This #1 Thing You Need to Do After A Corticosteroid Injection- Should You Get One? 

Got injection in the hip today. Asked the doctor, "when are you gonna start? He said, "I'm almost done" I didn't feel a thing.

Hey you guys. I'm sending a hug your way to say thank you for relieving so much anxiety and stress for me. Your explanation of what to do after a corticosteroid injection, truly helped me relax with the procedure and gave me info on how to help myself.

Find doctors that work on athletes...they are more focused on movement and quality of life rather just pain management...

Thank you Thats good to know🌸 thank you Bob Brad🌸

This video is most helpful!

You guys are so fun!

You guys are great. We live in a rural area and these exercises are great.

You two are helpful AND entertaining!!

You guys are awesome !!

Thank you gentlemen

Just had one done today in my lover back. So this was helpful info.

I love watching these two. Helpful and funny.

Just watched this. Just what I am looking for!

So helpful.

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THanks as always! these videos help a ton. Question: how long after the injected (i had a lumbar injection yesterday) should you wait til doing these light exercises??

Great info, gents. And yes, they do give cortistone injections in the neck. I had severe pain in my back right shoulder blade for a few months. Xray/MRI showed problems with my C4/C5. A local ortho did a floroscope-guided cortisone injection. There was a bit of cortisone flare but after 24 hours the pain was completely gone. Two years later and it is still good. Just wanted to add that.

l've had this injection (in the hip) at least half a dozen times and have NEVER been told to walk. thankyou

the first thing in the morning suggestions are the BEST - true lifesavers - if one is post-op or midlife and older, jumping out of bed unmindfully can be truly dangerous. Taking that one full minute of breathing, toe-wiggling, gently moving to wake the body all over - quick prayer or meditation is worth so much! Then rock a bit in bed and carefully roll up and feet on floor and stand. Super value! My Dad was in an auto accident and woke in the hospital in the night , not knowing what work had been done on him,, unconscious - He jumped out of bed to use the bathroom - fell - and an arm and jaw repair had to be redone! NOT fun! Poor Father. I made a note to myself, that day years ago to try to be better about that one. I am May born and we are sunshine Mary types - for good and ill - and may try to get up too fast. Thanks Bob and Brad for this great refresher! I have reached the PT part of a few recent repairs from an old accident whose badness catches me now that I am a senior. But I know that if I get back to my fitness routine and follow here for bit, I will be able to fully enjoy these miracle repairs.

I have been getting relief for many years with these injections, but now I have been diagnosed with parsonage Turner syndrome do to these infections. The Mayo Clinic has done a study on it. So now I was getting relief for the the back but now my right arm and hand are useless. Even though I lost control of my right arm and hand I will still get these injections for a little relief on my back.

I just had my 1st injections in both knees, my doc said basically it’s bone on bone 😬 I’m only 40... they’re getting really stuck or locked up at night to the point I couldn’t move them from that locked position. Of course I have osteoarthritis in hips & both knees. Honestly most all my joints have some form of arthritis. I really hope this helps, bc sometimes I’m home alone and can’t get out of bed for a long time without help the pain is just so bad. I really appreciate your videos! When you both were stretching the neck back & forth at the same time , it made me laugh because it reminded me of an older movie “Night At The Roxybury” staring Will Farrell & Chris Kattan as brother’s in the car listening to “What Is Love” doing “dance moves” with their heads to the beat of the music...when y’all did that it seriously reminded me of that scene lol 🤣

Hello, my guys very helpful, just got my injections today! Thanks for the explanation! Great job! Already subscribed amd hit liked 👍 thank again!

I got a this shot for my De quervains’s tendinitis twice and it feels so so so so so so good it been like two years

Got a cortisone shot for severe plantar fasciitis. Next day, was better, no pain, then over-used it, pain came right back. Maybe moving is okay after a cortisone shot, but it's not good to overdo it just becuse you dont feel the pain because of the shot. Probably depends on the issue and what exactly constitutes overdoing it for the specific joint.

