***Sqad***Cortisone injection + Ultrasound treatment

[hollie1586]

Is it ok to have ultrasound treatment a few days after having a cortisone injection? My mum has a frozen shoulder and had the injection yesterday. She had ultrasound treatment on her leg a couple of years ago and it really helped with pain so was just wondering if she could have it on the shoulder so soon after being injected.

[237SJ]

Ultrasound is just an echo that bounces back from a solid object (eg bone) to form an image. I can`t see how cortisone treatment would make any difference to be honest. I`m not an expert and Sqad might elaborate but that`s just my opinion (for what it`s worth).

[Prudie]

I'm not an expert either but why not wait to see if the injection has worked? i was in agony for months with a shoulder injury but a cortisone injection miraculously cured it but it took 48 hours for the pain to disappear. As an aside while I was waiting for the GP to finally agree to the injection, which took him weeks, I had ultrasound through work and it had no effect whatsoever.

[237SJ]

Sorry, I didn`t make myself very clear. I meant to say that I can`t see why having a cortisone injection would make any difference to an ultrasound image.

[percypineapple]

Can I just add, that my doctor gave me cortisone injections in my shoulder in the 60's, but a doctor in later years advised me against it, saying that it can cause " infections" don't really know what he meant, but apparantly the injection is just a cushion of fluid, and I, as a layman, cannot see any reason why it would affect an ultra sound, you can see a baby through all the protective fluid in the womb, so a drop of fluid should not make any difference, but, I am a telephone engineer, not a medical man. Sqad will give the correct answer. i am sure.

[hollie1586]

Thanks for your reply 237SJ but i don't mean ultrasound as in an image (she had that done the other day), i mean ultrasound treatment. It is used for pain in tendons, ligaments etc

[Sqad]

Perfectly fine.............