How do you adjust the tappets on it? :)
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How do you adjust the tappets on it? :)
you just tap it gently :ner:Quote:
Originally Posted by walpurgis
I suppose you've already tried steroid injections. They sometimes work - but sometimes the effect wears off too quickly to be useful.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Not yet no. My mum got them in her knees years ago. As you say they wore off too early for her but they did help
mrs d had them in her legs/thighs some while back. They worked for a while, but eventually she had to have surgery, which for quite a while does seem to have helped.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
More recently though she showed interest in playing the piano, and found it a bit hard playing the piano we had. I thought that maybe a digital piano would be better, but sadly it hasn't been. She also had problems chopping up food. Several months ago she had steroid injections, and although she hasn't yet gone back to piano playing, other things have got a lot better, and there's as yet no sign of the treatment wearing off. Apparently sometimes a one off dose can "do the trick", while other people need regular periodic injections, and for some it eventually doesn't work at all.
Perhaps worth checking with your GP.
Had steroid injections for tennis elbow many years ago. Bit painful for a day (sticking a needle into an inflamed tendon will do that), but then settled down nicely. Only came back about 3 months after returning to the gym, so another injection was done. And by modifying my training routine the tennis elbow stayed away.
I suspect the effectiveness will depend on your quack hitting the right spot.
yeah mum said one doc was good at it and got needle in right spot. other one in practice that did it missed so it didnt really work. but they said it was limited to a certain amount of times then you couldnt get it again.
Something to do with the steroid 'thinning your skin' iirc. Hydrocortisone creams should only be used sparingly and for a limited time for similar reasons I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
well next time i dare go to a doc, i will mention it :D. i currently get nurses out to house usually. but probably docs are too lazy. and im not keen to catch something in a surgery etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
I did mention that success is not guranteed, but there's a reasonable chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Indeed the injections aren't suppose to be done too frequently - though it may also depend on the injection site and how often the injections would need to be done to be effective. I get the feeling that hands may be less of a problem than thigh or leg regions, so you'd probably be OK to have two injections each year - if really needed. It may be that just one injection - with a different regime afterwards - would fix the problem for a long while.
Worth a try if things are getting bad for you.