I had the first ones in my knees yesterday. Bone on bone in my inner knees, dr said I didn't have to stay sitting down, but also not to paint the porch ceiling. He used a ultrasound so he could see where the needle was, I didn't feel a thing!

thank u for a nice comfyvideo. i'm getting a cortisone shot soon in my back bc i have literally 3 herniated lumbar disks lol. all the other vids are super medical so this is super comforting

Hi Bod and Brad just got my cortisone shot on my shoulder and told me no movement for 72 hours. I was going to hike after the shot and ortho stated no. I had a bicep/rotator cuff surgery and range is going really slow , 3 months later only can get 65% range. Reason why cortisone shot was given. And seeing your video is different take. 7 years ago I had cortisone shot on my lower back and I didnt have any restriction.

Thank you for your helpful videos, I just got a shoulder injection 48 hours ago. Now I dont know if I can do mobility exercises for shoulder( no weight) . If It’s ok to raise my arm?! I’m really confused. The doctor just said not to lift heavy for one month. I couldn’t find any protocols on google as well. Thanks

Hey guys, thanks so much for your videos, could you do one about getting a shot in your elbow for tennis elbow?

Hi guys new to the channel just had a cortisone injection into my ac joint yesterday and been having problems with my shoulder due to a work related injury as I’m a CNA PT has not helped an made the pain worse! Since the injection yesterday morning even with trying to move it as much as I can, I cannot feel my hand now and the pain is 10xs worse then what the pain was before he injected me yesterday! Done heat/ice and nothing is helping the pain since the injection is also now in my scapula as well! Nobody can tell me what’s going on as workman’s comp is just taking it’s sweet time to get me to be able to see the right doctors! I’ve had 2 mri’s one on my neck and on my shoulder but swear they’re just giving me the run around because of workman’s comp and nobody is helping me and I just want to be out of pain I can’t do this anymore! HELP ME please try an release some of this pain I can’t do this anymore I’d rather have from my shoulder down removed then being in pain anymore and I’ve been doing everything I can to stay out of pain and nothing is helping and I refuse to take muscle relaxers or any pain medications! This has been going on since December 2019 almost a year in pain and 5 months of PT and nothing is helping!!

I just had that done in spine with xray. Felt nothing now pain free . i have been in pau for 8 months that to 1st wortless dr who did not care and then covid. Outbreak

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Hello, Bob and brad! :) Would you happen to have any advice on exercises for when you've had steriod injections into the costosternal joints? I'm waiting to have the procedure done as I have refractory costochondritis/tietze's syndrome.

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How long after a Cortizone shot should you wait to get a professional body massage? Love you show and thank you

I had the epidural in my spine and the pain was out of this world. I felt like I was hit by 10K volts of electricity. I almost jumped off the table. Worst of all, it did nothing for me. It did not relieve pain at all. I will never do that again.

I had a dual epidural nerve block done yesterday,I feel pretty good. Not alot of pain this morning. I go back in Dec. for a follow up. Them will have another one done in Jan.

I got the injection today. Not as painful as a lot of people say but its an annoying pain. If you have some pain tolerance you will be fine.

My doctor wants me to get one for my costrocondritis?!? What do you think?

I was hoping to see what to do after getting a cortisone injection for tennis elbow?

Thank you, about to get shoulder shot

Hello i took a diprophos injection for my hand tendons which i am facing tendonitis symptoms with. I took the injection into my glute however since the doctor recommended so. Will that help it work?

Had a cortisone injection in my ankle yesterday feel unwell today do I after mention this when I receive my covid booster jab

Do you have anything exercises For carpal tunnel after getting the injections. Doc just want to stop screwing around with the injection and do the surgery.

I have had about 2 or 3 a year for last 4 years for hip bursitis and always told to rest for first 48 hours - sometimes I get relief for anywhere between 3 and 6 months other times I don’t even get six weeks - have been told treadmill, cycling, any repetitive hip motion exercise not helpful for bursitis but have some physio ones that don’t seem to help enough to actually eliminate need for injections- any ideas ?

This is the exact opposite of what the Dr told me to do. The Dr. That gave me the shot. L5/ S1 back. After 24 hours plus I'm starting to experience a little pain. Should I be stretching or wait for the injection to heal? Thanks.

Im going under full anesthesia for mine. Not sure why seems like most people are awake. Im in the 15% boat as far as pain from disc. So maybe this is part of the reason?

I'm having my hip injected for Trochanteric bursitis, likely caused by my Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. I have it in both hips but can only have one injected at a time. Will I need to stay off my feet after and use a crutch to move around? And will I pick which hip I get done first or would this be determined through a scan?

