A commonly overlooked diagnosis of lateral hip pain is gluteal tendinopathy. The relative emphasis on ‘trochanteric bursitis’ compared with tendinopathy is likely reversed. The tendinopathy is much more prevalent that the ‘bursitis’ according to MR studies of the regions. At surgery for total hip arthroplasty, surgeons often find major tears in the gluteus medius (Bunker […]
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Lateral hip pain – more likely gluteus medius tendinopathy than ‘trochanteric bursitis’
Our New Zealand colleagues had a great sports medicine conference in Wellington this week following their successful hosting of the World Championships in Rowing. Congratulations to Dr Chris Milne and colleagues from all disciplines who made this a success. In a conversation with Chris I was reminded that the lateral hip pain label of ‘trochanteric […]