Biologics Injections: More Effective than Steroid Shots at Relieving Pain

Most good studies find that biologics treatments are much more effective in providing patients short and long term pain relief. In head to head studies between PRP or platelet rich plasma or bone marrow aspirate injections and either lubrication injections or Visco supplementation injections, what we would call the rooster shot and steroid injections, most good studies find that biologics treatments are much more effective and in providing patients short and long term pain relief. And so we feel very strongly that continuing these potentially damaging procedures, just to give you a small amount of relief which is actually damaging your joint and your health, is not worth it to our patients. As of now, we no longer perform intraarticular stereta injections.