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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

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Dr. Shanthi.E

General & Family Physician

Exp 17 years

Dr. Saisudha Kotla
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Dr. Saisudha Kotla

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Dr. Nagamani Ng

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Dr. Dorina Gurabardhi

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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Where Is Your Trochanter

Premium Questions

Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal MD

Deep pain from greater trochanter down to just above the left knee laterally; woken up from sleep ... mainly around greater trochanter; iced for 30 min. Now great discomfort from trochanter down IT... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Praveen Tayal MD

[my father has got a crack from greater trochantric region to lesser trochantric region in right leg 10 days ago after facing an accident. He can not lift the right leg now. doctor prescribed traction for 4 week. Pain is... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma MD

[Dear Doctor, I am a 70 year old male, 6 feet, 240 lbs. . When sleeping on my side I get extreme pains in my hip and thigh that I am lying on (after less than an hour). Changing positions generally gives me eventual relief... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Mahaveer Patil MD

I fell and ended up having an incomplete break of the greater trochanter. The Dr chose to let it heal on its own. It healed incorrectly and my one foot is now going in the opposite direction. Now it ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahaveer Patil ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Noble Zachariah MD

I had bad pain over left side of hip, diagnosed as trochanter hip pain , but X-ray shows hip itself is ok. What is a good, simple exercise for this and groin pain that goes with it? Tnx I can,t get my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Noble Zachariah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

Public Forum Discussions

geraldinacollins MD

back, trochanter bursitis and now burning along bikini line (front) all the way up to middle perineal area between legs. I m a female, 42, not overweight. Got a steroid shot in trochanter area in sept 12 ... View answer

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Dr.  K. Naga Ravi Prasad MD

My son has avulsion fracture of lesser trochanter. Everyone thought he pulled hip flexor and break ... x-ray showed callus and now looks more like other side trochanter with half moon piece above and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. K. Naga Ravi Prasad ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash MD

My dad underwent a ct guided biopsy of right greater trochanter. The reports reads as the section shows only fibrocollagenous and adipose tissue with scattered few lymphocytes. No epithelioid granulomas ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash ( Ophthalmologist)
Sreenivasa Rao MD

Hi Dr. I slipped and fell pretty hard on my right side a month ago. The bruises have resolved, but I now have two hard ball feeling things under my skin around the greater trochanter area, where I ... View answer

Answered by : Sreenivasa Rao ( Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist)
Dr.  Praveen Tayal MD

Have had lower back pain/Trochanter Bursitis for at least 5 months. Pain was severe at first,grabbing sharp.Trochanter feels better but lower back cracking with constant ache and nausea. By morning ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Praveen Tayal ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)