Dr. Josh Schacter warns viewers against steroid injections for joint pain, listing three main dangers: they only mask symptoms without healing, repeated injections can accelerate cartilage loss, and steroid injections are associated with increased risk of later joint-replacement surgery. The video closes with a patient anecdote about frequent (every-three-month) injections leading to bone-on-bone degeneration and a clinic-centered recommendation to pursue regenerative treatments instead of temporary pain relief.
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Every three months for many years.
Are you getting steroid injections for joint pain? Well, you might want to think again. Steroid injections.
Have many risks, including that they damage your joint and accelerate your arthritis. Hi, I'm Dr. Josh Schachter, and I'm.
Going to tell you about three significant.
Dangers of steroid.
Injections that you might not know about. Wait around for the last one. It's the most important. Number one, steroids don't fix the problem. They just cover it up. They reduce inflammation, sure, but they don't heal anything. You walk out of your appointment feeling better, but the joint just keeps on degenerating or even worse. And. And number two, they accelerate your cartilage loss. There's research showing that repeated steroid use breaks down actual cartilage in your joint. Let's think about that. Less cushion, more bone on bone pain. And number three, and this is the big one, steroid injections are linked to increased risk of joint replacement surgery. I had a patient recently who was in her late 50s. She'd gotten steroid injections every three months for many years, and no one had been telling her that her joint was being damaged. By the time she came to us, her knee was bone on bone and her only option was surgery. That's why we do things differently here at Pinnacle. We focus on regeneration, not numbing the pain. If you're looking for real healing and not just a temporary fix, well, come see us. Click that link or give us a call. Let's get to the root of your pain and help your body heal naturally.
