When is bursitis not bursitis?

I am always amazed at the number of people who have hip or shoulder region pain, see a physician and are then diagnosed with bursitis without any physical indication that bursitis exists. Some people are given the diagnosis without any testing and others get an x-ray and then are told they have bursitis. In almost […]

Arthritis the cause of your pain? Don’t think so.

It seems that the idea of arthritis as the cause of pain has entered our culture so deeply, that I bet it would be a shock to most to find out that on the whole arthritis does not cause pain. Osteoarthritis is actually a progressive mechanical wearing down of joint surfaces. It is not an […]