Treatments to Avoid Corticosteroid injections, while providing short-term pain relief, are toxic to tendons, ligaments, and cartilage
The technique is learnable, but the decisions around it (do you actually need it, what dose, how often, and is something else being missed) are medical judgements, and getting them wrong carries real cost
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It can also be administered into the vein, but the majority is likely to be absorbed through urine
This biological reality frustrates countless Canadians who remain active well into middle age
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