Hylauronic Gel Injections in the Knees...Anyone?

@covidstinks2023 I was fine until the 3rd injection. Just shy of two weeks since I got it and stiffness and pain is horrible. Starting a round of steroids today and hope it will bring me some relief. Not able to do anything 😔

@sjandre I am so sorry. I asked a different PA before my last injections of Cortistone about the
gel injections and she told me they could cause stiffness. I did not get a repeat set done
this month. She explained that the gel cannot spread out all over the knee, but, just in a
certain area of the knee. I have gotten so much stiffer in my knees since I did the gel
injections.

Praying for you that the steroids help. Blessings....

I have arthritis throughout my body which until recently I’ve dealt with very well ., stretch , workout , walk and. Very active . I recently acquired a torn miniscus in my left knee along with with arthritis . I had one gel shot and did PT and was doing OK now I’ve developed pain in my knee again . The MD said my next visit she would give a cortisone shot .
Anyone have similar situation ?

I also felt that my knee was heavy and stiff after each injection, but the physician who injected hyaluronic acid in my knees told me that during a week or so after the injection I had to make sure that I walk/keep my knee moving so it will reduce the lack of flexibility experienced after each injection. It has worked for me.

I suspect that it's hard to get the acid in exactly the right spot, so some of this may depend on the skill of the person who is doing the injecting.

@sjandreme too

Me too..same situation. The 3rd PRP shot was???? IFFY

I have not had stiffness with the gel injections, but I did have some swelling and a reaction in the veins in my ankle in the leg receiving the injections. Seems that the actual act of the needle injection might have caused me problems. My doctors were a little concerned, and I had 2 ultrasounds to check for blood clots.
I do walk alot and do walk right after the shot, Walking may keep me from the stiffness problem but may be causing me a problem with irritating the injection spot and leading to my swelling, vein reaction. Ha, we can't win can we.
Something that has helped my husband and myself is a supplement called Cartigenix HP, Hard to believe that a supplement could help bone on bone but the research seems to show that it helps with inflammation with a decrease in symptoms and a seeming improvement in the knee as seen in xrays. Plus, my disbelieving husband that nothing ever helps says that it is helping him. My husband' s almost constant shooting pain has gone away and he can now lower himself to the floor easily without that irritating dropping to the floor action.
Research links:
https://drdebe.com/product/cartigenix-hp/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39875757/
https://www.orthopaper.com/archives/2022/vol8issue2/PartD/8-2-35-472.pdf

I had three injections and they helped me tremendously. The stiffness and heaviness I felt temporarily was pretty much the same I had been experiencing with already existing joint dysfunction. That supplement sounds like something I will look into as I have multiple joint issues. Thanks for sharing.

I had multiple hyaluronic injections in my knees for pain. I never felt the stiffness others mention but they did not help my pain at all. Only eventual replacement of both knees gave pain relief. I had my replacements in 2008 and 2009 and both knees have been pain free since.