Joint Injections

Joint injections

Joint pain can affect many different parts of the body and cause debilitating pain for people who suffer. While oral painkillers are usually a first-line treatment, lots of patients find that taking tablets doesn’t help to reduce their symptoms enough and end up looking for alternative non-surgical options like joint injections.

Ready Health is proud to offer steroid joint injections to the greater Wigan community at our clean and compassionate clinic on Standish High Street. We understand that pain impacts your daily life and how waiting weeks for relief isn’t ideal. Book an appointment with one of our registered clinicians now to receive a steroid injection for painful joints.

Depot Medrone injections

The medicine used in pain relief joint injections is a type of steroid called depot medrone. It helps to relieve pain and swelling around irritated joints.

The injection goes directly into your affected joint to target the symptoms at the source, and you can also be given a local anaesthetic beforehand to reduce the amount of pain you feel during the procedure.

Hydrocortisone injections are a great option for loads of people who struggle with pain and stiffness every day. While it’s not a cure and the therapeutic benefits of these injections can wear off, many find enough relief to get back to daily activities.

Benefits of steroid joint injection

Steroid injections are considered for people who experience joint pain and haven’t found enough relief with oral painkillers. Most people who consider joint injections suffer with conditions like arthritis or bursitis and long-term relief without taking tablets.

Because of the way hydrocortisone injections work, their benefits include reduced pain and swelling around the affected area, as well as increased mobility where it might have been stiff before.

Those who rely on steroid joint injections often find they become aware of when their treatment is wearing off as their pain begins to increase.

Steroid joint injection recovery time

Even though steroid injections help reduce pain and swelling, you might experience discomfort in the area immediately after the procedure. This is completely normal when you have a hydrocortisone joint injection and should go away within a few days. We recommend resting the joint for a day or so and using painkillers and ice if this bothers you.

After a few days, you should start gently moving your joint again with low impact exercises to help increase your range of mobility. By this time, a lot of patients find that the effects have already started working and their troublesome symptoms are already starting to reduce.

Most people don’t need to take time off work to recover and should be able to get back to normal activities within a week or two after treatment.

Private joint injection vs physiotherapy uk

The great thing about joint injections is that they can (and should!) be used alongside other methods of pain management like physiotherapy.

As well as offering private Depot Medrone injections at Ready Health, we also have a dedicated physiotherapy team who’d be happy to discuss a rehabilitation plan for your joint pain alongside a steroid injection.

Combining these two therapies helps with long-term pain relief and increased mobility as you preserve and strengthen the muscles around your injury.

Private joint injection uk

Booking a private joint injection is easy with Ready Health, Simply choose a time that suits you and pay on arrival at our clean and compassionate clinic in Standish High Street.

All private Depot Medrone injections are given by one of our highly skilled clinicians who’ll make you feel at ease throughout the appointment whether its your first or fifteenth injection. They’ll first ask about your condition and medical history as well as current medicines to make sure the treatment is safe for you before carrying out the procedure.

Choosing a private clinic to administer a joint injection is becoming a more popular choice as people struggle with long waiting times for pain relief on the NHS. Feel well without the wait at Ready Health and book your appointment here. [link to page]

Cost of private joint injection UK

We aim to make our treatments as affordable as possible as a private healthcare clinic serving the Greater Manchester and Lancashire communities.

Our joint injections for pain relief start from £99 for a single 30 min appointment which includes

- Consultation and assessment

- Joint injection

- Recovery and post injection movement advice

For more information, please contact our patient experience manager