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

Steroid injections can damage tissue... you can talk to your doctor about other options!

7 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter explains how steroid injections for back and shoulder pain can damage tissue. More than two or three injections per year accelerates arthritis, and spacing them six months apart is safer than every three to five months.

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Dr. Joshua John-Ram Schacter.

About six months (healthier than three or five months).

More than two or three injections per year.

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Well, so getting injections in your back can really help with back symptoms, but it is damaging the tissue when they put them in. Six months is one of those intervals that is a little bit healthier than if we were doing three months or five months. As far as your shoulder is concerned, I would have to see where you're having your injections. Certainly the steroid injection can damage the tissues of the shoulder. It can damage the joint space if it's in the joint space, or it can damage the cuff of tendon around the shoulder joint if it's injected into those. If you have more than two or three a year, that does cause an acceleration of your arthritis. Arthritis and tissue damage.