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Bursitis
Bursitis is painful inflammation of a bursa - a flat sac containing joint (synovial) fluid that reduces friction in areas where skin, muscles, tendons, and ligaments rub over bones). A bursa normally contains very little fluid. If injured or overused, however, the bursa may become inflamed and fill with fluid. These small, fluid-filled sacs lubricate and cushion pressure points between your bones and the tendons and muscles near your joints. They help your joints move with ease. Bursitis occurs when one of the bursae becomes inflamed. When inflammation occurs, movement or pressure is painful. Bursitis often affects the areas around the joints in your shoulders, elbows or hips. But you can also have bursitis by your knee, heel and even in the base of your big toe. Bursitis pain usually goes away within a week or so with proper treatment, but recurrent flare-ups are common and can be frustrating. Signs and symptoms If you have bursitis, you may notice:
Bursitis of the hip doesn't cause any visible swelling or skin redness because the bursae are located beneath some of your body's bulkiest muscles. In this type of bursitis, pain is primarily over the greater trochanter, a portion of your thighbone (femur) that juts out just below where the bone joins the hip.
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