Trigger Point Injections | Pain Management in San Diego, CA

The American Chiropractic Association recognizes that pain usually occurs in the knees, shoulders, and muscles. Knees and shoulders may get injured due to accidents or excessive movements. The same goes for your muscles that tend to get trigger points or knots. You can get relief from these types of pain with injection treatments. If you have these joint and muscle problems, here’s what you should know about the knee, shoulder, and trigger point injections.

Extremely Low Risk of Side Effects

Experts say that when injections are involved, you should always expect some minor side effects. These injection treatments may hurt for a while, but that is because they are a little invasive. A needle penetrates the affected area and introduces medication. In the case of knee/shoulder injections, the needle gets into the joint space, depositing an anesthetic and a corticosteroid. The anesthetic relieves pain immediately. Corticosteroid relieves inflammation and pain over time. For trigger point injections, your doctor will use a needle to introduce the pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory medications into the area that hurts. Expect both injection therapies to result in some pain and swelling at first. After at least two days, you can go back to your normal daily activities.

Work With Other Therapies

You can have these injections while you are going through other therapies such as physical therapy or massage therapy. As you move to get your normal range of motion back, the injections can make your movements smoother, maximizing the results of other therapies. Pain and inflammation remain at a minimum as the rest of the treatments target the underlying causes of your condition.

Relieve Discomfort

Experts say that pain is the main obstacle to any activity. Through these injections, the pain you experience dissipates almost immediately. Your whole body feels it because other areas of discomfort get relief as well. Once your knee, shoulder, and muscles receive their injections, you can go about your normal movements without soreness.

Help Many Conditions

Knee/shoulder injections can help the following conditions:

Frozen shoulder.
Plantar fasciitis.
Knee osteoarthritis.
Rotator cuff tendinitis.
Hip bursitis.

Trigger point injections can treat the following ailments:

Back pain.
Neck pain.
Carpal tunnel syndrome.
Fibromyalgia.
Sports injuries.
Osteoarthritis.
Temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ).
Sciatica.

Short Recovery Time

These injections are nonsurgical. At most, they only need a short downtime. For knee/shoulder injections, you just have to let the site recover for at least two days. After that, you can start using your knee and shoulder normally. On the other hand, trigger injections do not need time for recovery at all. Once you get the treatment, you can feel the effects right away.

Persistent pain in your knee, shoulder, or muscle areas can be debilitating. It tends to hold you back from doing what you always want to do. At Alicja Steiner, MD, we aim to provide the least invasive form of immediate pain relief to all our patients. Please visit our clinic in San Diego, California, for an in-person consultation. You can also call us at 619-304-1539 if you want to schedule an appointment. That way, we can answer your questions about our knee, shoulder, and trigger point injection treatment packages.