Question 1

i think i have shoulder bursitis. home cure?

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Shoulder bursitis: 2 Aleve (naproxen) 2 time a day with food in your stomach for 5 days. Scapular stabilizer exercises and proper posture. Avoid positions with your arms raised forward ie typing on computer.

Question 2

how to cure hip bursitis?

Accepted Answer

Varied approaches: You can use anti-inflammatory medications or local steorid injkection along with rest and physical therapy. Often avoidance of a particular activity that caused the bursitis is curative as well.

Question 3

is it possible to cure for shoulder bursitis?

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Yes: Shoulder bursitis can be a chronic problem but can also go away with physical therapy and appropriate medical therapy like nsaid's or cortisone injections for example.

Question 4

will a trigger point massage cure shoulder bursitis?

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May or  may not: The correct  trigger  point  may help  the pain at that site, but not necessarily if it is bursitis which can improve  with exercise, heat, ice or even an injection.

Question 5

do i have to undergo physical therapy to cure trochanteric bursitis of the hip?

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You can: You can physical therapy or you could have a corticosteriod injection in trochanteric bursa.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

is bursitis caused by overuse?

Accepted Answer

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.

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