Bush has scan and injection for painful shoulder
Monday, December 22 09:46 pm
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U.S. President George W. Bush had a scan done on his painful left shoulder and was given a cortisone injection on Monday but said he was in "good shape" and could still hurl a baseball at high speed. Skip related content
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Bush had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) check while he was at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington visiting patients who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Following a review of the results of the MRI, President Bush received a cortisone shot for his left shoulder," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. "No further medical action is expected to be necessary at this time."
Bush, 62, had been "experiencing some pain," Johndroe said.
Cortisone shots are generally given to reduce inflammation.
Johndroe quoted Dr. Richard Tubb, the president's physician, as saying it was "probably just a little bit of wear and tear of an active individual."
Asked by reporters how his shoulder was doing, Bush insisted he was in "good shape" and joked that he could pitch about an "80 mile-an-hour fastball."
Johndroe said the shoulder pain had not affected Bush's ability to do his job and that the president had gone biking over the weekend.
(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; editing by John O'Callaghan)
Monday, December 22 09:46 pm
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U.S. President George W. Bush had a scan done on his painful left shoulder and was given a cortisone injection on Monday but said he was in "good shape" and could still hurl a baseball at high speed. Skip related content
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U.S. President George W. Bush walks out of the Oval Office at the White House in …More Enlarge photo
Bush had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) check while he was at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington visiting patients who served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Following a review of the results of the MRI, President Bush received a cortisone shot for his left shoulder," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said. "No further medical action is expected to be necessary at this time."
Bush, 62, had been "experiencing some pain," Johndroe said.
Cortisone shots are generally given to reduce inflammation.
Johndroe quoted Dr. Richard Tubb, the president's physician, as saying it was "probably just a little bit of wear and tear of an active individual."
Asked by reporters how his shoulder was doing, Bush insisted he was in "good shape" and joked that he could pitch about an "80 mile-an-hour fastball."
Johndroe said the shoulder pain had not affected Bush's ability to do his job and that the president had gone biking over the weekend.
(Reporting by Tabassum Zakaria; editing by John O'Callaghan)
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