Steroid injections to help ease pain and increase movement.
At Spire Abergele Clinic, we provide joint injections for the treatment of inflammation and pain in joints. The procedure is done by injecting medications directly into the affected joints.
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Typical hospital stay
1-2 hours
Procedure duration
20 minutes
Type of anaesthetic
Sometimes local is used
Available to self-pay?
Yes
Covered by health insurance?
Yes
Spire Abergele Clinic provides comprehensive private hospital care to our patients across North Wales and the surrounding regions, including Cheshire and Shropshire. Our rheumatologists, orthopaedic consultants and pain management consultants perform joint injections to help relieve chronic pain and stiffness.
We offer fast access to diagnostic tests and scans, so you don’t have to wait long to find out if treatment is right for you.
It’s common to have joint injections privately and we offer inclusive prices and access to payment plans so it’s easy and more affordable – whether or not you have medical insurance.
The price shown is the ‘from price’ (ie the minimum cost of the procedure). Please note that for some procedures the actual price you are quoted may vary significantly and can increase depending on your choice of Consultant (who is an independent practitioner and not an employee of Spire). The fees charged by Consultants and Anaesthetists are set independently and are outside the control of Spire. The price may also vary depending on the type of anaesthetic, implant or drug used, and your medical history.
Spire Abergele Clinic can provide you with a single, fixed price for your procedure so there are no surprises. Please read Spire Healthcare's terms and conditions for full details of what’s included and excluded in your fixed price when paying for yourself. Finance options are available through our partner Omni Capital Retail Finance Ltd, 10 Norwich Street, London, EC4A 1BD.
Finding us
The clinic is situated on the North Wales Business Park on the outskirts of Abergele and is easily accessible from the A55. Take the train to Abergele and Pensarn railway station. A taxi from the train station is approximately five minutes.We have free on-site parking available.
What to expect during your consultation
On the day of your consultation, you’ll meet one of our healthcare professionals in one of our accessible consultation rooms so there’s no need to be concerned if your joint pain restricts your mobility.
At your consultation, we may:
We may also recommend further tests and scans, such as an X-ray, an MRI or a CT scan, so we can examine your joint in more detail.
Joint injections can help reduce knee pain, shoulder pain and hip pain, and particularly pain due to osteoarthritis.
Here’s what will happen on the day of your joint injection:
In some cases, our consultants use special platelet-rich plasma injections. The plasma is taken from your own blood, and when injected into your joint, it promotes cartilage repair and relieves pain and stiffness due to osteoarthritis.
Through a single injection into the knee's intra-articular cavity, Arthrosamid® hydrogel cushions the joint and maintains pain relief for up to three years. Unlike surgery, the injection is minimally invasive and performed as an outpatient procedure. The injection takes 15 - 20 minutes to perform.
After your injection, you’ll be taken to a recovery area to relax until you are ready to be discharged.
It’s normal to feel some discomfort from the injection itself and to have some bruising for a few days afterwards. If you had a local anaesthetic, you may not feel much pain but the effects will wear off in a couple of hours.
Some people notice an improvement in their chronic pain after just a few hours but it can take several days for the injection to become fully effective. You can expect the effects to last for a few weeks up to a year, depending on the type and strength of injection you have.
Although everybody’s different and you should always follow your consultant’s advice, here’s a typical recovery timeline for joint injections:
1 hour
1 year
Leave clinic
Rest at home
Begin moving and exercising your joint
Start to feel benefits
May still feel the effects
Leave clinic
Rest at home
Begin moving and exercising your joint
Start to feel benefits
May still feel the effects
The treatment described on this page may be adapted to meet your individual needs, so it's important to follow your healthcare professional's advice and raise any questions that you may have with them.
Priory House
North Wales Business Park
Abergele
Conwy
LL22 8LJ
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