THE QUESTION The burning elbow pain and weak grip of the condition nicknamed tennis elbow are often treated with steroid injections and physical therapy. How much do these treatments help? THIS STUDY ...

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Getting a cortisone injection won't help tennis elbow any more than a drug-free saline shot - and it may actually slow recovery, according to an Australian study. Researchers writing ...

Among patients with chronic unilateral lateral epicondylalgia ("tennis elbow"), a single injection of corticosteroid medication was associated with poorer outcomes after one year and higher recurrence ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery showed corticosteroid injections have better ...

The treatment of lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) was evaluated in 198 patients who had the condition for at least six weeks (i>BMJ. 2006;333:939; full-text ...

Go to the doctor with an aching elbow, and the prescription may well be a cortisone shot. Ah, relief! But that short-term gain may make for long-term pain. There's mounting evidence that cortisone ...

Steroid injections, or corticosteroids, are synthetic versions of hormones that the adrenal glands produce. They treat a wide range of conditions. Although they can be effective and fast-acting, they ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Getting a cortisone injection won't cure tennis elbow any better than a drug-free saline shot, according to a new study - and it might actually slow recovery. Researchers ...