As it has been explained to me, the bursa is the lubricating goo in our joints. Depletion of the bursa results in a lack of lubrication, thus pain, inflammation and spasms. If we have pain/inflammation/spasms in a joint, it is normal for us to want to limit any movement of that joint. Unfortunately, regular movement of the joint is what replaces or regenerates the bursa. Deliberately limiting movement to avoid joint pain actually exacerbates the problem as the bursa continues to deplete. Often, lack of movement (lack of physical activity generally) is what allows the bursa to deplete which causes the pain in the first place. My physical therapist liked to say "motion is lotion", meaning that low resistance motion is the best treatment for sore/stiff joints, providing of course that no permanent physical damage has occurred. This knowledge has greatly helped me work through a number of bouts of frozen elbows shoulders and knees, avoiding cortisone injections and pain killers. Simply working the joint "through the pain" has ultimately given me back pain-free use of my joints. This is just my own experience. Medical professionals may point out flaws in my reasoning. Phil paul bruesch wrote: > ... I (apparently) had a ruptured bursa in my elbow. .... Then I > started running. Within a week or two the bursa pain was gone -- /Artist Piano Care/ E X C E L L E N C E ~ F I N E LY T U N E D web: www.artistpianocare.ca tel: 416-907-3562 cel: 905-626-3727 phil at artistpianocare.ca -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091116/98e0d0c7/attachment.htm>
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