Thesteelydane.com » recovery http://www.thesteelydane.com Violinist Nicolaj Møller Nielsen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:01:51 +0000 en hourly 1 On Cortisone and recovery http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/07/on-cortisone-and-recovery/ http://www.thesteelydane.com/2009/07/on-cortisone-and-recovery/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:52:52 +0000 Nicolaj http://www.thesteelydane.com/?p=356 Many people ask me about cortisone and the role it played in my recovery, so I thought I’d write a little note on it. When I first had cortisone injections, it was administered by a regular doctor who just wanted to help. This was months before I finally got the correct diagnosis (a massive shoulder blade dysfunction) – and it did help, or rather so I thought. The pain disappeared, only to come back 2 months later with a vengeance, when the effect of the cortisone wore off. In other words, I returned to playing way too soon, and only made things worse by playing with a serious dysfunction. I just couldn’t feel the pain.

After I finally got the correct diagnosis from a orthopedic surgeon, and started my rehab…

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