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Cortisone shots are injections that may help relieve pain and inflammation in a specific area of your body. They're most commonly injected into joints â such as your ankle, elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, spine and wrist. Even the small joints in your hands and feet might benefit from cortisone shots.
To administer a cortisone shot, doctors inject the drug directly into the area of inflammation. The injection might cause the fatty tissue around the injection site to look sunken, but this side effect is only temporary. Because of the risk of complications, and the side effects of cortisone, there is usually a limit to the number of cortisone shots that can be administered safely.