Ultrasound shows the joint, tendon or nerve on screen while the needle is placed, so the medicine reaches the right structure and avoids the wrong one. It turns an injection from a best guess into a controlled procedure — hyaluronic acid lubricates arthritic joints, PRP and regenerative therapy support healing in tendons and joints, and hydrodissection frees a trapped nerve. Ten to twenty minutes, day-care, no blind injections.
Frozen shoulder, bursitis, arthritis of the knee, hip and thumb base, De Quervain’s, trigger finger, carpal tunnel, plantar fasciitis, and nerve pain from a specific compressed nerve.
Complete tears, bone-on-bone arthritis with deformity, or infection at the site. Where a tendon or ligament is torn or degenerate, PRP and regenerative therapy are used rather than a quick anti-inflammatory fix, because they support the tissue instead of weakening it.
Some soreness for one to three days is normal. Hyaluronic acid builds over two to four weeks and lasts around six months; PRP and regenerative therapy build over four to twelve weeks. Normal activity the same day; heavy loading is avoided for forty-eight hours.
Infection and bleeding are rare with sterile technique. A temporary flare of pain can follow any injection and settles in a few days. Outcomes depend on the diagnosis: a precisely placed injection into the right structure is reliable for inflammatory and early degenerative problems; it does not reverse advanced wear.
Studies of unguided injections show a substantial proportion miss the target. Ultrasound shows the needle reaching the structure — no blind injections.
The focus is on regenerative therapy (PRP, BMAC), hyaluronic acid and hydrodissection rather than steroid injections, which can weaken tendons and are avoided here.
For mild to moderate knee arthritis it gives several months of improvement in many patients. It does not help bone-on-bone arthritis.
It depends on the problem — some settle with one; tendon and arthritis problems often need a short course. This is planned at your review.
Yes, unless sedation was used.