Anyone had a steroid injection in their hip ?

[Airliebird]

I have recently been told i have bursitis (sp?) in my hip and will need an injection in it.

Just wondering what this entails / does it hurt etc ?

Thanks

My Dad had a steroid injection in his shoulder joint - extremely panful and could hardly drive his car home afterwards.

Everyone he spoke to afterwards confirmed it does really hurt a lot.

Thanks for the reply

did it ease the pain at all

Yes but it took a few days to kick in and he never ever wants to have it done again.

I had one in my hip a couple of months ago. It was not too painful - kind of like a wasp sting. It ached a bit afterwards and I had to take it easy and then had 14 sessions of physio for a related problem. Actually the most painful bit was when the quack mapped out the painful area by poking me and drawing all over me with red pen!

HTH.

thanks brouguemum that makes me feel slightly better about the whole thing !

I also have a needle phobia which isn't helping

I had various steroid injections including in my sacroiliac joint (spine/pelvis). I had reactive arthritis and I was in agony when I tried to walk, but the injection itself was like any other and by the time I got home from the hospital about 2hr later, I was already feeling much better in that joint.
I would not say it hurt that much at all, but I was in a lot of pain beforehand - although injections in small joints (smaller toes) are an absolute killer and another thing entirely!!
Good luck, sure it will really help.