Where does bursitis occur?

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Where does bursitis occur?

There are more than 150 bursae located in your body. You’re most likely to develop bursitis in joints you use over and over in the same way or in places you put a lot of pressure such as:

  • Shoulders (subacromial bursitis).
  • Elbows (olecranon bursitis, sometimes called miner’s or barfly’s elbow).
  • Knees (prepatellar bursitis or housemaid’s knee).
  • Feet (name varies depending on location, commonly in the big toe, heel or ball of the foot).
  • Hips (iliopectineal or trochanteric bursitis).
  • Buttocks (ischial bursitis or weaver’s bottom).

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