Joint Injections

Cortisone injections are commonly used to help reduce inflammation and pain in certain orthopedic conditions. They may be considered for arthritis, bursitis-type pain, tendon irritation, joint inflammation, swelling, and other painful musculoskeletal conditions.

Dr. Ghazal will determine whether a cortisone injection is recommended based on your symptoms, exam findings, medical history, and diagnosis.

Viscosupplementation, also known as hyaluronic acid injection therapy, is commonly used for knee arthritis and osteoarthritis-related knee pain. Hyaluronic acid is a gel-like substance that helps support joint lubrication and cushioning.

At Suwanee Orthopedic Care, Dr. Ghazal offers hyaluronic acid injection options, including commonly used viscosupplementation products such as Synvisc-One, Monovisc, Orthovisc, and similar gel injection therapies.

For certain back and neck pain conditions, Dr. Ghazal may evaluate patients for back injections, including epidural steroid injections.
Epidural steroid injections may be considered for selected patients with symptoms such as radiating back pain, sciatica-type pain, pinched nerve-type symptoms, or pain traveling into the hip, buttock, leg, shoulder, or arm.

You may want to ask about orthopedic injections if you are experiencing:

• Persistent or recurring joint pain
• Arthritis-related knee, shoulder, hip, hand, wrist, ankle, or foot pain
• Joint swelling, stiffness, or inflammation
• Limited range of motion
• Knee arthritis pain being considered for gel injections
• Back or neck pain with radiating symptoms
• Sciatica-type pain
• Pinched nerve-type symptoms
• Pain that has not improved with rest or conservative care
• Pain that interferes with work, sleep, exercise, or daily activity

Suwanee Orthopedic Care offers on-site X-rays to help evaluate joint, back, neck, or injury-related pain before considering an injection. X-rays may help identify arthritis, joint space narrowing, bone spurs, alignment changes, fractures, degenerative changes, and other orthopedic concerns.

Having X-rays available in the office allows Dr. Ghazal to better understand the affected area and determine whether an injection may be recommended.

During your visit, Dr. Ghazal will review your symptoms, examine the affected area, assess motion, tenderness, swelling, strength, nerve-related symptoms, and function, and determine whether X-rays or additional imaging may be needed.

If an injection is recommended, Dr. Ghazal will explain the injection type, the reason it is being considered, and the next step based on your diagnosis.

Suwanee Orthopedic Care provides orthopedic injection evaluation and injection-based care for patients in Suwanee and surrounding communities, including Duluth, Johns Creek, Sugar Hill, Buford, Lawrenceville, and the greater Atlanta metro area.

If joint pain, arthritis, swelling, inflammation, back pain, neck pain, or radiating nerve-type symptoms are limiting your daily life, our office can help evaluate your symptoms and determine whether an injection may be recommended.

Call today or visit our office for same-day orthopedic injection evaluation.