I'm getting an image guided cortisone shot for retrocalcaneal bursitis. I'm a bit scared and hoping they don't get my achilles.

i had a preignosne shot in my lower hip/buttock area for my spondlythesis in 4th and 5th lumbar regions then the urgent care doctor prescribed me 15 pills of the steroid to take orally for 5 days 3 20 mg pills to be taken at one time for 5 days i had a panic attack and i was sweating and my heart rate was goin crazy felt extremely lightheaded and dizzy and have a big black bruise where the injection was given .. im too freaked out to take the rest its got me feeling very wired and hard to sleep and emotional i was in tears today by the time i left work i was supposed to close but had to leave only after 3 and a half hours my physical symptoms was causing my mental and emotional anxiety

I am probably getting an injection in my back. I'm a wheelchair user and cannot walk. I've had a lot of back pain for quite sometime. Hopefully, the injection will help.

I'm a stage performer and have just got one of these for a knee muscle tear. This was after trying physio etc. I'm also hypermobile so healing is disrupted also. Any knee advice

Both my hands broke and as a result years later I have horrible arthritis for Ortheo arthritis in both hands. I live alone in a big house and my quality of life is being severely affected by this debilitating horror. I met with another orthopedic hand surgeon yesterday who administered two injections into my thumb area my whole hands are pain and they have not helped at all at this time it’s been a day and a half how long does it take for the effects of the injection to work? I’m going to start avoiding all sorts of foods that contribute towards pain in the joints and will begin taking supplements I’m interrupting my video here you may be saying something of benefit for me. She also gave me plastic thumb braces which really cause a lot of pain and I took them off today. I’m not able to drive vacuum clean the house do anything mobile on anything with my hands so horrible and it’s making me depressed

Hey Bob and Brad- I’ve been on hydrocortisone 400mg per day for 5 days, and just left hospital. Without their diuretic I’m all swollen up with fluid- what can I do to shift the fluid? I feel like the Michelin man 😢

I just got a cortisone shot yesterday in the afternoon everything was numb and sore I do have a nexplanon inserted into the same arm that they injected but when I did the arm movements it helped but for a few minutes do I continually do the exercise? My doctor even said not to do anything physical but my left arm feels swollen and sore

I have a shoulder labral tear and a cyst on spinoglenoid notch and measures approximately 1.5 X 1.4 x 1.3 Cm. I was given a cortisone shot for pain and it has relived 95% of the pain, but the cyst is definitely pressing up on my nerve cashing severe pain when i didn't have cortisone. Doc suggested shoulder surgery but i cant do that RIGHT now. I'm seeking to try Ultrasound-guided cyst aspiration to prevent it pressing on my nerve... then we can talk surgery but I'm cannot do surgery right now but the pain without cortisone was the worse pain i've ever felt in my life. I'd like to try PRP before surgery. I can do PRP and Cortisone to buy me some time.

What about the SI joint exercise or stretch after injection?

Fifth grade I had a teacher who did the neck movements you've showed. While doing this movement in front of the class he past-out, and while at the hospital, he died at the age of 34. He had cervical injuries that caused his collapse

Can you playhard and run fast basketball🏀 after 2-3weeks rest of corticosteroid injection on retrocalcaneal spur

After cortisone injection should I try bending my thumb assisted with my other hand ate leave it alone I currently can’t bend it it self

Doc failed to mention after a shot in my right wrist that i would have a dead hand!! And he recommended both hands good tjing after i screamed n cried after the first i said no to second and i cant imagine how i would of drove home

Is it normal to feel hot after ankle injections? I mean my thermostat is on 66! I can never cool off for a few days is that what they call post flare?

Had mine in my foot last night. Was fine this morning .. now I can’t even move my toes for severe pain

I'm scared to get 1 in my knee. Insurance says I have to before they'll let me get OA hyl. Acid injection in my knee. Are they safe?

My husband had a injection today in his shoulder,he has rotator cuff problems with both shoulders , he had it this morning and now at 9pm he is in absolute agony,he’s took pain medication but it has not done anything to relieve the pain , I just hope this will ease off tomorrow,please god ,,I just don’t know what to do for him ? Has anyone got any help to give me to help him ? What medication is best to take ? Thank you for any advice you may have ..

