Hip bursitis is a common ailment resulting in pain and impacts daily activities. A bursa is a fluid filled sac that provides cushion and/or reduces friction between bones, muscles, or tendons. At times the bursa can become inflamed, thus producing pain. Often a pain...
Every year over 1 million hip and knee joint replacements are performed in the US. The decision to have a joint replaced usually does not come easily. Often months or years of pain lead up to the actual replacement. People routinely take higher than advised doses of...
Many adults with hip pain that limits activity wonder if a hip replacement is the only option. Certainly, more information is necessary. However, if proper steps are taken early enough, a new hip is not necessarily necessary. Arthritis happens with age, it just does....
Every year millions of individuals undergo a joint replacement (hip or knee). The overall success rate with those procedures at reducing pain and improving function is quite high. That said, limitations following joint replacement surgery (namely running/jumping) are...
Hip bursitis as an injury or issue is a very common complaint. Bursitis is an inflammation or irritation of a bursa sac. These are fluid filled and serve to reduce friction between muscles and tendons/muscle over bone. Quite often any time a person experiences outer...
Snapping hip syndrome is a condition where an individual hears/feels a snapping of a tendon about the hip joint. In most instances this condition is not painful or a concern. However, for some pain and dysfunction can occur. There are actually 3 different types of...
Are you tired and frustrated, unable to walk without a limp due to pain? Worried you won’t be able to participate in the activities you love due to pain? If so…know you are far from alone. Every day, thousands of individuals struggle to walk without a limp. This could...
Often people think that AFTER a Total Hip Replacement (THR) that they will just magically be good to go. Unfortunately that is not exactly the case as hard work still needs to be done. And please DO NOT let anyone tell you that you can just do it all on your own. On...
The Iliotibial Band or ITB for short is a common structure frequently blamed for hip and/or knee problems. This tissue is supposedly the root cause of ITB friction syndrome, hip bursitis, and outer knee pain. But is it really to blame? And what can be done to solve...
To understand the best treatment for hip bursitis, we will have to know some more information first. Better understanding exactly what the person is having pain with (activity or movement wise) and what limitations they have will better determine the best treatment...