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The human body is a truly wonderful instrument and the bursae are one example of this. Bursae are small, tissue-lined structures that help different items such as tendons or bones glide across each other. However, when bursae become irritated, injured, or infected, the resulting pain and discomfort gives us bursitis.

The pes anserine bursa supplies a buffer or lubricant for movement that occurs between three main tendons and the medial collateral ligament (MCL). The MCL is underneath the semitendinosus tendon.

Pes anserine bursitis is common in people with knee pain, especially athletes. This condition is usually found in people who have tight hamstrings, although it also can be caused by trauma (eg, a direct blow). In most people, pes anserine bursitis is a self-limiting condition that responds to a program of hamstring stretches and strengthening the quadriceps, together with suitable anti-inflammatory and joint repair supplements.

When a person has tight hamstrings or experiences a bruise to this area, the synovial cells in the lining of the bursa may release more fluid and the bursa gets inflamed and can be rather painful.

The key complaint of sufferers from pes anserine bursitis, is pain along the centre of the knee. Although the pain sometimes seems to come from an area directly over the pes anserine bursa, it may also be felt over a rather distributed region around the centre of the knee. This diffused pain can be felt because you may also have tearing of the meniscal cartilege, one of the most commonly injured parts of the knee, or even from arthritis.

At its worst, pain from pes anserine bursitis is only mild to moderate. Intense pain could suggest a stress fracture.

The primary cause of pes anserine bursitis is underlying tight hamstrings, which are believed to place additional pressure on the bursa, causing bursal irritation. In addition, you may have bursal irritation due to a direct blow to the area.

Anyone with osteoarthritis of the knee is also at increased risk for this problem. Alignment of the lower extremity can be a risk factor for some individuals. The condition commonly known as “knock knees”, or a flatfoot position can lead to pes anserine bursitis.

Treatment
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The electric fan makes its seemingly endless, rotating motion because it has a rotor. The rotor is, in fact, the rotating part in many electrical and mechanical devices. When the rotor slows down with its motion or creates a strange sound while rotating, there are only two possible reasons. The rotor either needs lubricant or there is really a problem with the rotor. The same thing is true of our body joints. When a joint moves abnormally, it produces “noise” in the form of discomfort. This discomfort level could be the prelude to a more debilitating pain: bursitis pain.

Bursitis is the inflammation and occurrence of pain around the joint area. This definition is too simplistic, though, as the two symptoms may also occur when one suffers from arthritis. To be more descriptive of the medical condition, bursitis occurs when a bursa (or a sac-like membrane) gets inflamed and starts to produce friction with the moving tendons and muscles. As a result, people experience a limited ability to move. Due to intense bursitis pain, some people find it difficult to get up and do household chores. For this reason, bursitis came to be known as the ailment of old folks even though it attacks the old and the young alike. For the most part, bursitis pain is felt in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joint.
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It takes two to tango but not for Rory O’Shea. O’Shea knew early on that if he wants to tango, waltz, or salsa, he would have to do so alone. He had to because even though he remained passionate about dancing, a car accident left him with a walking disability. What was this main character of a 2004 Irish film to do? He danced in his imagination! Thankfully, we do not have to do that. We are more fortunate than O’Shea because we have two legs for dancing. We can also choose a partner to dance tango with us. All that, however, can change in a snap if we fail to immediately detect bursitis symptoms and suffer the ailment’s chronic effects.

But wait! What is bursitis? What are the common bursitis symptoms? First off, bursitis is a disease, not some African specie of chimpanzees. Bursitis happens when there is inflammation of a bursa in the shoulder, elbow, or knee joint. It is sometimes referred to as joint pain. Note, though, that not all joint pains are caused by bursitis. A bursa is a “sac-like membrane” filled with a particular type of fluid. This fluid limits the friction between bones and fibrous tissues, making the movement of joints possible and easy. Now, if there is something amiss in the way that you move joints, it could be one of the early bursitis symptoms.
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In one episode of the popular TV show House, a patient almost died because he was was given the wrong dose of medicine. This complicated his condition. The error was later identified as Wilson’s disease. Dr. House and his staff learned that the poor patient was getting excessive amount of copper in his regular diet. But wait! What does an almost-dead patient’s diet have to do with bursitis treatment? It’s simple: when it comes to bursitis treatment, accurate diagnosis must first be established before you take on any form of treatment. After all, you could be suffering from something else. What if what you have is not bursitis but arthritis?

The second lesson to be learned in that episode of house is DIET – specifically, the importance of proper diet. It is a known fact that one of the top causes of bursitis is acidic food – and the typical American diet has that a’plenty! How do you know you have bursitis? First off, you will feel pain around the joint areas. Your motion will be limited and your joints could swell. If you have all these symptoms, though, there is no need to push the panic button just yet. Mild forms of bursitis only require a few days of rest and stretching. In extreme cases, the pain could get so severe people take medication to dull the ache.
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In the golden days of basketball between the Chicago Bulls and Utah Jazz, Karl “The Mailman” Malone was the superstar of Utah. In the crucial stage of a championship series, he played such a monstrous game that one sports commentator said the devil himself built Malone just so he could play basketball. The Mailman did not disappoint. The Jazz won the game but it was not a happy ending for the team. After playing like a caged tiger, Malone suffered what seemed like elbow bursitis during the next game. He could no longer move his right elbow well and some say it could be because of the unbelievable strain from long championship games. With the Mailman down, Michael Jordan stole the show and the Bulls won the championship.

Now what does that little basketball info have to do with elbow bursitis? Anything and everything! You see, elbow bursitis cost the Jazz a championship. What do you suppose would it cost you? The elbows and knees are the most commonly affected by bursitis. When the body transforms acidic food into acid ash, the acid ash creates complications – attacking the body’s weakest areas, such as the elbows. Prolonged physical activities like playing basketball and tennis may also put your vulnerable elbows at risk. Heck, even a sedentary lifestyle can stimulate the occurrence of elbow bursitis! You see, you don’t have to move much a weak area at all for that body part to become fatigued. Moreover, being obese or overweight increases your odds of developing that almost-frictionless movements of muscles and tendons that are very, very painful.
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