Try icing the injection sites if they are sure fir no more than 20 minutes. Make sure your ice pack has a cloth between the pack and your skin. You may have overdid it when you still felt good before the lidocaine completed wore off and the cortisone kicks in.
I surely hope it helps you. Keep in mind it is only a temporary fix that can last a few weeks to months to years. I hope yours last years!!! Thanks for the updates ~ hugs~ Sandi 
Hi Sandy, thanks for the icing advice. I appreciate your concern! Yes, please, years would be AWESOME!
Take Care,
TTT.
Hi, I had trigger point injections in my neck and shoulder and some parts of my back for a few months. I also had a few in my knee. My dr was like a machine who could inject five shots in less than three minutes and would, definitely, this guy is not paid by the hour! I got some range of motion back temporarily in my neck, but not much and short lived....but I hurt so badly after that I just wasn't feeling an overall benefit, long term or short term. So the day that I went in to tell him that I no longer wanted the steroids was also the day he told me that they were contraindicated with another condition of mine that was now being treated. Thus, we were done. I do however feel that there is a benefit to these. How long it lasts depends on each individual, what cocktail they are injecting and how many injections/ how often..... I often think that I should try to get them again, if I can, only for a brief time as I do not feel that the long term benefits outweigh the long term losses with steroidal usage.
my dr used a combination of benzocaine and cortizone
Hi mmom1, how disappointed you must be and I feel for you. Have you had another treatment that works? My Dr also recommended a TENS unit (which I can't afford yet).
I have good news to share. I had my first headache free day in months on Monday. YAY! But I had to push myself at work Mon and Tue and am now completely exhausted.
However, the TPI appear to have worked. I can report now that the medicine the Dr used was a combination of a long-acting steroid - dexamethazone and the 4 hour numbing agent, bupivacaine. She also did dry needling which means that as and after the shot was going in she pushed the needle in and out of the trigger point, working to attempt to break it up. I've read that this is a good technique for fibro trigger points.
I used to have what I would call, "the bad pain." It was a combination of a tendon running down the back of my shoulder, under my shoulder blade. That would be very painful, as would my whole shoulder. I would at the same time have as many as 10 painful trigger points in that side of my neck. Then my head would hurt so badly, I would literally pray that the angels would just come and take me because I didn't want to suffer anymore.
Over the last 2 days that shoulder tendon has been swollen, but I don't notice much pain at all. My shoulder is swollen as well, and I don't notice as much pain. And the headache is there, but it shoots up erratically as opposed to hurting constantly.
I'm so sad, mmon1 that you have a contraindication. I actually have a second issue which also, amazingly, calls for TPI. If anyone has this sort of headache which includes shoulder, neck, and / or back pain, you will want to visit this medical site by the American Association of Osteopaths information on cervicogenic headaches. You can determine for yourself, and with the help of your Dr, if you might have this: http://www.jaoa.org/content/105/4_suppl/16S.full
I have an appt set up for a second round of shots on the 31st. This Dr. says she will do as many as I need, and is happy to do them--and for a small co-pay. I feel so grateful! : )