How Does a Corticosteroid Injection Help?

Do corticosteroid injections work for Morton’s neuroma?

Short answer: An ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection can reduce inflammation and pain around the irritated interdigital nerve, often creating an opportunity to return to wider footwear and address mechanical triggers.

Local anaesthetic may provide early diagnostic and symptomatic information; corticosteroid acts over a longer period. Response varies with symptom duration, lesion characteristics and ongoing compression.

Systematic reviews support corticosteroid injection as a useful non-surgical option, although some patients later require another intervention or surgery. Dr Damien Lafferty performs these injections with ultrasound guidance to target the symptomatic interspace accurately.