{"id":570,"date":"2023-05-17T17:41:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:09:27","slug":"infiltraciones-articulares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/infiltraciones-articulares\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Injections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Home><\/span><\/span>Joint Injections<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pain is an unpleasant, and sometimes limiting sensation that we experience in response to an\ninjury or damage to the body.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The\u00a0<\/span>pain assessment<\/b>\u00a0is essential\u00a0<\/span>to determine the<\/b>\u00a0most appropriate treatment for each\npatient.<\/span>In many cases,<\/span> minimally invasive procedures such as <\/span>joint injections<\/b> and nerve blocks can be an option.<\/span><\/p>

Joint or periarticular injections involve delivering a medical <\/span>product directly into a joint or\nsurrounding tissues.<\/b>\u00a0The goal is to produce a localized effect that benefits the patient, typically by reducing pain.<\/span><\/p>

There are mainly<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>three types of medications or products commonly used in injections:<\/span>corticosteroids, hyaluronic acid, and platelet-rich plasma (PRP).<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>

Patients experiencing acute or chronic pain may also receive nerve blocks to achieve temporary\npain relief.<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>

Patients suffering from acute or chronic pain may receive an injection to block nerves and achieve temporary pain relief.<\/span><\/p>

A <\/span>nerve block<\/b> involves injecting a <\/span>local anesthetic<\/b> (with or without corticosteroids) around a nerve\nor group of nerves to treat pain. The purpose is to \u201cturn off\u201d pain signals coming from a specific\narea of the body or to reduce inflammation in that region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Infiltraciones articulares o periarticulares son inyecciones de un medicamento o producto sanitario dentro de la articulaci\u00f3n o en tejidos de su alrededor con el objetivo de producir un efecto directo y localizado que condicione un beneficio para el paciente (disminuci\u00f3n del dolor).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-570","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/570\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drgustavolucas.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}