Bursitis? little help please!?

I have terrible knees, shoulders and elbows as well as a bad back/neck. (I was very ahtletic most of my life, many injuries etc...)

I'm going to to doctor tomorrow because it seems that at least once a month now I am bed ridden with such a bad back that I can't move. Around the same time or at the same time, my knees and shoulders go crazy and my knees even swell with fluid.

Let's assume I have bursitis for the time being.

Here's my question:

With Bursitis, will you have flare ups in more than one joint at a time, ie knees & shoulders simultaneously?

And before anyone says it, I AM GOING TO THE DOCTOR TOMORROW!

Thanks for your help.

Sure, it's very possible, but not certain to occur. It could as easily be one of those other Itis boys bothering you, perhaps Arthur (arthritis ;))

The suffix -itis means "inflamation of", and many folks do their own diagnosis of one -itis or another, while likely it's best left to that doc you're planning to see tomorrow to make that diagnosis. Afterall, you're hiring him to give you his expert advice, so barring something completely crazy, it might be best to listen to him.

I do alot of Judo and I injured my knee about five months ago and it swelled up like a balloon with fluid. This fluid stayed their for about 2 1/2 months and I could not bend my knee. I also thought it was bursitis and so did the docs. However, after getting refered by doc to hospital on the 21st of May my appointment with the orthapedic guy is next month, a four month wait!!!

Anyway, may advice to you is get straight to a physio therapist. It might cost you 拢30 a time but let me tell you it was the best money I ever, ever spent!!!!! They ultrasounded my knee and did some other stuff and bang my knee is almost 100% now. I will still keep my hospital appointment though.

Also I would recomend you look up a good Ostiopath again it will cost you money but when you are bed ridden I bet you would pay through the nose to have your pain stop. The Ostiopath will work on your back. Please look them up today it may give you your life back.

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