Trochanteric bursitis affects about 5 of every 1,000 adults. It often occurs in women and middle-aged or older people, though people of any age may get the condition.

Tammy, a 35-year-old woman, gradually developed an aching pain in her right lateral hip. Her hip pain worsens when lying on the right side; however, she has no pain in the groin. The hip, a "ball-a… ...

The authors recognise the variability of structures in this area, having based diagrams on cadaveric studies performed prior to this paper. 9 Viewing the greater trochanter as a “clock face”, muscles ...

Clinical criteria (eg, hip pain and (a) hip medial rotation (MR) ≤15° and hip flexion ≤115° or (b) hip MR>15° with associated pain, and ≤60 min of morning stiffness in people ≥50 years of age) for the ...

So it wasn’t greater trochanteric pain syndrome; what else could it be? The mother mentioned that there was an abnormality in one of the blood tests done when the pain first started.