Which works better for shoulder pain, physical
therapy or steroid injections.
The answer will surprise you.
Physical Therapy, Steroid Injections Equally
Effective for Shoulder Pain.
Kathryn Doyle writing for Reuters reported
on the findings of a study published in the
Annals of Internal Medicine suggesting that
both physical therapy and steroid injections
are equally effective in addressing shoulder
pain endured by those with shoulder impingement
syndrome.
The lead author of the study, Daniel I. Rhon,
a physical therapist at the Center for the
Intrepid at Brooke Army Medical Center, told
Reuters via email, “There is a strong consensus
that exercises can help, and patients may
also get a referral to physical therapy for
this condition...Because of the pain and inflammation
that is sometimes present with shoulder impingement,
corticosteroid injections are also a very
common treatment used by general practitioners,
orthopedists, and rheumatologists.”
Comment: Surprise, surprise.
