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I had one about a year ago in a pulled stomach muscle that wouldn't heal and found relief with no adverse reactions.

I am gluten-free and had frozen shoulder about 5 years ago.  I had a cortisone shot with no adverse reaction in addition to physical therapy twice weekly and acupuncture once weekly.  The acupuncture really made a huge difference for me.  My physical therapist even noticed my progress was exponential to what he expected and he attributed it to the acupuncture which was administered by a therapist outside of the PT practice.


I get Cortisone shots in my thumbs every three months and in my big toe once a year.  Never had a problem with the cortisone but getting the shots for me is painful.

I had a cortisone shot in Aug for a rotator cuff injury. My physiotherapist recommended it as he was  concerned about me developing  a 'frozen shoulder'. From my investigations and asking those I know who had the shot, sometimes the it helps 100% and other times not at all. I think it depends somewhat on how skillful the doctor is in finding the right spot. Mine shot helped by 50% which meant I went from partially disabled to functioning with pain. Since then. the more I use my arm, the better it is. A period of immobility makes it worse. When I get up in the morning, I can barely move it and it is very painful to raise my arm but later in the morning, I hardly notice it. I do have to be careful how much I do. It got worse again after shoveling too much snow. sometimes, there is work that just needs to be done. I think I have developed some arthritis. It is better when I take the Advil liquid-gels.
No, I had no adverse reactions.

Had 3 shots in each thumb and 3 in the foot....never a problem.  Injectables usually don't create problems.


You may want to double check on diabetes. My doctors told me I did not have diabetes because my fasting blood sugar was so good even though a glucose tolerance test spiked at 202 at 2 hours. A few years later I bought a glucometer and found that I could easily go over 200 after eating. Sometimes all doctors check are the fasting blood sugars and they become abnormal long after the postprandial blood sugars become abnormal. Now my blood sugars are truly normal 24/7 with diet.   Frozen shoulder affects up to 20% of those with diabetes who do not have truly normal blood sugars.  You may also want to do some reading about the inflammatory effect of sugar. They are beginning to link sugar/carbohydrates to heart disease and other health problems.



I have had many.  I never had a stomach reaction.



Have you had any physical therapy? Do you have diabetes - high blood sugars are a common cause of frozen shoulder. If so, cortisone can raise blood sugar. Have you asked your doctor how long you will get relief from the injection? From what I understand it is short term.



I had a frozen shoulder a couple years ago (right during gardening season, alas).  After a several physio sessions to help with the range of motion, my physio therapist ordered a cortisone shot.

The ones they administer in our local hospital did tell me the shot was gluten-free.  I had no adverse reaction, except for some arm soreness.  My physio stressed the importance of only doing *light* exercise for 10 days after the shot, and then resume physio appts.  The shot worked.  I continue with various range-of-motion exercises + do Pilates which work the arm and shoulder area.











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