Anxiety caused by environmental and external factors. Environmental factors that are known to cause several types of anxiety include: 1  Trauma from events such as abuse, victimization, or the death of a loved one. 2  Stress in a personal relationship, marriage, friendship, and divorce. 3  Stress at work. 4  Stress from school.
After spinal cortisone steroid injection, ice is recommended on 20  minutes and off 20 minutes for 24-48 hours. Heat should NOT be  applied during the first 48 hours.
I do know quite a bit about cortisone shots from having a total of 16, but they were all for back and sciatic pain and not for my hip. The first set of three shots I had were done in a doc's office (no fluoro)-the first set helped for about 3-4 months and I was totally off the pain meds.