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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