Cortisone (or steroid) injections have become increasingly popular over the years for people looking to address chronic joint pain and inflammation. Why have they become so popular? Well, for starters ...

Though right fielder Max Kepler received a cortisone shot for newfound hip soreness, the Twins are hoping to send him on a rehab assignment this weekend with Triple-A St. Paul, president of baseball ...

April 6 (UPI) --A steroid injection provides "significantly" more pain relief for people with hip osteoarthritis than other options, including exercise, weight loss and opioid drugs, for up to four ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman will receive a precautionary cortisone injection in his left hip this afternoon following his morning bullpen session. Tillman didn't have any ...

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Beckett underwent an MRI on Tuesday, which revealed "hip impingement syndrome," Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports. He was treated with a cortisone injection. In theory, the cortisone ...

Steroid injections appear to lead to significantly greater pain relief and movement for up to four months than current best care in adults with hip osteoarthritis, finds a trial published by The BMJ ...

As with most treatments, cortisone injections can have side effects. These can include various kinds of headaches. Cortisone is a type of molecule known as a corticosteroid, or steroid for short.