Home Remedies for Bursitis

Bursitis is a common sport related injury. An irritation or swelling of bursa is called as bursitis. A bursa is found in every joint. A liquid filled shell is present inside each joint. There are 150 numbers of bursa in a human body. Bursa present in between a joint bone and the ligament which covers it. It reduces the friction between bones and tendons. Si it may cause the swelling and pain of the entire structure. Mainly bursitis causes pain while moving the body. It can be affect any person in any time. Mostly it occurs in any joint of body such as hip, knee, ankle and elbow.

Symptoms of Bursitis

The common symptoms of bursitis are, the patient feels mild pain in the affected area. The affected area gets rigid and pain becomes increase in the body. Other symptoms are swelling and redness in the affected area, burning sensation on the affected area.

Causes of Bursitis

The primary causes of bursitis are excess use of joint, any injury or infection on joint, due to certain diseases, due to some profession like athletics, running, and fatness of the body. Basically bursitis is caused by heavy physical hardworking. Sometimes gout, arthritis may cause bursitis.

Home Remedies for Bursitis

Some of the home remedies against bursitis are as follows.

Grid one potato and add a cup of water in it. Immerse it in the whole night then filter it in the very next morning. Drink that liquid at a time before having breakfast. It is the best home remedy for bursitis.

Consume the food which contains magnesium like leafy vegetables. Also take calcium and vitamin B12 because it helps to reduce the irritation or swelling.

Take the solution made by water, apple cider vinegar and honey. This one is simple home treatment for bursitis.

Another effective treatment for bursitis is mix one table spoon of cayenne pepper with a cup of apple cider vinegar. Boil it for 15 minutes. Then apply this liquid by using a piece of cloth on the affected area.

Rub warm olive oil on the affected area everyday. This will stop the reappearance of bursitis.

Sea water is also best to cure bursitis. Drink it daily. This is one of the natural home remedy for bursitis.

For reliving the pain you can also add quite a few drops of lavender oil to the bath water.

Turmeric cure for Bursitis

Submitted by Alisha, 15-Jan-2011

Turmeric is best for all kinds of joint pain. Take turmeric everyday for one month and you will get rid from bursitis completely.

Bursitis Remedy

Submitted by Ritika, 16-Jan-2011

I had bursitis in my left knee. I cured it by soaking in epsom salt warm water. Try this and do some exercise to cure bursitis. Deep massage also helps to reduce pain.

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