CHICAGO (AP) — Commonly used steroid shots may worsen tennis elbow in the long run and increase chances that the painful condition will reappear, a small study found. By contrast, patients who got ...

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 ...

Q: I suffered with tennis elbow in both arms for more than a year. It is no joke and quite painful. I found cortisone shots made the pain worse. How is that possible? A: Cortisone injections are a ...

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 ...

While the study results echo previous findings, injections of cortisone or similar steroids are still widely recommended by doctors to treat tennis elbow and similar conditions, probably because they ...