Can you tell me about steroid injections for a frozen shoulder?

Helps inflammation: Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is an inflammatory condition of the shoulder where tissue like scar forms and restricts motion. Steroid injections place a powerful anti-inflammatory medicine directly in the area. This helps slow the inflammatory process. Often, pain is improved to the point where physical therapy (pt) can be performed, which is the mainstay of treatment.

Sure: Despite literature stating lack of efficacy, in my practice, glenohumeral steroid injections or steroid placed intraarticularly are very effective for treating true capsulitis (frozen shoulder). I usually space them 6 weeks apart with the average patent needing 2-3. If no response after 2 you may fall into the 10-20% that require surgical release.