A short video by Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter warning that steroid injections cause progressive damage to injected tissues (tendons, ligaments, joints), especially with repeated injections, and increase risk of complications and poorer surgical outcomes.
The problem with steroid injections overall is we know very conclusively from many, many studies that steroid injection damages the tissue that we injected into. And this counts for tendon, this counts for ligament, this counts for joint. So any tissue that we would put a steroid into will be damaged over time, especially if we do multiple steroid injections into the same area. And as an orthopedic surgeon, I've spent years and years doing multiple steroid injections into the same area. Believe me, you that we see that patients who have multiple steroid injections do have progression of their arthritic disease. And oftentimes steroid not only damages the inside of your joint and the tissue surrounding it, but it also creates an environment that increases your risk of complications both from further injections and interventions, and then also from surgery.
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