Question: I have lateral hip pain. Is there a name for this and what’s causing it? Answer: Greater trochanteric bursitis is an inflammation of the hip bursa. The greater trochanter bursa is ...

Trochanteric bursitis describes bursitis of two particular bursae in the hip. One bursa is found on the greater trochanter, and the other is found in the groin-side of the hip, and is called the ...

If you find you're wincing or groaning from a sharp or achy pain in your hip, you could have an inflammatory condition known ...

Greater trochanteric bursitis results when the bursa becomes irritated. Most often, hip bursitis results from repetitive friction to the bursa due to a combination of muscular weakness and tightness.

A pain on the outside of your hip bone that sometimes extends to your thigh might be a case of gluteal tendinopathy. Here’s ...

GTPS is a common cause of hip pain – typically chronic intermittent pain over the greater trochanter on the lateral side of the thigh. It can occasionally be bilateral. Trochanteric bursitis is the ...

Tammy, a 35-year-old woman, gradually developed an aching pain in her right lateral hip. Her hip pain worsens when lying on the right side; however, she has no pain in the groin. The hip, a "ball-a… ...

This week we are going to discuss bursitis of the hip and of the knee.A bursa is a folded membrane with fluid between it’s layers which serves to decrease friction around a joint, to cushion ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I am a 78-year-old woman with long-standing trochanteric bursitis. I am always offered cortisone injections, and most of them have not worked. When they did, they ...

The condition occurs most often in the greater trochanter bursa, ... Hip bursitis can come from a muscle imbalance due to other conditions as well, says Dr. Stache, ...

Trochanteric bursitis may occur in rheumatoid arthritis or following minor trauma. The patient complains of pain around the hip, and on further enquiry it is apparent that the pain is felt laterally ...