| Have you ever gone out for a walk or a jog only to | | | | tendering parts and the history of the pain. This is |
| find yourself seated along the pavement or in the | | | | locally done by anesthetic injections to relief the pain. |
| park as a result of a nailing pain in your hip? Hip joint | | | | The pain is normally noticed in the outer hip when the |
| pain scientifically known as bursitis is a condition when | | | | patient climbs or descends or when the patient lies |
| bursa, a fluid sac that helps in reduction of friction | | | | on the painful side. The doctor localizes the tendering |
| among body tissues, becomes inflamed. Aseptic | | | | parts to locate the hip bursae. X-rays are used to |
| bursitis is common and noninfectious. Bursae, plural of | | | | check whether there are other joint or bone |
| bursa, are adjacent to tendons close to extent joints | | | | conditions like arthritis. It's used to highlight parts |
| like the elbows, shoulders, knees and hips. Soft tissue | | | | where calcium has been deposited in the inflamed |
| strain or traumas cause inflammation. The bursa is | | | | bursa but in most patients, it's not always used. |
| rarely affected by bacteria hence septic. | | | | Treatment of hip joint pain or hip bursitis is based on |
| Ischial and Trochanteric are the main common hip | | | | the kind of infection. Aseptic or noninfectious bursitis |
| bursae that associate with pain and stiffness of the | | | | of the hip is treated with rest, ice compresses and |
| hip joint causing hip joint pain. Ischial bursa is found in | | | | inflammatory medication. Occasionally, bursa fluid |
| the upper part of the buttock. It causes a dull pain | | | | aspiration is required. This is the removal of bursa |
| that occurs after long hours of sitting hence given | | | | fluid using sterilized needle and syringe. It can also be |
| the names "tailor's" and "weaver's bottom". | | | | treated with cortisone injection. Injection and |
| Trochanteric on the other hand is found on the side | | | | aspiration of the bursa are done at the same time. |
| part of the hip. A bone and a tissue separates it | | | | Septic hip bursitis requires more evaluations as it |
| form the main joint. Tronchanteric bursitis causes | | | | occurs occasionally. Septic bursitis is treated with |
| tendering of outer hip. This makes it hard for patients | | | | intravenously antibiotic therapy. However, |
| suffering from bursitis to lie on the affected side. | | | | bursectomy (the drainage and removal of bursa) and |
| Hip joint pain is easily diagnosed basing on specific | | | | aspiration repetition is necessary. |