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Cortisone shot in shoulders, Effective? NEED HELP HERE

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bravohero

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Hey everyone,
I have been lifting and battling a case of bursitis ( my tendons in my shoulder get inflammed when I bench press or do shoulder work) and I went through 12 sessions of physical therapy and it helped but not enough and they want me to get a cortisone shot in each shoulder and they said I should feel much better. And if I stay on my rotator cuff exercises when it wears off I should be fine?? any thoughts?
The reason my shoulders are getting mad is because they said there is an imbalance between my rotator cuffs and deltoids so I have been doing all my exercises they gave, taking msm, stretching, icing, heating, ibuprofin 800's, you name it but its so slow in getting better. I haven't gone to failure in bench or shoulders in probably 4 months ( oh how I miss it) and I have 2 shows coming up in June and I am starting to lose width in my shoulders and a TON of upper pec size. you will laugh at this, a few months before I started having problems I did a set of 405 for 4 reps on flat bench and the other day I got a wicked burn on my third set of 65 x 20, jesus that is embarrasing.
ANyone had a cortisone shot? WIll it help? Any other ideas??
 
Cortisone is very effective teratment for inflammation. But remember if used to often it can actual weaken the the muscle in the area. ie. cortisol
 
A chiropractor?? I don't see really how he can help with tendons?? I will keep that in mind and I will ask the surgeon about it. The Orthopedic Surgeon Im seeing is supposed to be really good he works on the University Football team. I have an appointment already but i will definatly ask him about chiropractic.
 
Cortisone only masks the pain. And actually makes the ligament, tendons and muscles weaker. So why do it?

You should read about something called "prolotherapy". Havn't tried it myself, but I think that's really something for you.
 
BIGbouncer said:
Cortisone only masks the pain. And actually makes the ligament, tendons and muscles weaker. So why do it?

You should read about something called "prolotherapy". Havn't tried it myself, but I think that's really something for you.
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Yep,The cortisone is more than likely a temporary fix.

I havent tried prolotherapy yet,but heard good things about it.

Heres a link on it, http://www.prolotherapy.com/
 
Cortisone is very effective teratment for inflammation. But remember if used to often it can actual weaken the the muscle in the area. ie. cortisol
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While it may be effective at stopping the pain, it also stops the healing so if you seek to further supress and damage your shoulder by all means get it done. Inflamation is the bodies means of focusing healing in a given area and even ibu, aleve etc all interfere.

Before getting to carried away loot at some alternative solutions such as ART or prolotherapy, i just got my 3rd prolo treatment in my elbow shoulder and my problem is MUCH improved. For info on prolotherapy do a search or hit prolotherapy.com
 
Cortisone is a temporary fix. Its helps to stop the inflammation spiral, where an inflamed area gets irritated because it is inflamed, which make it easier to be irritated, which makes it more inflamed, which makes it easier, etc etc etc.

Too many shots like that and you do get long-term degradation of the area. Not good.

A very important part of any rehab program, is not only working the rotator cuff, but also strengthening the REAR shoulder area to balance the development of the front of the shoulders.

SO many bodybuilder types overlook this. They work chest, upper chest, front delts, side delts, etc etc etc, and have very poor rear delt development in comparison.

Stand sideways and look into a mirror. See all that mass on top and in front of the shoulder? Now look at the back .... not as much huh (for most guys at least).

This causes am out-of-balance condition which makes many people prone to shoulder problems.

You MUST target and work rear delts (and the whole rear shoulder area) in order to have long-term success.

No, I am NMOT talking your traps or your upper backs ...... do the sideways stance in a mirror, and for most guys, you will see the difference.

This is also why many guys get that slight "hunchback" look. They work the front like crazy, get ALL of those muscles pulling forward on their shoulders, but don’t work the rear.

I had a lot of shoulder problems a while ago, but I really worked with the cuff exercises and also working the rear shoulders, and I am doing MUCH better.
 
Here are some other things to avoid:

Overhead presses and bringing the bar in BACK of the neck (BAD)

Sides raises (lateral raises) where the hands point down (thumbs should point a bit UP). Sides rasis should end when the arm is level with the ground.

Flyes that are too wide.

Bench presses with a bar, and bring the bar down to hit the chest (NOT good).

