In addition, though bodybuilding uses the same principles as strength training, it is with a goal of gaining muscle bulk. Strength trainers with different goals and programs will not gain the same mass as a professional bodybuilder.
1 Anti-inflammatory pain medications (NSAIDs) are prescription and nonprescription drugs that help treat pain and inflammation. 2  Cortisone injections may help decrease inflammation and reduce pain within a joint.  Exactly how effective knee arthroscopy is for treatment of arthritis is debatable.
The most common indication for intra-articular injection is arthritis. For short-term treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, intra-articular steroid injection improves function and reduces swelling and pain.17 The onset of action is rapid (typically within 24 hours) and clinical effects last four to eight weeks.he most common complications of intra-articular injection are a postinjection flare of pain (2 to 10 percent), skin atrophy (1 percent), fat atrophy (1 percent), and facial flushing (less than 1 to 12 percent) (Table 4) .