Back injections can provide significant pain relief for some people. Doctors target specific locations in your spine and muscle to provide the most effective pain relief. If you have back pain that’s ...

In some cases, a steroid (cortisone) injection can reduce back pain and nerve pain that travels into your buttocks and legs by reducing inflammation. Our spine specialists may prescribe a combination ...

ORLANDO -- Patients with the hand ailment stenosing tenosynovitis -- "trigger finger" -- who need more than one corticosteroid injection within 6 months are likely to need early surgery and to develop ...

“Steroids” is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to corticosteroids, anabolic steroids, and sex hormone steroids. The term “steroids” most often refers to a class of medications called ...

On a daily basis, I am asked what the downsides of cortisone injections are. The answer depends on location of the injection, medical history, type of steroid used, and technique. Steroid injections ...

Trigger finger. We always thought it was simple. Pure mechanics. Someone comes in, finger catching, getting stuck. A painful click. It hurts. It drives you nuts. We know what it is before they even ...