Many patients come to Long Island Spine Rehabilitation Medicine complaining of hip pain that interferes with their daily activities. Often the cause of this pain is trochanteric bursitis, an inflammation of the bursae (fluid-filled sacs near a joint) at the part of the hip known as the greater trochanter. Because our medical practice centers on…
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Could the pain in my hip be caused by bursitis? Bursitis is diagnosed when the body’s bursae become inflamed. Bursae are fluid-filled sacs located throughout the body. They act to cushion areas like joints where there is movement that results in friction between bone and other types of tissue. While bursitis in the hip is…
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