Has anyone had an image guided steroid injection for hip bursitis -- bricking it.

[SiobhanSharpe]

Just that. I'm due to have an ultrasound guided steroid injection tomorrow for my hip bursitis and I'm, er, quite nervous.
The info says there will be a local anaesthetic which will sting but the injection itself is generally considered 'uncomfortable' rather than painful.
(always thought uncomfortable was medic-speak for 'fucking hurts'.)
Has anyone had this done please? I'd be grateful for any advice or information as to how it went for them.
And I can't help but wonder why they don't offer light sedation as well as local anaesthesia. This is at a private clinic. (I had light sedation for a colonoscopy once and it was great. Didn't feel a thing )

Sorry I have never had it for bursitis but about to have one into the hip joint for labral tear and am having sedation. I don't know if that's because it goes into the joint and so is perhaps more painful but it shows it's possible to have it. If you're having it a private place I would ask about it.

Good luck ! It will be fine. I’ve had a shoulder one and the local anaesthetic worked well.

Can I ask - how were you diagnosed with bursitis ? Did you have an xray?

Not for bursitis but I had X-ray guided steroid injections into my sacro iliac joints a few years ago. It was definitely more uncomfortable than painful and worked really well.

I do them regularly - patients often think I haven’t done it yet when the needle is out and I’m putting it in the sharps bin. You have zero to worry about

@llamarammma yes, after an x-ray.
Had a total knee replacement three years ago which wasn't great, it failed and had to be revised which was done in March. But this meant i was not walking at all well for quite a long time which seems to have caused the hip inflammation .
Thank you all for the replies, I feel somewhat reassured but I think I'll ask about sedation and see what they say.
The (second) new knee is fine though!

Thankyou for the info - it makes sense with the knee causing the bursitis. I hope all goes well for you. I sympathise. It’s a painful condition.

Yes and it was like a miracle cure

Mine lasted for years and it's just come back. Im going to beg my gp for another

I am normally sedated for just about every medical procedure I have but this was just the local anaesthetic and then the steroid injection. Honestly it was absolutely fine! It was such a relief to have it done.

@Maddy70 and @ILoveMyCaravan that sounds wonderful. Keep your fingers crossed it'll be much the same for me please.

I've had it done without image guidance. It was absolutely fine, just the sting of the local. My experience definitely didn't merit sedation. Good luck!

I had a steroid injection in my hip by x ray and a hyaluronic acid injection by ultrasound as pain relief attempts prior to a full hip replacement. I don’t remember either being painful. I had a local prior to both.

I had this, but for shoulder rather than hip. It was very slightly uncomfortable at most, but not painful. And it made such a massive difference in a remarkably short time. I hope it really helps you.

I have had this done in both hips once or twice a year for the last five years… I have a (charmingly-named) “Miserable Malalignment” and my femur doesn’t sit in my hip socket. This means that the muscles and ligaments on that side are doing the job of the joint and of course have significant wear and tear. The other hip carries the load and has arthritis. Obviously I’d rather go to the beach or be eating ice cream, but it’s not something I dread.

I have and it was fine. The sensation is weird, I experienced it as a pressure in my hip joint but not painful. The local anaesthetic they put in first was also fine. Good luck and the end result was positive

I had one last year and it was absolutely fine. No pain whatsoever.

When I had it the anaesthetic was in the steroid injection and it was painful but within minutes I could walk without pain and two days later I danced the night away at my son's wedding.

I've also had non guided on and that was the same.A moment of pain for years of relief.

This sounds really interesting and like some of the issues I have. Can you tell me how it was diagnosed and how old you were?

Can't speak for hips, I’m afraid, but I’ve also had two shoulder ones and they were honestly fine. The first one I didn’t feel at all (I asked when it was going to start and was told ‘it’s finished!'); the second was a slightly weird feeling but not painful - and that was because I was having saline pumped into it as well for a frozen shoulder.

@garlictwist The long story short version is that in 1972 when I was born prematurely, they had no idea what they were doing. My leg was broken and they put it in traction in the humidicrub, and after a month of constant crying, they put the other one up too to “balance me out” for the next three months. When I went home, I was a “floppy” baby which they put down to brain damage. When I was four, a health nurse noticed me trying to haul myself up on our German shepherd, and him trying to encourage it. She realised that the traction had dislocated my hips. I spent until I was about 10 in calipers to try and sort that out, but my leg had set badly and that caused the malalignment. I have always been “floppy” and klutzy and I was diagnosed with Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome when I was almost 50, and that has undoubtedly contributed also. Perfect storm. I had some X-rays done and the R leg measured at almost 2in shorter than the L one. I have orthotics and a heel raise to help a bit now.

I’ve had it done and it was not painful. It was also useless probably because turns out I didn’t have bursitis I had arthritis which then continued misdiagnosed for almost 7 years.
If the injection doesn’t help insist on imaging if not already been done.

I've had that done in my shoulder. Was no problem at all. Don't even remember it hurting?

I have had them for osteoarthritis in my hips ( previously broken hips).. I had then two weeks apart.
Now the first one l never felt a thing.. the specialist well she was amazing .
The second one hurt like mad.. it only lasted about 3 minutes .. and soon wore off ( different specialists and he was heavy handed and abrupt).
I'm due then again very soon.
Honestly the relief they gave me was brilliant. Can't wait to have them again.. the bit of pain was worth it.

@Fraaahnces I'm so sorry that happened - that’s awful for you. I have a family member with issues which sound very similar re the misaligned hips and floppiness etc and also significant misdiagnosis from birth ☹️

I had one a few months ago, I also found it absolutely fine, I watched it on the screen.
I have also had one in my toe, that was a bit uncomfortable but I wouldn’t hesitate to have another one.