I am shortly due to have my third steriod injection within 12 months for this condition. The first one worked for about 6 months but unfortunately the second one didn't, so my consultant is doing it again in two weeks time. He seems a bit vague as to alternative treatments for this condition and has ruled out surgery claiming it has little effect. I am not inclined to have steroid injections for the rest of my life and wondeer if anyone else has had alternative effective treatment? I am a reasonably fit 63 year old, or at least I was before this condition set it and must admit to the pain getting me down at times.
Hi can't offer you any alternative but I'm impressed your consultant is offering you a third injection mine dismissed it out right and has offered no alternative for me at present.
Hi that's really poor does he expect you to just put up with the pain? Whilst i would like to find an alternative treatment, the injection, whilst very painful, does offer some relief. I may try accupuncture as my sister regularly has it for back pain and she swears by it. I hope you get some treatment of some kind soon.
Have you been tested for rheumatoid arthritis?
Are you legs the same length ? (Not easy to determine, but unequal hem length is a good start.)
I have only just been diagnosed with it and trying to get a steroid injection arranged but I am horrified that this may be unsolveable as the pain at night is awful. Why does leg length matter ?
A short leg causes the buttock muscles on that side to work harder in order to lift the pelvis sufficiently for the longer leg to swing through.
How was the diagnosis reached?
MRI
Did the MRI distinguish between a trochanteric bursitis and a gluteal enthesopathy?
It actually said"trochanteric bursitis/gluteal enthesopathy"
I would have expected a more detailed description of the findings.
The MRI was carried out for another reason and this was just incidental - it was done in December - and I have only recently found out it was on the MRI report at all - I thought I had a tight piri formis and was trying to do stretches for that - only found out by accident.
Piriformis entrapment is a clear cut syndrome, difficult to confuse with gluteal enthesopathy - and your posts exemplify the problems of self diagnosis.
If you would like more details on the treatment of gluteal enthesopathy I suggest that you write to me directly, as you apprear to be making incorrect assumptions about the management, which should be straight forward.
I have read all this with great interest as a fellow sufferer I to have no Idea what I should be doing for the best! I have had 2 injections that were useless, and tomorrow I am seeing the Osteopath and living in hope that he can do something. I personnally think I have Ischioguteral problems, Well I'm going to through it into the mix anyway, as my behind kills me if I've done anything different like walk a couple of miles !! as well as my hip goodness me we are all suffering and no one seems to listen.
Having read all this I'm must say it's very interesting, and self diagnoisis is a problem but when you have no other help ! you will clutch at anything that seems viable, to help get you through.
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Hello, I have been looking for information on trochanteric bursitis and came upon this forum. Read with interest your experiences and wondered if any of you had experienced nerve pain down the leg with this bursitis? Pain radiates all the way from the hip down to my shin making walking almost impossible. When I sit down it appears to reset itself and allows me about 10 minutes of pain free walking. I have been in PT for several sessions and little has appeared to work, I have tried the steriod injection and it did not work. How does this pain go on for? (I have had it for 3 months now).
Your symptoms are not characteristic of "trochanteric bursitis".
I am on my second bout of trochanteric bursitis. 18 months ago it remained undiagnosed and I was off work for 6 weeks, attending physio eventually with little help. Resting was my only option and I only felt I was back to normal after 9 months. The pain and limp had been so bad that my lower back became very painful also.
A month ago I woke up in terrible pain again like it had the first time. By then I had done some research and thought this might be the diagnosis, and my mum suffering in the same way meant I could discuss the symptoms I had, then saw a doctor at the hospital who confirmed after examining me. 3 days later I had a steroid injection which has, so far, alleviated the pain and made it possible for me to continue working. I have to test a lot. My evenings and weekends are quite boring as I lie down or sit a lot. A trip to the supermarket needs to be efficient so I don't spend to much time walking. The doctor said I could have a steroid injection every 3 months. Because I can't sleep on that side, I have been sleeping on the other but have started to feel some tenderness. Has anyone has trochanter pain on both sides before?
It is possible, but unusual, to have "trochanteric bursitis" (see my earlier posts) on both left and right. But this is sufficiently unusual to justify re-visiting the diagnosis. Has rheumatoid arthritis been considered?
Hello, I have had bursts in my left hip for3 years i have had 3 steriod injections in one year to a degree helpful but still have degree of discomfort. Have also developed bursitis in right hip had one injection last Dec helpful for a while but not cured. I have a long term diagnosis of poly myalgia rheumatic and am told the bursitis goes hand in glove with this condition.
Am advised by Gp not to cross legs when sitting down.
I am afraid it seems something we have to live with.