Posted on 04/19/2022 6:01:41 AM PDT by Hootowl
Friends and Freepers, since collectively you know everything there is to know I wonder if any of you have experience with debilitating pain from hip Joint bursitis? Nothing the doctors have tried so far has worked. No arthritis involved.
My back is shot.
My doctor ruled out physical therapy and is talking about surgery.
After a little research, I found out that the shoes you wear have a direct link to back, hip and knee pain.
The recommendation was a shoe with a lightweight upper, springy middle, and a firm traction lower. They also recommended arch support. Their recommendation was a walking shoe, not a running or regular tennis shoe, but a walking shoe.
I found a shoe that meets all of the above, and let me tell you, it has made a world of difference.
Yeah I’ve got involvement in L4-L5. Both sides.
Some good recommendations on this thread.
Sounds like me. L5-S1 is shot.
Physical therapy not recommended by my doctor.
He told me to prepare myself for surgery.
Some days are worse than others.
I treated my knee bursitis (diagnosed by my doctor) with Indomethacin (50mg), an anti-inflammatory.
Indomethacin worked miracles on my gout. That is why I have it in stock.
My doctor told me my knee bursitis would go away or it wouldn’t (thanks doc). Not an infection, so no antibiotics prescribed.
So I decided to take Indomethacin (anti-inflammatory) for it.
Better right away and GONE in a few days (a week tops) The prescription says 3 times a day, I did it twice a day.
The “miracle drug” (for me anyways) to the rescue again!
I hope this helps. I am NOT a doctor, nor do I play one on TV.
try exercising in water if you have access to a gym. You could do a trial membership and give it a try to see if it helps. It can be something simple as just walking the length of the pool to help strengthen muscles. Also you can just stand and do back and forth motions with arms in the water.
BTW, this was weeks ago, it has not come back. Good as new. Well, maybe good as old.
My physical therapist gave me several good aquatic therapy exercises to do in the pool. I got them laminated so I can take them with me. I go to a county indoor pool - the kids think my printouts are interesting, LOL.
You may be improperly diagnosed as was I.
Get an MRI to see if you have avascular necrosis.
If so then a hip transplant. However, depending upon any number of things you may be able to get resurfacing which, I can state, is an amazing procedure that may leave you walking, running, jumping and able to live life outside of a golf course.
Luck
One teaspoon of Milk Of Magnesia every 8 hours or one in the morning and one before going to bed with a glass of water.
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/bursitis3.html
I had it in my knee. It out an entire month long vacation in the trash. All that worked was rest and naproxin. It hurt like nothing I have ever had before.
I can’t walk more than a hundred yards before the pain gets so bad I have to stop. Nothing, including cortisone shots, has helped. Hoping for a solution from folks who have had similar problems.
Try a course of antibiotics. It could be an infection.
A doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who is knowledgeable in BOTH herbs and acupuncture. Ideally Chinese-trained, definitely at least a decade, and ideally two or three of practice, good ratings on google and Yelp, and even better good word of mouth in the Chinese community.
Just acupuncture won’t do it as well, because you have an inflammation issue, and you need the mix of anti-inflammatory herbs.
Find the right one, and you will find a genuine magician.
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