Bursa injection is used to ease joint pain produced by several inflammatory diseases, including arthritis and bursitis. A steroid injection is delivered into the bursa, a fluid-filled sac that reduces friction between muscles/tendons and bone when you move. Inflamed bursae can cause pain in your joints, but steroids can reduce this. Bursae can be found...
A facet joint injection is used both as a diagnostic tool and an effective pain-relief therapy. Physicians are capable of detecting the afflicted area(s) through fluoroscopic (x-ray) technology. A local anesthetic is applied to the corresponding body region before the procedure and a corticosteroid anti-inflammatory medication is applied to afflicted areas as they are identified....
