A great home remedy for bursitis is to place ice in place. Ice acts as a local analgesic and is anti-inflammatory and should be used every day during treatment for bursitis, in order to complement the physiotherapeutic and medicinal treatment, making healing of bursitis ever closer.
How to use ice to treat bursitis
To use ice to treat bursitis it is important to follow the following guidelines:
- Place pebbles of ice wrapped in a diaper, or a thin cloth, and place it on the shoulder, leaving it there for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes with ice, remove and rest for another 10 minutes, and then put the ice back on the shoulder. Repeat this process 3 times and do the entire procedure twice a day, or as directed by your doctor or physiotherapist.
The treatment for bursitis still involves sparing the affected joint. Therefore, you should rest whenever possible and be careful not to carry a heavy bag on the shoulder affected by the bursitis, and do not lie on the side where the hip bursitis is, for example. This type of care is very important to decrease the pressure of various structures on the bursa and on the joint, facilitating the cure of the disease.
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