Joints and Soft Tissue Injections

Injection techniques are helpful for diagnosis and therapeutic in a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. Diagnostic indications include the aspiration of fluid for analysis and the assessment of pain relief and increased range of motion. Therapeutic indications include the delivery of different types of drugs for suppression of inflammation.

Indications for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Injection

Soft tissue conditions

• Bursitis
• Tendonitis
• Trigger points
• Ganglion cysts
• Neuromas
• Entrapment syndromes (carpal tunnel syndrome, tarsal tunnel syndrome)
• Fasciitis

Joint conditions

• Effusion of unknown origin
• Crystalloid arthropathies (gout, pseudogout)
• Synovitis
• Inflammatory arthritis (Advanced osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis)