I'm an SC joint patient so I thought I'd reply w/ my condition. I'm 56 and have played men's beer league hockey all my adult life. About 7 years ago my rt. SC joint became inflamed, painful and swollen. I thought it was caused by shooting slapshots since that was the motion that made the pain and swelling flare up. I saw a shoulder surgeon and he shot me w/ cort in his office without imaging. That lasted a few years and then I had to go back for another. About 3 years ago my lt SC joint did the same thing. My dr. said my joints were arthritic. I seeked out a pain dr. that does prolotherapy in June '13 and he said he would shoot my SC joints w/ dextrose solution using fluoroscopy. The rt jt. was asymptomatic but the lt joint was painful and appeared w/ as a bumpy joint that would grind or pop when I moved my arm under load. The prolo seemed to cause more pain in te left joint and I begged him for a cort injection due to the intense pain. So to date, I've had 2 cort shots and 3 prolo shos in each joint. My ortho doc was reluctant to shoot my left joint 7 months ago. The pain has subsided but can still flare up if I shoot pucks or lay on that shoulder too long. So I'm not sure that dextrose prolo is very effective for arthritic SC joints, but cortisone injections definitely help. My right joint has been good for the last 3 years or so but I might request a shot for the left jt. This dr. is somewhat conservative as he makes me feel I'm making a deal with the devil. I wish there were more treatment options for this problem.