Cortisone shots - at urgent care?
Hi all! I will try and keep this brief as possible.
I'll start off by saying that whatever I have going on with my left leg has not been diagnosed 100% and I have not had an MRI. I've been dealing with this thigh, hip and tailbone discomfort since around the beginning of March. First PT suggested I had a misaligned SI Joint. I did the exercises, no difference, my primary said they didn't feel that was what is causing my pain. Told me to go to new PT. That PT said that he believed it to be more of a strengthening problem, that my left leg is much weaker than my right leg and gave me a new set of exercises to do. They did not help. My Dr. referred me to orthopedics and I have an appointment on July 20th.
So! Where I am now... the pain has now gotten worse. It comes in waves. When I walk, at random, my upper butt OR hip OR left side of my leg will have pain. It doesn't "shoot" up from my foot, it only affects whichever spot it chooses to that day. It would at first go away within a minute or so but now it's lasted for multiple hours on varying days, although the pain will subside. I've never been able to NOT walk at all but it's made it very difficult when it really kicks in.
I've been calling my health provider every morning and afternoon, seeing if they have any cancellations. So far, no luck. I would truly prefer not to load up my body with weeks of pain meds and taking off from work to rest, in an ideal world would be amazing but like most, I have no PTO and would lose tons of money.
Silly question I know. But because it has not been fully or with certainty, diagnosed. Would urgent care even consider giving me a cortisone shot to help me get through until then? Do they even give them. Looking online some people say yes, others no, so I'm think it just varies.
TLDR; Does urgent care give cortisone shots for possible nerve problem / possible slipped disk to hold someone over until their appointment with an orthopedic Dr?
Thank you!