If performed carefully they are not normally painful. Most doctors will use a mixture of steroid and local anesthetic but sometimes other injection treatments can be given using platelet rich plasma, hyaluronic acid or even simple saline or salty water.
Common reasons for shoulder joint injections include:
- frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis
- osteoarthritis of the shoulder
- rheumatoid arthritis of the shoulder
- as a diagnostic aid when performing an arthrogram or a CT or MRI scan
Sometimes injections are given into the soft tissues around the shoulder - the bursa space or around the tendons of the rotator cuff. The technique for this is slightly different to the one used for a joint injection.
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