Would this advice hold true for a gel shot to the knee? Thanks guys!

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What do you do if you have spinal stenosis? What do you do if you have a rib that keeps popping out? I'm falling apart!

Had pain for over 7 years not been able to build mussle in my left arm hope it helps... Got one in my back nexts

I just got a 2nd steroid injection in ankle joint. My 1st was 4 weeks ago but the doctor didn't tell me to rest for 48 hours and according to him my ankle "gobbled" it up when the next day from too much activity. I woke up the next day after shot and my ankle felt the best in weeks. I could walk and walk I did. The following day I was right back where I was. Now everything I am reading says ankle joint injections should be 6 weeks apart not 4. I had terrible inflammation and pain in my ankle. it was totally debilitating. Today is day two and I am NOT going to walk on it. I hope I am OK with injections only 4 weeks apart. What do you think? These were my first injections ever.

Ive had 2 into my left ac joint, literally doesnt hurt at all

i got a cortizone injuection in the palm of my hand under pinky i think im regreting it i only got one shot i hope i didnt do more damage

I had 4 cortisone injections, this year. One into the hip joint (Jan 2021), 2 to the piriformis muscle (March & May 2021), and one into the back (June 2021). Plus, one lidocaine injection into the hip. They only worked for 2-4 weeks. Mind you, I’ve had two hip surgeries (2011 & 2012), and started having issues again, last year. If I walk for exercise or in general, I have pain. Riding a bike on any incline is a no. Doctors won’t perform arthrogram MRI w/contrast, because the first MRI showed no tear, but this same garbage happened when I first hurt my hip, and it took two years to get an arthrogram MRI w/contrast to reveal I had a tear and bone Spurs.

Gary Moller therapist says those shots dissolve bone and ligaments.

I have post-traumatic osteoarthritis in my right knee after tearing my ACL, Meniscus, and MCL. Just got a cortisone shot, hoping it helps at least a little with the arthritis... it's almost unbearable at this point. I'm only 21.

what about thumb joint? Having a terrible post injection flare!

Interesting how at 3:33 you say you probably don't even need imaging for the shoulder. Not according to literally everything else I'm finding online! They're saying that the "blind injection" only gets to the right spot 65-75% of the time. That's not a great gamble.

I just had my injection on my trigger finger (middle finger). Its my 3rd day and it is still really swollen. I would like to ask how long will it take for the swelling to subside. And it is painful to move it.

I have this done in my neck to c6/7 due to a compressed nerve that is cruel.. Like an electric shock constantly down my right arm to my index finger.. So debilitating.. I initially had a bi lateral fusion at c345s12 after a fall nursing. The domino effect has crept up my spine and 4 years ago crush fractured every vertebrae in my thoracic.. Yes all 12 of them getting out. Of the car. The pain in my thoracic is cruel and has now crept up into my neck as above.. But I'm 70 and still working.. Keeps me fit and I am not going to let this deal ruin my life! The neck problem at 6/7 is narrowing dramatically which is very debilitating and scary. I? Surgery 4 years ago but they still aren't prepared to take it further.. Even though I don't think I would pursue it. Thanks for all of your advice.. I have great posture which helps and the injection is done under epidural and ct scan.. Im still not convinced it works or maybe it does but doesn't last very long. My thoracic pain constantly burns and is relentless! Luv from Australia! ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

Hey, sir can one shot of corticosteroid damages the tendons?? Please reply 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

what kind of exercises can you do after a cortisone shot in the ankle?

What about the ankles?

I'm scared I've got a steroid injection for my foot in the big toe joint I've just saw how big the needle is any advice I'm 30

Should you start moving joint immediately after injection?

I'm never having another cortisone shot. I've had a total of 6 in the past year and every time I've suffered from severe depression, sleeplessness and fever-like symptoms for at least 2 days after. Not to mention the damage they can cause to tendons.

At 32 I was rear-ended by a semi truck. In a month, I will turn 42 and the pain in my L4 and L5 is extremely bad at times. My fear is not being able to move at all come age 52. I rescue animals, take care of kids, work for my city, and still enjoy sexy time with the wife. I don't want to become a lump. Many doctors down play my pain because ai do not have said pain shooting down my leg/legs. Even though I do not have sciatica I still have almost daily pain.

