Injections

What are my options for injections to treat pain?

Injections can treat pain originating in your spine or joints, including your hips, knees, and shoulders. At RISE, Dr. Stilp specializes in the following precise injection therapies.

Steroid injections

Steroid injections can be a first-line treatment for joint or back pain. Corticosteroids, or steroids, quickly reduce inflammation and pain. They can often fully resolve minor pain, but for chronic pain, they usually result in around three months of relief. 

Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy injections don’t use medication of any kind. Instead, they deliver a sugar solution into painful joints, tendons, or ligaments. The sugar aggravates the tissue, which may begin the healing process. 

Hyaluronic acid (HA) injections

Hyaluronic acid is a slippery substance that can lubricate stiff joints. Dr. Stilp might recommend HA injections to treat knee or shoulder pain. 

Regenerative injections

Regenerative injections, or orthobiologics, use cells and growth factors harvested from your blood or tissue to strengthen healing. Examples are platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections and bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) stem cell therapy. 

Which conditions can injections treat?

Regenerative therapies and other injections can address a wide range of orthopedic injuries and pain. You might consider them for low back pain or pain in a joint like your shoulder, hip, or knee. 

Dr. Stilp can tell you more about injection options for:

• Bursitis
• Arthritis
• Rotator cuff tears
• Tendinitis
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Impingements
• Overuse injuries
• Sports injuries

Before recommending treatment, Dr. Stilp evaluates your pain or injury with a detailed physical exam. 

What are the advantages of treating pain with injections?

Injections can reduce pain and improve healing so that you can avoid or delay surgery. They’re often able to treat pain at the source because of imaging to help guide the needle into place. 

Depending on the type of injection you get for joint or back pain, injections may offer these advantages:

• Improved healing
• Quick recovery
• Less inflammation
• Less pain immediately or in the long term

Dr. Stilp discusses injections with you in detail during your initial treatment consultation so you can choose a type for your needs and preferences. 

Injections can treat pain and inflammation without surgery, and in some cases, without medication. Call RISE or request an appointment online to find out if injections fit into your treatment plan.