A spinal steroid injection—also known as an epidural ... pain and numbness in the neck and lower back. While steroid or cortisone injections are sometimes used to help control pain, they may ...

It is a substance very similar to a steroid which is produced by the body. An injection of extra cortisone increases the body's ability to reduce pain, heat, redness and swelling of the joints.

"This is especially true when they are performed on people who have pain only in their lower back or another type of pain that will not likely be helped by an epidural steroid injection.

Scherzer will take a couple days off from throwing after receiving another cortisone injection in his injured right thumb, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. Scherzer felt renewed soreness ...

NEW YORK -- Yankees pitcher Marcus Stroman had a cortisone shot to treat swelling in his inflamed left knee. Stroman went to a hospital for scans after the 33-year right-hander mentioned pain to ...

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer said Tuesday he hopes to be able to play catch in the next few days following a cortisone injection to treat his sore right thumb.

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer said Tuesday he hopes to be able to play catch in the next few days following a cortisone injection to treat his sore right thumb.

To establish whether a local injection of methylprednisolone acetate (40 mg) is effective in decreasing pain during running in runners with recent onset (less than two weeks) iliotibial band friction ...

TORONTO — The pain of a cortisone injection to his ailing thumb isn't what has Max Scherzer hurting. "It doesn't feel good," he said of the injection, "but you'll take any pain to get out there. The ...

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer said Tuesday he hopes to be able to play catch in the next few days following a cortisone injection to treat his sore right thumb.