Bursitis
Applies to: Elbow/Hand/Wrist, Foot/Ankle, Hip, Knee, Shoulder
Bursitis commonly causes painful swelling around muscles and bones. Symptoms are often experienced in the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, or ankle. Bursitis is caused when a joint is overused or when direct trauma has been sustained, often at the knee or elbow. Repeated injuries to one local area usually cause bursitis.
Risk increases with age. Infections, arthritis, and diabetes can cause bursa swelling.
These are things that you can do to minimize your risk of getting bursitis and to reduce flare-ups if you already suffer from one or both of these conditions:
- Regular exercise with a good warm-up to strengthen the muscles around the joints
- Taking frequent breaks from repetitive tasks
- Cushioning the affected joint
- Increasing the gripping surface on tools by using gloves, grip tape, or other padding
- Positioning your body properly when doing daily tasks and spreading the load when handling heavy objects
- Beginning new activities or exercises slowly
Our physical therapists can help you learn techniques to reduce re-injury and relieve pain.
Conditions And Treatments
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Main conditions
- Achilles Tendon Injuries
- Acute Kidney Injury
- ADHD
- Anxiety Disorder
- Arthritis
- Athlete’s Foot
- Bone Disease related to Kidney Disease
- Bunions, Calluses, & Corns
- Bursitis
- Cancer Pain
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Cognitive Disorders
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Dementia
- DeQuervains Wrist Tenosynovitis
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
- Discogenic Back Pain
- End Stage Renal Disease
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Flat Feet
- Fluid and electrolyte disorders, including: Edema, Potassium, Acid-Base and Calcium disorders
- Fracture
- Frozen Shoulder/Adhesive Capsulitis
- Ganglion Cyst
- Glomerular Disease
- Hammertoes
- Heel Spurs
- Herniated Disc
- Hematuria
- High Blood Pressure (Advanced Hypertension)
- Ingrown Toenails
- Infection
- Kidney Stones
- Kidney Transplant
- Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
- Migraine Headaches
- Mood Disorder
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS)
- Neuroma
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Occupational Health/Worker Compensation Injuries
- Osteoarthritis (OA)
- Osteoporosis
- Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spur Syndrome)
- Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
- Proteinuria
- Psychotic Disorder
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
- Rotator Cuff Tendinitis and Tears
- Sciatica
- Sacroiliac (SI) Joint Dysfunction
- Spinal Compression Fracture
- Spinal Stenosis
- Sprains/Strains
- Tendonitis
- Extensor Tendon Laceration
- Tennis elbow
- Toenail Fungus
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Warts
Main treatments
- Rotator Cuff Repair
- Intercept
- Access to all end-stage renal disease therapies, including: kidney transplantation, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Access to dialysis and transplant services for patients with end-stage renal disease
- ADHD Treatment
- Anxiety Disorder Treatment
- Cognitive Disorders and Dementia-Eval and Treat
- Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD)
- Continuous Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD)
- Chronic peritoneal dialysis care
- Continuous renal replacement therapy
- Dialysis
- Arthroscopy
- Carpal tunnel injection and release
- Cubital Tunnel Ulnar Nerve Release
- Diabetic Foot & Wound Care
- Discography
- Distal Clavicle Excision
- Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulation Therapy
- Dupuytren’s Contracture Release Hand
- Electromyography (EMG)
- Epidural Nerve Block
- Facet Joint Injections
- Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
- Genetic Testing for Psychiatric Medications
- Genicular Nerve Ablation
- Injections of arthritic joints and tendonitis PRP
- Injections of joints and tendonitis corticosteroids
- Intra-articular Joint Injections
- Kyphoplasty Surgical Procedure
- Medial Branch Blocks
- Medication Management
- MILD (Minimally Invasive Lumbar Decompression)
- MLS® Therapy
- Mood Disorder Treatment
- Neurostimulation Trials
- PainTeQ LinQ Procedure
- Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
- Plantar Fascia Release
- Prolotherapy
- PRP Therapy
- Psychotic Disorder Treatment
- Radiofrequency Neurotomy
- Regenexx®
- SI Joint Fusion
- SI Joint Injections
- Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Spinal Infusion Pump
- Stem Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
- Toe Joint Replacement
- Total Hip Replacement (Anterior Approach)
- Total Hip Replacement Arthroplasty (THA)
- Total Knee Replacement Arthroplasty (TKA)
- Trigger finger injection and release
- Trigger Point Injections
- Vertebroplasty
- Vertiflex Procedure
- VIA Disc NP Procedure
- Wart Removal
- Wound Care