DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What's the most effective way to treat knee bursitis? I've had it for months and the pain is worsening, but I've heard that even after treatment it can come back. Is there a way to ...

If you have swollen, painful knees that are tender to the touch, you may have knee bursitis. Knee bursitis is very common among people ages 40 to 60. Even so, many adults don’t know how to recognize ...

Common causes of pain above your knee include quadricep or hamstring tendonitis, arthritis, and knee bursitis. Your knee is the largest joint in your body, formed where your femur and tibia meet.

Knee pain when kneeling can be due to a number of conditions, such as bursitis, arthritis, and patellar tendonitis. Treatments can depend on the underlying cause. Kneeling aggravates knee pain because ...

This prospective multicentre study included 78 patients with mild psoriasis without musculoskeletal symptoms who were not on systemic treatment; 82% of them had mild disease and 39.7% presented with ...

Finding it harder to do everyday activities like climb stairs or simply bend down to tie your shoes lately? If you have achy knees, it may be bursitis, a common inflammatory condition that causes pain ...

Runners are accustomed to a certain amount of discomfort in their lower bodies. Some of that discomfort is normal: Running causes microtears in the muscles, which your body repairs during recovery so ...

This week we are going to discuss bursitis of the hip and of the knee. A bursa is a folded membrane with fluid between it’s layers which serves to decrease friction around a joint, to cushion tendons, ...

Knee pain while running is often due to runner's knee, IT band syndrome, and knee bursitis. Most running-related knee injuries are the result of increasing your mileage or pace too quickly. If you ...

Dr. Keith Roach writes a medical question-and-answer column weekdays. Dear Dr. Roach: I have been diagnosed with bursitis on my left hip, and my pain management doctor says she can give me an ...