Treatment
In-home cortisone injections, placed under ultrasound guidance
Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injections for the knee, hip, shoulder, ankle, sacroiliac joint, trigger finger, tennis elbow and golfer's elbow — delivered at your address across Green Bay and the Fox Valley.
Why ultrasound guidance matters
A landmark-guided injection is placed by feel: the clinician palpates the anatomy and estimates the path. An ultrasound-guided injection is placed by sight — the needle tip and the target are visible on screen in real time.
Ultrasound guidance gives measurably higher placement accuracy than landmark-guided injection. For a joint with a small target — a hip, a sacroiliac joint, a trigger finger tendon sheath — that accuracy is the difference between a treatment that reaches the right space and one that does not.
Every injection we perform is ultrasound-guided. The unit comes to your home; you do not go to an imaging suite for it.
Joints and conditions we inject
- Knee
- Osteoarthritis and inflammatory knee pain, including knees awaiting replacement.
- Hip
- Hip joint and greater trochanteric pain — a target where guidance matters most.
- Shoulder
- Glenohumeral joint, subacromial space, rotator cuff-related pain.
- Ankle and foot
- Ankle joint osteoarthritis and related pain.
- Sacroiliac joint
- Low back and buttock pain arising from the SI joint.
- Trigger finger
- Stenosing tenosynovitis of the flexor tendon sheath.
- Tennis elbow
- Lateral epicondylitis.
- Golfer's elbow
- Medial epicondylitis.
What the visit involves
- History, examination and a scan of the joint to confirm the target.
- Plain-language consent, including the alternatives and the risks.
- Skin preparation and a sterile field on a clean tabletop.
- The injection itself, placed under live ultrasound view — usually seconds.
- A dressing, written aftercare instructions and an agreed follow-up plan.
Total visit time is commonly 30 to 45 minutes for a single joint, and shorter for a repeat injection. See what a home visit is like for the full walkthrough.
Afterwards
Some patients feel relief within a day or two; for others a corticosteroid takes longer to take effect. Local soreness for a day or two is common. How long relief lasts depends on the joint, the severity of the arthritis and your activity — and it varies from person to person. There is a sensible minimum interval between repeat corticosteroid injections into the same joint, which we will discuss with you rather than injecting on demand.
If steroid injections have stopped helping your knee, hip, shoulder or ankle, the next conversation is usually about hyaluronic acid injections or iovera° cryoneurolysis.
Coverage
Ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injections are billed to Medicare Part B and to the Medicare Advantage plans we are credentialed with — UnitedHealthcare, Network Health and Humana. We verify your coverage on the free screening call, before scheduling.
If you are not covered by one of those plans, we quote a self-pay price on the screening call before anything is scheduled, and HSA and FSA funds can be used — see HSA and FSA payment.
Individual results vary. No treatment guarantees complete or permanent relief, and every plan starts with an examination and a conversation about your goals.
Next steps
Everything else you may want to check
What a home visit is like
The screening call, what Eric brings, how long it takes and the small amount of space needed.
See how it works →Insurance and payment
Medicare Part B plus Medicare Advantage plans from UnitedHealthcare, Network Health and Humana.
Coverage details →Contact and booking
Call (920) 777-9876, or send us a note and we will call you back to schedule the free screening.
Get in touch →Get an accurate injection without leaving home.
Call (920) 777-9876 for a free screening call and we will confirm the joint, the plan and your coverage before anyone comes out.