"My doctor wants to give me a cortisone injection in my knee for my osteoarthritis. That's just a short-term fix, isn't it? Won't the pain just come back?"
Knee pain from osteoarthritis (OA) can range from mild to severe. There are se...
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Having severe pain in my left knee I was diagnosed w aritritis, had my Dr. inject the cortisone treatment, which did the trick. I do aerobics twice a wk and also pool aerobics in the summer, am very active for 75 yrs. Hope this helps someone, I've had rt knee replacement 5 yrs ago, and that's not where I want to go now.
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