musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders
How To Inject a Trochanteric Bursa
Relevant Anatomy for Injecting a Trochanteric Bursa
Although tenderness at or near the greater trochanter is characteristic, the trochanteric bursae are usually not the only source of the pain. Commonly affected trochanteric bursae are the subgluteus maximus bursa (multiloculated, lies between the greater trochanter and the gluteus maximus tendon) and the bursae between the greater trochanter and gluteus medius and minimus tendons. Other sources of pain include tendinopathy of the gluteus medius and minimus. Pain elicited by palpation is used to determine the site of needle insertion. 