Bursitis  treatment

Case may 2014

Sub deltoid Bursitis

Last week I treated two clients with shoulder problem.  One had Sub deltoid bursitis, I found releasing the rotator cuffs muscles and pectoral minor are very important to improve client movement and reduce pain.  Lastly, it’s very important that those with sub deltoid bursitis to take the following food to heal bursitis.  Such as Orange, Pineapple, broccoli, papaya, spinach, avocado, banana, tomatoes, omega fatty Omega-3 fatty acids are found in fish oil and flaxseed oil.  These food sorts are very good for reducing bursitis inflammation and speed up repair of the bursa in the sub deltoid.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/23828-foods-treat-bursitis

Image of a few bursaes  in the right shoulder

Image of Right shoulder

 Notice the lable of “inflamed tendon”, this is an example of a Supraspinatus tendon inflamed which commonly cause a swollen bursa,  a condition commonly knowning as Shoulder Bursitis or “Subacromial bursitis”

Conventional treatment method:

• • Rest/ Ice to reduce pain and inflammation/ nonsteroid ant-inflammatory medication (Indomethacin, ibuprofen/aspirin...) with side effect.

  • Steroid injection as a last option due to effect of inhibiting tendon repair.

Alternative treatment method:

• • Take natural turmeric (Curcumin). Or get your Curcumin from a health food store, you need to take between 250 to 500milligram per day.  Curcumin work similar to nonsteroid anti-inflammatory medication.

  • Or ½ teaspoon ginger powdered or 6 teaspoons of fresh ginger chopped every day, which also effective form of anti-inflammatory

Foods that contribute to inflammation:

• • Therefore, try to reduce intake of the following: Fat/ sugar/ salt/ addictive/ preservative/ trans fat acids/ omega-6 fatty acids/ high-fructose corn syrup.