I didn’t know that you shouldn’t put a heating ad in and I did yesterday after my shot for. a couple of hours. I see in the internet in Bold letters not to. Can this cause any issues? I just see don’t use heat or have a bath but it doesn’t say why.

I just had a 2nd cortisone shot in my shoulder. 2 weeks apart. My shoulder extremely tight and very heavy.. it’s been 4 days. Should I be concerned?

Felt so weird!!! Felt my hand getting blown up and heavier it was so weird. Not as painful as my usually injections so I was okay.

Should I do this at my very fast day immediately after the injection OR WAIT FOR 24 HOURS REST? Can any commenter answer me since these 2 guys never read or answer comments

I. Haveing one in 2 weeks

How about in the hand? I had one On my hand near the thumb area and by the time I got home the pain Has become unbearable and even worse when I let my arm hang down and its normal position. I can not put it any lower then my stomach area and even there I have to stretch it out every so often because the pain becomes sharp. As soon as I got home I took acetaminophen and it has not helped at all… Neither has the ice Ive been putting on it. Please advise me What can I do… 😭

I got crewop and just took prednisone

Hello Bob and Brad PT! Thanks for the topic to your message of an resolution. And Thanks for your helpful videos! Is it true to the fact that corticosteroid injections causes arthritis for when administered for pain relief? And How Many injections are too many? And if this to be true, what is the alternative method for pain? If there's no Alternate and your knee is the problem and corticosteroids causes weight gain; is there a corticosteroid shot or pill benefits for pain but either help you lose weight to take off knee or shot/pill prevent add on weight?(9/18/18)

Loss of the normal cervical lordosis. Vertebral body heights and alignment are maintained. Marrow signal is within normal limits. There are spondylotic changes in the cervical spine with disc height loss, disc spur complexes and facet and uncovertebral joint arthropathy. Question background of mild congenital spinal canal stenosis. C2-C3: No significant spinal canal stenosis or foraminal narrowing. C3-C4: Disc protrusion indents the thecal sac. Mild degenerative and congenital spinal canal stenosis. Facet and uncovertebral joint arthropathy with mild-to-moderate right and mild left foraminal narrowing. This has progressed from 2020. C4-C5: Disc protrusion indents the thecal sac and causes mild ventral cord deformity. There is mild spinal canal stenosis. Facet and uncovertebral joint arthropathy with mild bilateral foraminal narrowing. C5-C6: Disc osteophyte complex, facet and uncovertebral joint arthropathy with moderate spinal canal stenosis. No high-grade foraminal narrowing. C6-C7: Disc osteophyte complex compressesthe thecal sac. Moderate spinal canal stenosis. Facet and uncovertebral joint arthropathy with mild left greater than right foraminal narrowing. C7-T1: No significant spinal canal stenosis or foraminal narrowing. Visualized vertebral flow voids are That was a year ago going for a new scan and an mri ... in terrible ungodly amount of pain not .... I'm honestly convinced I have MS bc of the pain and symptoms it's unreal.... Will this help me or can I not get it done bc of how many discs ... the o ly time I get relief is from a week or two of decadrol

I just got my back epidural today. My ataxia is worse after procedure. My legs hurt right afterwards. So odd.

I had an injection to treat herniated disc injury. No pain in the injection spot but a few days after and since (2 + weeks) I've had pain, numbness in my shins and a weird feeling in my feet.... I had no issues in my legs and in fact standing and walking was the only time my disc issue wasn't bothering me. Has anyone gone through this? Please tell me it will go away.

I got an injection in my knee six weeks ago. It bruised terribly, abut 8 inches diameter bruise. It's remained bruised for the entire six weeks. After the second week, the skin became raw and irritated, as if I had scraped my knee in a fall. Now at more than six weeks, it's a dark bruise about two inches around and it is extremely painful with scabs across the knee. I would not do this again.

I am a 70 year old retired coal miner and 4 weeks ago a consultant gave me a steroid injection into the muscle of the torn ligament I have in my left groin but it did not work and I have to now go and see a pain specialist to have a more powerful injection under anaesthetic but what I want to know will my torn ligament heal on its own or do I have to have this other injection or is there anything I can take to help it heal like any herbs or supplements.