 Corticosteroid injections - A randomized pilot study in 2009 showed that there were clinically significant improvements in all aspects of function and quality of life for those patients undergoing corticosteroid injections, with no statistically significant difference between patients who underwent capsular distension21. The use of injections in the short term has been proven efficacious in the short term in alleviating pain and increasing ROM. The utility of steroids in the long term has been called into question by a 2008 prospective study that showed that the comparison of steroid injections and physical therapy to physical therapy alone yielded no change in end result2. 