Those sorta row-type things, where you stand up, and pull a bar up across your abs and up to your chest, where your elbows fly out to the sides (quite bad).

Now many guys will say "I do all of that, or at least some, and I dont have shoulder problems".

And I say, "yeah, ya don't. Yet".
 
I'm in the same boat

Brave hero - I'm in the same position as you are bro. Started going to the chiropractor last week. Am pretty much doing the same things you are doing...icing, heating, exercises, advil & even had a cortisone shot on Monday. The shot has eased the pain somewhat but it has basically only changed from a stabbing type pain to a dull ache pain. The doc said if it's no better in 2 weeks then I go in for a MRI to look for tears in the shoulder. I can still work out but like you said it's pretty pathetic when you compare what you do now to what you did before. Look down further on the posts & you'll see one called "Shoulder injury". There's a ton of info on what we're dealing with. Some good stuff from Stone Cold on the ART treatment. Check it out....

DB
 
www.activerelease.com - that is the website that shows your closest ART therapist. My workout partner has gone 4x now and has noticed a big improvement. It wasn't covered by his insurance (Kaiser) so he pays $50/visit.
 
if your going to get a shot, you need to take considerable time off. i had a cortizone shot and had a football game the same day, during the game i injured my rotator cuff so bad it ended my season. you need to take time off if your going to get one. one of the best rehad lifts i had done was delt raises, front and side with light weight. i however think it is a good idea to keep your palms down and never go above your shoulder height. work a full range of motion with stretching and ALWAYS warm up your shoulders before doing a bench work out. just my opinion.
 
could it be deca time???

I'm seeing the chiropractor 3 times a week & I tell ya....if it doesn't get any better in the next week or so, I'm real tempted to stick these damn delts with about 2cc's of deca each for a couple of weeks just to see if that helps any. I said that to the doc when I was leaving today & he just kind of smiled & said "hopefully these treatments will take care of it". Yeah...we'll see.
 
i get cortisone shots in my elbows and find it works great, it hurt like hell to lift before now i feel fine.
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Thats because cortisone eliminates the swelling and in turn healing. You may feel good now, but I can just about gurantee you are setting yourself up for a fall since in the long run your problem will not be properly healed.
 
I got several cortisone shots in my shoulders for football in college. It helps relieve the inflammation, but like others have said, it weakens the tendons and ligaments. Also, if you continue to work out after you get the shot, it won't do jack shit for you. You must take a week or two off first, then lightly begin lifting and stretching again. I was told this, ignored it, and paid for it. Then I listened to them, and in about a month--whatdoyouknow-I was better and haven't had any problems.
 
Well I am really debating now on what to do. I have done some research on my problem, which is bursitis. The inflammation and swelling of the Bursa sacs on the tendon. I read an article the other day that said Cortisone injections can actually cure this problem.
I know that I can't just get a shot and go on my way. I am planning on getting a shot going easy for a week or two (what ever the doc says)to see if it took effect and then starting to lift. Im not planning on this healing me I know I have some muscle imbalance and yes my rear delt is less developed than the front and lateral heads. I just want to be able to lift while I fix the imbalance. I am getting a divet chest ( no upper chest just big lower)
 
Well I am really debating now on what to do. I have done some research on my problem, which is bursitis. The inflammation and swelling of the Bursa sacs on the tendon. I read an article the other day that said Cortisone injections can actually cure this problem. I am just scared that at the ripe old age of 21 I am already hurting myself. But this was a good eye opener. and ounce of prevention is worth a pound of pain.
I know that I can't just get a shot and go on my way. I am planning on getting a shot going easy for a week or two (what ever the doc says)to see if it took effect and then starting to lift. Im not planning on this healing me I know I have some muscle imbalance and yes my rear delts are less developed than the front and lateral heads. I just want to be able to lift while I fix the imbalance. And I have been very keen to listen to my body if I am hurting something and I have fixed everything, back and knees, without anything other than common sense.I am getting a divet chest ( no upper chest just big lower)
what do you think??? is this a doable strategy?

Sorry this posted twice.
 
i would say do it . i get one about twice a year .i have been able to put off surgey for about 4 years now. when pain gets to bad i get a shot .and i would make rehab part of your permanet routine because it seems like when you injure your shoulders your more prone to reinjurys. i can tell you one thing after you get a shot your 1.5 pin is going to look small. good luck
 
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