musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
How To Inject a Trochanteric Bursa
Aftercare for Injecting a Trochanteric Bursa
Prescribe limited hip activity (eg, avoid stairs, prolonged walking, running, weight-lifting), ice, and oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) until pain subsides. Limiting hip activity can help minimize the spread of the corticosteroid into adjacent tissues and maximizes its therapeutic effect. Instruct the patient to return for reassessment to exclude infection if pain is continuously and progressively increasing after several hours or persists for > 48 hours. 