CORTICOSTEROIDS
Injections of a corticosteroid drug into your knee joint may help reduce the symptoms of an arthritis flare and provide pain relief that may last a few months.
HYALURONIC ACID
A thick fluid, like the fluid that naturally lubricates joints, hyaluronic acid can be injected into your knee to improve mobility and ease pain.
PROLOTHERAPY
Hypertonic dextrose improves the Knee pain. Dextrose prolotherapy effective management of knee osteoarthritis.
After the Intra Articular Injection Kindly follow the recommendation
- Protect the injection area for a day or two. If you received the injection in your knee, avoid any sudden injury over the knee and any kind of exercise for two days
- Apply ice to the injection site as needed to relieve pain. Avoid using hot pack. Although its fine to take shower same day of receiving injection
- Watch for signs of infection, including increasing pain, redness and swelling that last more than 48 hours, kindly visit the clinic or emergency department.
- Kindly Follow up the clinic after three weeks