Rotator Cuff Injury Pain Treatment Berkshire

Diagnostic ultrasound scans provide real-time images, allowing for accurate assessment of the injury’s location and severity. It’s a safe, cost-effective, and radiation-free imaging modality, making it a preferred choice for diagnosing Rotator Cuff Injuries.

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A Rotator Cuff Injury is a common shoulder condition. It’s diagnosed using diagnostic ultrasound scans, a non-invasive imaging technique. The ultrasound helps in assessing the extent of the injury by visualizing the tendons and tissues within the shoulder.

Steroid Injections: Steroids have conventionally been used as blind injections to relieve shoulder pain. However, ultrasound guidance is the method of choice in the modern era as doctors can accurately localise a precise point of target while avoiding healthy tissue from needle injury. Most of the patients get immediate pain relief. A local anaesthetic is used before steroid injection to reduce the injection pain.

Hyaluronic Acid Injections: Hyaluronic acid is a lubricating fluid which gives a cushioning effect in severe arthritic conditions. Sometimes it can be combined with steroids for quick pain relief.

Ultrasound-guided barbotage: Ultrasound guidance is used to break and sometimes withdraw the tendon calcifications which are a source of tendon inflammation.

Hydrodilatation/ Hydrodistension for frozen shoulder: It is an ultrasound-guided procedure. After local anaesthetic and aseptic conditions, an intra-articular steroid is given along with a large quantity of normal saline fluid to break the capsular adhesions. This procedure has marvellous results in many cases.

Suprascapular Nerve Blocks: A suprascapular nerve block is used with the intention of alleviating pain due to severe rotator cuff tendon tears, tendon inflammations and severe arthritis resistant to steroid injections. This procedure is performed with ultrasound guidance and under strict aseptic technique. This technique has very promising results.

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Injections are commonly used in the treatment of Rotator Cuff Injuries to reduce inflammation and ultimately pain. Corticosteroid injections can provide relief, while Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) injections can promote healing.

Diagnostic ultrasound scans allow for precise, guided injections. They help healthcare providers target the injured area accurately, ensuring the medication or treatment is delivered to the right area for best effectiveness.

Yes, many Rotator Cuff Injuries can be treated non-surgically. Treatment options include rest, physical therapy, anti-inflammatory medications, and injections. Surgery is considered and reserved when non-surgical methods do not provide sufficient relief.

Recovery time can vary based on the severity of the injury and the type of injection treatment. Patients may experience relief within a few days to weeks. Physiotherapy and rehabilitation may be needed for better and full recovery.

Rehabilitation exercises may include pendulum exercises, external and internal rotations, scapular strengthening, and range-of-motion exercises. These exercises are designed to improve strength and flexibility in the shoulder.

The success of injection treatments is typically measured by pain relief, improved function, and the ability to return to normal activities. Follow-up diagnostic ultrasound scans may be used to assess healing progress. Pain-scoring diary sheets given to the patients are helpful for monitoring and future reference.

Untreated Rotator Cuff Injuries can lead to chronic pain, reduced shoulder mobility, muscle atrophy, and, in severe cases, may result in irreparable damage, necessitating more complex surgical interventions.

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Few key medical terms related to Rotator Cuff Injuries include tendinopathy, tendinosis, calcific tendinitis, Tenosynovitis, partial tears, full-thickness tears, subacromial impingement, Subacromial subdeltoid bursitis, and acromion-clavicular arthropathy.

It’s advisable not to drive after the procedure. You are advised not to perform heavy physical activity for 2- 3 days. You need to start physio exercises immediately and increase the frequency of these with the passage of time to achieve the very best results.

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We operate our clinic from Manor Park Medical Centre, 2 Lerwick Drive, Slough, Berkshire SL1 3XU. Please note we are not part of Manor Park Medical Centre but use the premises.

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