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161: Dr Peter Malliaras - Specialist Tendinopathy Physiotherapist

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The Safety of High Volume Injections

High volume injection has a high volume of saline, but it also has a local aesthetic and steroid in it. What we're testing is whether if you take the steroid out of that cocktail of drugs, does it actually have a lesser effect? But perhaps if we look long-term and we're looking up to the 12 months, is the effect actually superior in the long-term? That's an important thing to look at. As a physio who believes in exercise and I do believe that vast, vast majority of people can get better without injections. For some people, they really struggle. The question that I think is an important one and a good one is, can we get people better

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