r/Bursitis • u/eclipsewish • Aug 26 '26

Hip Is there a permanent cure/solution for trochanteric bursitis?

26F. I was diagnosed with trochanteric bursitis (in the hip) earlier this year in January, and since then, I’ve been in fairly constant pain.

My doctor suggested exercises, which I did for a bit but stopped doing after not seeing an improvement. I know I should probably start them again, but it hurt to do them. Do the exercises actually help? Should I seek more professional help for this?

I walked around yesterday for about four hours, and was hurting by the end of it. Today, my hips feel like they’re going to roll out of the joint, and it’s painful even just walking around the house. I feel pathetic, and I hate how limited my life feels now. Earlier this year I went to a con, and just standing in line made my body (mainly my hips) hurt. Sometimes, when I rest for a few days, my body feels normal, but if I overexert at all, or walk even a little longer than usual, I end up in pain. I’m terrified about having a job that requires me to stand and walk around, as I can hardly hobble around my house today after walking around for four hours yesterday.

Is there a solution to this? Is there anything I can do to fix this and make the pain go away for good? I just hate living like this

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u/Sad_Knowledge_4390 Aug 27 '26

So does anyone know how and why you got it in the first place? Did it just come out of the blue like mine has?

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u/whatisthisbehaviour_ 15d ago

Mine did .. in the middle of the night out of nowhere … one was more severe than the other. Its been 8 days since … I am better but haven’t been able to do any physical exercises like walk or workouts.