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St Leonards Physiotherapy proudly offer quality care for trochanteric bursitis to local St Leonards, Cammeray, Crows Nest, North Sydney, Lane Cove & North Shore residents.
Trochanteric bursitis is inflammation of the bursa (a small, cushioning sac located where tendons pass over areas of bone around the joints), which lies over the prominent bone on the side of your hip (femur).
The superficial trochanteric bursa is located over the greater trochanter. This is the most commonly inflamed bursa. A deep trochanteric bursa lies deeper and can become inflamed in more severe cases.
One or more of the following symptoms may be experienced:
The trochanteric bursa may be inflamed by a group of muscles or tendons rubbing over the bursa and causing friction against the thigh bone. This injury can occur traumatically from a fall or a sport-related impact contusion.
It can also be a case of gradual onset via a repetitive trauma to the bursa from such activities as running (with poor muscles control or technique), walking into fatigue, or cycling, especially when the bicycle seat is too high.
It is also a secondary injury associated with chronic conditions such as:
We will provide you with an assessment of your medical history and a physical examination of your hip, pelvis and back. A hallmark sign is if you feel tenderness over the bursa or greater trochanter (hip bone) when pressure is applied.
Diagnosis can also be confirmed by medical imaging techniques that include ultrasound scan & MRI.
Our physiotherapy rehabilitation program is aimed at improving the muscle control around the hip, pelvis and lumbar spine. The key to successful Trochanteric Bursitis treatment is a carefully prescribed, progressed and supervised exercise program that restores the correct balance between all the muscle groups around the lumbar spine, pelvis and hips. Cortisone injections may be required to reduce the inflammation of the bursa and assist in the completion of the treatment program.
While some people can respond quickly to physiotherapy treatment within a few weeks, more chronic cases where a tendinopathy exists in the gluteal muscle group under the bursa can require a few months to achieve recovery.
Trochanteric bursitis is successfully managed in the vast majority over a period of approximately six weeks. It is important to not stop your rehabilitation exercises as soon as you pain abates.
Excellent hip muscle control is your best rehabilitation and prevention strategy. Please follow the advice of your physiotherapist or doctor.
We can get you started on the right track to recovery! If you have any specific questions, please ask them.
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