Injections in Knee?

patticakes · ‎03-10-2010

Anyone had either cortisone or hyaluronan acid injections in knee? If so, please tell me your experience. I'm looking at the possibility of either and have never had injections in my knee/knees before. Did your doctor numb the area before or did you have to ask him to do this first? If you had the hyaluronan, did you have the one injection or the multiple? Also, a big concern for me is will there be any down time? They schedule my doctor's appt two days before I was scheduled to have a dinner at my home. Will I still be able to do that or will I have to stay off my leg for a few days?

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I have never had knee injections, but my sister has. She received the brand called Synvisc, which is hyaluronan. She received a numbing agent first and said there was no pain after the numbing agent was administered.

She received a series of 3 injections over the course of a few months. From what I hear, these injections work wonders.

I work for a health insurance company and often hear from our subscribers that this medication is a godsend. I would not hesitate to get this if I had really bad pain in my knees.

My sister is a teacher and on her feet for most of the day. She had no down time, except the day of the injections when she came home and relaxed because she could, not becaue she had to.

Best of luck to you. I think you will be happy with little or no pain after your treatment, whichever one you choose.

kittymomNC · ‎08-09-2012

I've had cortisone injections in my knee when I had some fluid build-up that was going from my knee down into my calf, causing swelling and pain. I don't remember for sure, but I think they may have done a little topical numbing agent first. The injection that I had also had pain medication in it. It hurt a little, but not at all like the horror stories I had heard. The pain med started working by the time I got to my car, drove home, and the swelling started going down within a day. No after effects to speak of. That was a number of years ago, and I don't know exactly what they give you now or what your particular problem is.

For me, it was like a miracle injection! ${#emotions_dlg.blush}$

marmot24 · ‎03-12-2010

I also had the cortisone injections, and they were a godsend. The dr. numbed the area and drained it before the injection. Wasn't painless, but not too bad. Felt so much better immediately and it lasted over 4 months. Good luck with whatever you decide. Marmot

ivey · ‎03-10-2010

You can go about a regular day after the surgery--but my Physician Assistant who administered the Synvisc told me that you want the injection to set so not to do a lot of running around. It takes a while for it to build up in your knee but my understanding was that you want the fluid to stay where it's supposed to after it's first injected.

Only you know what type of activity you will be doing in getting ready for the party.

There is some pain with the injection (I had no numbing) but it's nothing worse than the knee pain. More like soreness afterward.

pupwhipped · ‎03-11-2010

I had a cortisone injection about 6 weeks ago or so. It has really helped my knee. It may not help yours, but I have been very pleased. My doctor's Physician's Assistant gave me the injection. As I recall, she put a needle in that administered the numbing agent and told me that was the worst part of it...it did not really hurt that much. The needle stayed in my knee and she swapped out the numbing agent for the cortisone. The cortisone going in felt like a lot of pressure...kinda strange. I began to think she was going to overfill. HA! Now, after the shot, I felt like there was a big apple or something in my knee...I limped outta there more then when I went in. And to be honest, my knee felt worse for a couple of days before it began to feel better. It finally kicked in and I have had very good results from it. I hope you have good results, too.

squeaks · ‎03-11-2010

I have had this procedure done several times. The aide always numbs the area and the Dr gives the shot. He has always done five shots a week apart. They recommend ice on the knee. I was fine after relaxing with the ice pack for few hours. My lasted about a year.

Hoovermom · ‎03-19-2010

I just had a cortisone injection last week along with draining of fluid on my knee. The doctor numbed the area, inserted the needle to drain the fluid and then gave the cortisone. The worse pain for me was the probe getting to the two areas of fluid, mainly pressure. I got relief the same day and was able to go to a major amusement park the next day without little discomfort. BTW he did give me a month's prescription of Duexis (ibuprofen and famotidine 800mg) to help with the knee inflammation. Good luck!

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

I had a series of 5 hyaluronic acid injections in 2011. Doc numbed the outside of my knee and the only thing I felt was when the needle went through the fluid sack around the knee. It was a very brief poke, not much worse than getting a shot in the arm. Doc said it'd take 2-3 months after the last one to notice a difference. It did help and I was able to put off my knee replacement until the summer of 2014.

Stray · ‎04-20-2013

I have had multiple injections to various joints. I always had a topical anesthetic by the doctor, the injections did not hurt and I went back to work right after with no problem.