Hyaluronic Acid vs. Corticosteroids: Evaluating Targeted Injection Therapies for Chronic Knee Pain
For decades, the standard office response to a swollen, painful knee joint was almost algorithmic. Patients complaining of sharp, mechanical pain from weight-bearing activities received an intra-articular corticosteroid injection. Relief arrived fast. Yet as the clinical understanding of cartilage metabolism evolved, the limitations of repeated steroid administration became uncomfortably clear. Corticosteroids excel at dampening acute … Read more
