Steroid Injections

What are steroid injections?

Steroid injections are used in podiatry to treat a range of foot and ankle pain conditions. A corticosteroid is a powerful anti-inflammatory that is directed specifically to the area of pain and is used to reduce swelling, inflammation, and therefore pain. A steroid injection can be administered into or around a joint, tendon, or ligament.

Steroid injections can be used as part of a treatment regimen that may include orthotics, exercise therapy, and much more to alleviate pain and inflammation.

How can injections help me?

The following conditions may benefit from steroid injections:

Heel pain and plantar fasciitis.
Morton’s Neuroma.
arthritis.
bursitis.
Hallux rigidus/limitus.
Sinus Tarsi syndrome.

How does a steroid injection work?

Your immune system uses inflammation to defend your body against trauma, foreign objects, and other harmful things. Several chemicals are released during inflammation, such as the hormones histamine and bradykinin. Your brain receives pain messages from these chemicals, which aggravates nerves.

These hormones irritate the nerves and deliver pain signals to the brain.

A steroid injection decreases the quantities of chemicals that cause inflammation. This may increase joint function while also reducing nerve stimulation, which causes pain.

What are the advantages of steroid injections?

What are the advantages of steroid injections.

Here are some of the advantages of utilising steroid injections in podiatry:

  1. It relieves pain and discomfort.

  2. Improves range of motion at the joint.

  3. Allows you to resume regular activities.

  4. Injections operate quicker and more effectively than creams or NSAIDS, like ibuprofen.

  5. reduces swelling and inflammation.

How do you arrange a steroid injection at Dunford Health?

We will thoroughly examine your feet and get a complete medical history in your first appointment. In order to manage your condition and relieve your symptoms, your podiatrist will talk with you about a personalised treatment plan.

After assessment of suitability for a steroid injection, we will carry out the injectable treatment usually at the time of your first appointment, or shortly after your first appointment.

It is essential that you attend the assessment in order to determine the source of your symptoms. It will also identify anatomical deformities, movement patterns, and mechanical issues that may need addressing.