About 3 in 10 people suffer from shoulder pain. This is a common problem that can be caused by various causes or can be a sign of other diseases. Among the most used techniques in the treatment of shoulder pain there is certainly the infiltrative therapy whose effectiveness is remarkable and manages to have rapid beneficial effects on patients, as well as prolonged maintenance over time. But it is important to know how to carry out this therapy in the correct way, to benefit from it. For this reason, the professional training provider Consulcesi has created a course dedicated to professionals with the collaboration of Andrea Grasso, specialist in orthopedics and traumatology dedicated to “Shoulder infiltration techniques“.
“There are different types of shoulder infiltrations and the injected substances are mainly corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid. This treatment is preferable in older people who do not want or cannot undergo surgery, “explains Grasso.
“In situations of great inflammation, and therefore of great pain, cortisone infiltration can be decisive, as corticosteroids are powerful anti-inflammatory, and allows you to manage the patient who, for other problems, cannot be subjected to surgical treatment – continues Grasso – Hyaluronic acid infiltrations are less aggressive and are used in the tendon space, but they allow to achieve a double result: to relieve and lubricate the various joint components “.
The infiltrations, however, must be performed with precise techniques that require a thorough knowledge of both the anatomy of the limb and the concepts of surgical sterility, in order to avoid damage to the patient’s vascular-nervous structure and complications of an infectious type. “The main objective of the course promoted by Consulcesi is precisely to clarify the infiltrative techniques to treat the shoulder and show colleagues the various points on which to intervene and infiltrate.. There are, in fact, two totally separate regions of the shoulder for which it is necessary to understand where to insert the needle and inject the liquid “, explains Grasso.
“Knowing well the anatomical conformation of the shoulder and the different infiltration methods, as well as being necessary in order to guarantee correct therapy for the patient, is also important – he concludes – for the purpose of preventing both pathological and infectious risks”. At the end of the course , therefore, the participants will have a knowledge of the pathologies that affect the shoulder and that can be treated through the infiltrative technique, as well as an in-depth knowledge of the different types of infiltration and of the techniques for carrying out the therapy.