Question 1

can children get bursitis?  my son has elbow pain.

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Yes: Children have bursas too, albiet small ones, but traua to a bursa can cause inflammation and pain.  Bursas usually overly joints which they try to protect due to the exposure of those bones or joints to easy injury, usually blunt trauma.  Dr.J.

Question 2

can i have more children if i fractured my sacroilliac joint 17 months ago only just healed also suffer tro hip bursitis painful can i have more child?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can: If you did not have any hardware placed after the fracture, you should be fine to progress with a normal pregnancy. If you had hardware, depending on how extensive the injury, you may need to consider c section. While you will be able to have children, you will most likely have increased arthritic pain at the si joint that might be exacerbated during progression of the pregnancy.  Hope this helps!

Question 3

fractured pelvis 15 months ago during child, birth still in chronic pain now have hip bursitis would it be difficult for me to carry more children?

Accepted Answer

Need more infor: I would need to know what part of the pelvis and to what extent was the break.  Most pelvic fractures dont result in issues with carrying or delivering children. 

Your OB and ortho doc may need to get together to help make a plan for your next pregnancy.

Question 4

what is bursitis ?

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Inflammation: Bursa are small sacs of synovial fluid in the body.Although there are more than 150, the most common bursa that people may be told is inflamed are by the shoulder &amp; hip bones (trochanteric bursitis).They tend to be located where muscles &amp; tendons, slide across bone. When bursitis occurs, movement becomes difficult &amp; painful. Treatment may include rest,ice,anti-inflammatory drugs, PT, or injections

Question 5

what causes bursitis?

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Bursitis: Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa which is a fluid filled sac usually over a bony prominence helping to decrease friction. Bursitis can be caused by direct trauma, overuse, infection and various inflammatory processes.

Question 6

how long does bursitis last?

Accepted Answer

NO care = longtime: Bursitis is about alignment of the hip and leg or arm/hand/elbow/shoulder. The best therapy is myofascial tissue release therapy is on a spectrum from simple stretching, yoga, massage, chiro adjustments, john f. Barnes unwinding, hands-on manipulations, acupuncture, gunn-ims, dry needling to finally travell trigger point injections.

Question 7

what is a cause for bursitis?

Accepted Answer

Irritation: A bursa is a normal part of the body over a prominence. We have them over the back of the elbow, front of the knee cap, on the top of the shoulder, and the outside of the hip (to name a few). They also the skin to move freely over the underlying bone and soft tissues. Normally thin, they become thick and painful with irritation.

Question 8

is bursitis caused by overuse?

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Often: Bursitis is a general term that means inflammation of a bursa. The most common causes are overuse, direct trauma to the bursa, and infection.

Question 9

what does bursitis do over time?

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Bursitis: Bursitis is inflammation of the bursa. Overtime it becomes thick walled and remains painful. One can have recurrent attacks of acute flare ups. It can get infected and this can make urgent surgical excision or I&D necessary.

Question 10

how do i know if i have bursitis?

Accepted Answer

Bursitis: Tenderness, sometimes redness and swelling, over a tendon or muscular attachment to a bone or joint sometimes caused by bruising or overuse. Get xray and medical evaluation.

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