Our amazing Creator thought of everything. God inserted the ability for tiny interior pillows to form inside our joint areas to protectbus. An inflamed bursa causes extreme pain and reduces the ability to move. The bursa fills with a liquid and swelling is severe in the early stages. After knee or back surgery, lack of joint use causes a bursa to puff up to protect us. Muscles tighten and too much  moving injures our soft tissue. The severity of a bursa happens when we do too much, too soon. Reduce inflammation with ice, and aspirin, then apply heat to stiff muscles. Massage and use ultrasound to increase blood flow to soft tissue.

Use home ultrasound for 7 minutes to the strained  muscle and loosen tendon.  Tendons became shortened due to lack of use –  This is what caused a protective bursa. When a bursa inflamed bump makes itself known, within the first 48 to 72 hours of tissue swelling, the protocol is to focus on reducing the discomfort by with ice pack to the injured bursa along with a high quality pain relief cream.

The bursae (Latin for bags) are made of connective tissue and filled with synovial fluid. Like tiny pillows, they cushion parts of the body like the elbows, which are often exposed to friction or pressure. When you prop your elbows on a hard tabletop, the bursa prevents the bone from pressing too hard against your skin. There are over one hundred bursae in the human body, many of them near joints. Hip joint, elbow joint, knee joint are the most common areas.

Treat bursitis and recover without the fear of re-injury or setbacks.  Soft tissue injuries can make you feel discouraged from the on-going pain.  Bursitis is a debilitating pain. It makes getting out of bed hard. After surgery, we are told to elevate leg, ice, and heat and avoid bearing weight for a time. Physical therapy is important, and doing the prescribed gentle exercise is necessary.  I found great relief in keeping my upper thigh loose with red light therapy. A battery-operated tool found on Amazon.

When tissue temperature increases, the tissues increase both in length and flexiblity. Elongated and flexible tissue is less likely to strain and tear, so your risk of further injury and/or reinjury is reduced. Less injury during recovery means 1) your recovery will be streamlined and not sidelined due to recurring injury. 2) less re-injury will mean less scar tissue. 3)
Enhanced blood flow benefits tissue by clearing the area of toxins and excess fluid build up.

Re-Injury is very common because most folks want to get back to their regular lifestyle.  Be careful – when much of the pain seems gone, we overdo and cause  inflammation. Ice the area so swelling drops.  Caution: Take slow steps. Slowly add an exercise.  If it hurts? Stop! The old injury will flare up – this is re-injury!Just because the pain is less, does not indicate the bursa is healed. Pray, Believe, and apply wisdom with each act.