Steroid Injection | Trochanteric Bursitis | Hip Pain Treatment

Trochanteric bursitis is a common cause of pain at the outer side of the hip.

A bursa is a bag of fluid designed to allow muscles to move without friction and the trochanteric bursa sits just beneath the skin over the large prominent hip bone at the top of the hip.

Bursitis is the medical name for inflammation in a bursa.

Trochanteric bursitis causes pain and irritation in the area at the top of the hip on the outer side of the leg. It can arise from no where but often starts after a fall. I've also seen it in people who have been lying too long on hard surfaces or in hard beds - and it can sometimes be found in association with back pain problems.

Steroid injection is a good way to treat trochanteric bursitis . In my experience the success rate is about 70% after only one treatment. The injection is given through the skin straight into the bursa and it's normally a relatively painless procedure.