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I've been diagnosed with a slap tear, i am 58 and cause is my job with extensive overhead use, are steriod injections helpful vs. prp?
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No, no: A SLAP tear is a tear of the superior labrum. The labrum is the structure that helps hold the humeral head in the glenoid. A steroid injection will definitely not help it heal at all; an injection of PRP is also extremely unlikely to have any affect on whether it heals or not. Usually it will either be fairly well tolerated, or you will have to have it repaired.
Answered 11/16/2016
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