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By: Jonathan Larson. Bursitis. What is Bursitis?. Bursitis is basically a disorder that causes pain in the body’s joints. It most commonly affects the hips and shoulder. How do you get Bursitis?.
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By: Jonathan Larson Bursitis
What is Bursitis? • Bursitis is basically a disorder that causes pain in the body’s joints. It most commonly affects the hips and shoulder.
How do you get Bursitis? • You don’t get it by a sick person or anything. You can get bursitis if you over use the certain part of your body everyday for a while.
What happens to the system? • Nothing really happens to the skeletal/muscular system if you get Bursitis. It just hurts to move your body, mainly your hips and shoulders.
Does the body try to fix itself? • The body really can’t do anything to make to get rid of Bursitis. You would have to go see a doctor and see what you can do about it.
What medicines do I need? • It says that to help your Bursitis, you can take Advil, Motrin, Tylenol, Aleve
Is it curable? • Bursitis is curable. You need to go to R.I.C.E therapy to help take the pain away slowly. • R.I.C.E includes: Resting the affected joint by immobilizing it with a sling, splint or cast, • Ice the affected joint to reduce swelling, and • Compression and Elevation of the affected joint