Dr. Joshua John-Ram SchacterDr. Joshua Schacter, DO FAAOS, is America’s Holistic Orthopedic Surgeon, with nearly two decades of surgical expertise.

Don’t Mask Your Joint Pain. Heal Your Joints with Orthobiologics.

27 Apr 2024 · 1 min

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Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter (speaker) warns against using steroid injections as a long-term strategy for knee joint pain, stating they mask symptoms, can worsen joint health, and that a knee replacement should not be done within three months of a steroid injection because the steroid raises the risk of post-surgical infection. He also highlights unaddressed contributors to joint pain such as weight gain, difficulty exercising, and deconditioning.

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Within three months — "we really wouldn't want to do a knee replacement within three months of a steroid injection."

They "significantly increase" the risk of infection after knee replacement (as stated by the speaker).

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And we really wouldn't want to do a knee replacement within three months of a steroid injection. The steroid significantly increases your risk of infection after knee replacement. When we do a steroid injection we're doing that to relieve the patient of pain. But just like everything else we do in modern American medicine, it's an episodic treatment. We have a short term fix and we're just kind of kicking the can down the road to try and buy you some time with relief. Sure we give you a little bit of relief of pain but it's essentially masking your symptoms. It's not dealing with any of the other problems that can contribute to your joint pain like unwanted weight gain, difficulty with exercise, deconditioning, all manner of problems that can contribute to your joint pain and it's worsening your joint as you go. Not only does it mask your symptoms and give you a little bit of symptom relief, but it's actually damaging your joint as we do it.