my father used acupuncture for many years with great success after the steroid injections quit working for him. (he used the injections 5 times, with no relief the last 2) he used the acupuncture for about 4 1/2 yrs. before that too, no longer worked. he finally gave in and had the surgery in sept. of this year. he's 77 and doing great!!!
good luck!
elizabeth
What type of steroidal injections were you given? Are they long or short acting? If short acting, relief will only be for a couple of hours.
Try seeing if you physician can get a hold of (propionate betamethazone) it´s a long acting(up to 25-30 days), antiiflamatory, steroidal drug and applied intramuscular, maximum 3 aplications in intervals of 15-30 days.