Bursitis, tendonitis (the “itises”)

In order to do more than calm the symptoms, we need to determine what is causing the inflammation.

When patients report that they have bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis or any other “itis” the question that needs to be answered is “why?”. The suffix “itis” indicates inflammation, so the terms accurately tell us that the bursa, tendon or joint is sore and inflamed but is the inflammation due to increased mechanical friction, trauma, or a disease process. In order to do more than calm the symptoms, we need to determine what is causing the inflammation. Manual therapy is a quick and effective way of finding the core issue so that the inflammation can be controlled in the long term.