Thabiso

I have no problem with the term 'bursistis' or 'tendonitis', but I think it is not as prevalent in our patients are people seem to think and the terms stops physiotherapists thinking.

'Bursitis' of the shoulder or hip, in my opinion, is not that common and I would say 49 out of 50 patients I see with the label 'bursitits' have other problems which change rapidly with movement/corrective exercise. I do not think we can change true 'bursitis' as a physio (I have stopped using ultrasound/interferential etc many years ago).
A patient I saw this week had the bursitis label and told by her Dr that physio would not help. It would not help if the diagnosis was correct (she even had full shoulder movement!), but she wanted a second opinion and the problem originated in her neck. She rapidly improved once treatment addressed the origin of the problem.

This is not uncommon the label of bursitis does more harm than good.