had hydrodilatation 3 months ago. It was extremely painful at the time and im glad i didnt drive or go back to work. It was painful for 3 days after. It took a long time for me to get the procedure on the NHS so i wasnt going to do anything detrimental after. Good luck

Cheers for the quick response 😃

I guess I better book at least tomorrow afternoon off just in case.

TC

I had my steroid injection and drove home (over 1hrs. drive) without any bother, there was no mention of not driving.

I was told to take it easy for a few days ie not lifting anything heavy. No pain or soreness after the jab.

Best of luck.

I was told that one of the reasons for not driving straight after my hydrodilatation was, that if anything happened on your journey, e.g. you had a bad reaction to the injection, causing you to have an accident, you wouldn't be insured! The main thing was not to do anything that put a strain on your shoulder for a couple of days.

Are you having an epidural or cortisone? I don't know why you shouldn't be able to work unless you are you being sedated for the injection. If you are being sedated then I would see how you feel and make the decision then...that is the beauty of working from home...hours are somewhat flexible 😃. Good luck!

Hi I hope your injection goes well I have had several injections they prefer you take it easy and let the medication take effect. So really if its alot of movement I would say no just finish the day off take it easy if you want the shot to work. Good luck!!

I was given no restrictions at all after having a steroid injection in each shoulder for bilateral frozen shoulder. The injections weren’t bad, no problem. On the other hand, the pain relief I got from them lasted less than 36 hours, so maybe I'm not a good example. But with both shoulders affected, I certainly didn't do anything strenuous afterwards.

I hope you get great results!

Working after a steroid injection should not be a problem. You are given a local as I have had 1 in my shoulder and so far 2 in my back. I think it is really odd that they say I can't drive afterwards but all you are given is local numbing. If nothing else I would take the afternoon off. As far as I am concerned there were zero lasting effects from the injection

Injection was fine, as well as steroid I was given Licaid, could've drive home, could've worked. But as I booked he afternoon as holiday I just rested up.

So far so good, stiffness still there, but pain seems to have gone down a bit, less than 24 hrs later.