Shoulder Joint Injections

Shoulder joint injections can be used for a number of conditions.
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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Injection Bruise | Pain After Injection

Getting a bruise (sometimes called a haematoma) after an injection is not unusual. It usually arises simply due to bad luck - but can sometimes be related to problems in the persons blood clotting pathways.

You need to remember that most injections are done with a very small needle. These needles are designed to cause as little trauma as possible to the tissues - but sometimes a small vein or artery might be scratched by the needle as it goes into the skin and muscle. This blood vessel then leaks a bit - causing a bruise to appear several days later.

A bruise after an injection can sometimes be painful - or sometimes not. Most will fade quickly without the need for any treatment.

If you find that you get severe bruising every time you have an injection then you should mention this to your doctor because it could point to a problem with blood clotting and you may need some investigations done.