Shoulder ultrasound and cortisone injection

[pinkkoala]

Please I am looking for as much honest info as possible
have been told I need this as have rotator cuff problem and they think possibly bursitis.
what will the ultrasound show up
and how painful are they injections and will I be able to return to my health care assistant job with dementia and end of life the next day or dies it need rest, as you can imagine my job is very physical and maybe possibly the cause of the injury

Mine is very painful but the scan showed nothing so you may not get the injections at all 😕 hope you get it sorted it's horrible x

its horrible pain isn’t it and I have good days and bad days, was hoping it would be healed by now. I am going private for physio and they have their own medical team, I get my insurance through work so am hoping it will be sorted but just wondering if I will need time off as physical
job.
do they let you bring someone with you for scan and injection.

I’ve had two of the injections and they were a little uncomfortable momentarily and then fine , no rest was needed and normal life resumed immediately ! They did help but it took many more months to become pain free entirely.

The actual injection doesn't hurt too much. I've had a few and I'm always in a lot of pain the first night. However, with pain killers it's manageable. Have pain killers to hand. By day 2 things always felt a lot better.

No issues here. Just relief when the steroids kicked in.

The injection itself was pretty painless and I drove home straight afterwards.

Unfortunately nobody here can tell ypu what the ultrasound will show. You'll either be a candidate for injections or not and they'll only know when they look. Ultrasounds are completely painless and very quick.

The injection is pretty quick and done with a very fine needle, it's quite likely they'll use some local anaesthetic (numbing cream) to mitigate that but even without it it's not a dramatic or long lasting pain. I wouldn't expect them to let anyone in with you as a) it's a very minor procedure and b you need to remain very still while they do this so distractions are kept to the minimum but again only they can tell you what their rules are.

Yes you will need to rest your shoulder, they can tell you how long but I would expect not to attend work that day and be required to rest it for several days afterwards - eg no heavy or moderate lifting or use of the shoulder so unless work can be adapted to this then perhaps it is best to take time off.

I'd recommend giving them a ring or an email with a list of your questions to be honest. Best and only way to know for sure what they allow/recommend.

My GP did my first shoulder injection (said it was one of his 'specialisms') and it made no difference, in fact it rapidly deteriorated afterwards - I ended up seeing a surgeon who operated and it was fine after recovery. When I had issues with the other shoulder I paid to go back to the surgeon for a consultation and he did an injection but this time he used X-ray to ensure it was in the correct location. That was very successful and I've had no issues since then.

It’s interesting to hear other people’s experiences, I am just concerned re the pain and if I will need time off as so far the physio and doctor have said it needs complete rest, impossible in my job.

I've got exactly this. Had it since August. They can tell straight away at the ultrasound & at mine they told me what they found. I had a small tear in rotator cuff plus they found bursitis too.
The problem with bursae are some people naturally have larger ones than others so unless they scan both shoulders it's hard to know if it's abnormal for you.
Bursitis is unfortunately rest. I'm in a worse position than you as work in farming & part time equine nurse so constant heavy repetitive lifting.
I had the steroid injection just before Xmas but you do have to rest it after (no heavy lifting, pushing, pulling) as the steroid can make the ligaments weaker putting you at risk of further tears.
The injection was fine. It's obviously not as pain free as flu jab but it was discomfort rather than pain.
The hardest bit now is trying to rest it as it feels alot better.

I had a US which showed problems and was offered an injection. It didn't really hurt but it didn't do anything to help unfortunately.

Did you get the injection?
How was it?

My dad had this done last year. It was amazing, he felt great really quickly and he did far too much too soon (heavy gardening , hedge cutting )instead of resting it and doing strengthening exercises.
The pain came back and he had to repeat the injection again, a very expensive experience as he had paid privately for it. He followed the post procedure to a t after the 2nd injection and he is pain free , if they say rest you really need to be off work.