I always try to be careful about making blanket statements. My interventional spinal injections were done by a pain management specialist who was a neurosurgeon, not an anesthesiologist.

My hip, shoulder, elbow, knee & hand injections are done by my orthopedic surgeon (who, by the way, is a wizard at finding and injecting exactly the right spot in numerous joints!) My sister's are done by her neurologist. My daughter's have been done by her hand (plastic) surgeon. Each of these professionals is trained, highly skilled, and had amazing success rates.

In early days of spinal & other interventional injections, I think most were done by anesthesiologists (my first was over 20 years ago) but now many other doctors have realized the effectiveness and been trained to do them.

My ortho was able to help me postpone wrist and thumb surgery for several years with injections. Now we are managing arthritis in my knees the same way.

Sue

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