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Old Tue Aug 24, 2004, 09:27am
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Originally posted by Robmoz
Has anyone ever had a cortisone injection in the heel for treatment of plantar fasciaitis? Being that I hate needles, I am wondering about the benefits derived from this type of treatment. Any success stories?
I had one in my knee a while ago. As I recall the doctor stuck the needle in there, poked around until he found a spot that made my eyes pop out of my head, said "There it is" and injected it.

I felt better almost immediately, my doctor told me afterwards that there's a little pain killer in there that helps reduce the pain until the cortisone starts to act.

It did help my knee quite a bit but I eventually had to have it scoped anyway to take out some scar tissue.

Good luck.
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