Cortisone shot in shoulders, Effective? NEED HELP HERE

[Riker29]

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".

 

[daveyboy]

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

 

[mvmaxx]

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.

 

[edII]

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.

 

[daveyboy]

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.

 

[MARITIME STEEL]

i get cortisone shots in my elbows and find it works great, it hurt like hell to lift before now i feel fine.

 

[Zyglamail]

i get cortisone shots in my elbows and find it works great, it hurt like hell to lift before now i feel fine.

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.

 

[usersatch]

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.

 

[bravohero]

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)

 

[bravohero]

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.