Intra-articular injections (blockades) are often used to help with osteoarthritis of the large joints (knee, hip, shoulder, elbow). In many cases, intraarticular injection can really ease the patient's condition.

Most often, corticosteroid hormones are injected into the joint.

Corticosteroids are good because they quickly and effectively suppress pain and inflammation in synovitis (swelling and swelling of the joint). It is the speed with which the therapeutic effect is achieved is the reason that corticosteroid injections have gained special popularity.

However, the problem is that just osteoarthritis itself is not treated and can not be treated with corticosteroids. Corticosteroids do not improve the condition of articular cartilage, do not strengthen bone tissue and do not restore normal blood circulation. All they can do is reduce the body's corresponding inflammatory response to a joint injury. Therefore, intra-articular injections are used only in the treatment of osteoarthritis.

For example, a patient was diagnosed with stage II gonarthrosis with swelling of the joint due to accumulation of fluid in it. Accumulation of fluid (synovitis) complicates medical procedures: manual therapy, exercise therapy, FTL. In this situation, the doctor conducts evacuation of excess fluid from the joint intraarticular injection of hormones to eliminate synovitis, and a week later proceed to other active treatment.

But even if intra-articular administration of corticosteroids is really necessary, you need to follow a number of rules. First, it is undesirable to make such injections into the same joint more often than once every 2 weeks. The fact that your medicine "earn" in full force at once and the doctor can finally assess the effect of the procedure in a few days.

Hyaluronic acid treatment.

Inside the joint cavity between the cartilaginous surfaces of the joint is the joint fluid. Its functions are joint lubrication to improve sliding and mobility, protection of the cartilage surface from grinding, buffer function and protection against shocks, supply of cartilage with nutrients. In osteoarthritis, a decrease in the viscosity of the joint fluid leads to dysfunction of the joint. Not only the quality of the liquid decreases, but also its quantity.

Doctor	Name	Specialization	Reception time (Sunday)
	Костенюк Олег Іванович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Окрім Ілля Ілліч	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Процюк Віктор Васильович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Васюк Сергій Володимирович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Юрценюк Андрій Володимирович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Білик Сергій Вікторович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-
	Васильчишин Ярослав Миколайович	Traumatology and Orthopedics	-