Boy, don't get me started on bursitis of the hip. Better known as trochanteric bursitis. I have had it for years and it is EXTREMELY difficult to treat. It also can pull on the back muscles making your back very stiff. ITBS (iliotibial band syndrome) can also exacerbate hip bursitis terribly. That is my main cause of the hip b. I have had injections, p.t., you name it. It's a major pain generator for me, doing the domino effect. Typically, it is very tender to the touch at the side of the hip, and you cannot sleep on the affected side. Doing so only aggravates it more. The steroid injections have diminishing returns the more you have them.
__________________
bicycle accident 6/01: 2 compression fractures @ T12-L1; vertibroplasty; 4/06: right hip labral tear & arthroscopic repair; 4/07: lumbar prodiscs @ 3 levels, L3-6 by Dr. Bertagnoli; 7/02/08: ALIF L6-S1; 7/30/08: reopened to remove bone cement, leaked onto S1 nerve root; 8/08: pulmonary embolism, double pneumonia, collapsed left lung, pleurisy, pleural effusion; ALIF fusion complete; 3/10/09: SI Joint Fusion by Dr. Stark; Jury still out.
|