cortisone hurtful or helpful? Hi: I injured my knee during a half marathon in oct 04. The month before if fell carrying my daughter but was not really aggravated until the 10th mile of the run. The pain subsided after i was diagnosed with chondramalacia and went to pt for 2 motnhs. I went on a trip to disney and did alot of walking. the pain returned so I went to another orthopedist. He literally attacked me with a cortisone shot and told me i had tendonitis. I was in excruciating pain for about a week then the pain subsided and it felt pretty good for a bout two weeks. Since getting the cortisone shot, however, the pain has returned 3 fold and it's CONSTANT it used to be very intermittent and i could do walking and the weight bearing and the bike no problem now i'm in a worse position then before. so, i went to antoher orthopedist who told me i must have tendonitis and that you never ever shoot up the patella tendon because it could rupture. now i can barely walk w/out some pain it's crazy!!!! i guess my question is has anybody gotten a cortisone shot in their tendon only to have it be worse off? thanks. Marni. Please em me marnijoyweisberg@yahoo.com From: MARNI SMITH - MARNIJOYWEISBERG@yahoo.com Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Oct. 12 202 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis