Conditions / Diagnoses
Adult Tethered Cord
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Basilar Invagination
Chiari Malformation
Degenerative Disc Disease (Cervical and Lumbar)
Disc Herniation
Facet Joint Syndrome / Facet Blocks
Fibromyalgia
Myelopathy
Osteomyelitis
Osteoporosis / Vertebral Fractures
Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Osteoarthritis of the Peripheral Joint
Platybasia
Radiculopathy (Cervical and Lumbar)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scoliosis
Spinal Compression Fractures
Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal Cord Tumors
Stenosis
Syringomyelia
Trochanteric Bursitis
Trochanteric Bursitis
Trochanteric Bursitis is characterized by painful inflammation of the bursa, a fluid-filled sac located just over the greater trochanter, a bony projection of the femur (hip). Like tennis elbow, this type of inflammation is due to irritation and is not due to infection.
Symptoms: Patients typically complain of hip pain, although the hip joint itself is not involved. The pain may radiate down the side of the thigh. This sac occasionally will develop inflammation and result in pain with walking.
Treatment: Most patients with trochanteric bursitis respond very well to a combination of epidural corticosteroid injection, physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSIADs), and activity restriction. Some patients may require a repeat steroid injection. Trigger point steroid injections into the area of the bursa are also used.
| Stretching Exercises |
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Stretching the iliotibial
band (ITB) in the
standing position. |
Stretching the iliotibial
band (ITB) in the
supine position. |