steroid injections work, they work in all joints, hips facets ALL. they work for carpal or cubital tunnel, mortons neuroma and of course trigger finger. as a multipatent holder of needles, fellow of ralph schumacher, not only do hip injections work better then lidocaine its really sad that any practitioner, orthopedics, pain management and other use ultrasound when its never needed. the money wasted on ultrasound in rheumatology orthopedics and pain management is insane- if anyone from novitas can read(this) , stop paying for ultrasound, insist fellows are trained as they were, and add to the reimbursement of a level 5 new patient which is worth about 600.00 for anyone in practice beyond 10 years. most rheum fellows are now not taught, or a re poorly taught injection skills and techniques, i find this very disheartening