Outer hip pain

You want to climb stairs, walk a block or lie on your side without the outside of the hip complaining. Start with the name that appears most often on reports. Cleveland Clinic says trochanteric bursitis is painful swelling near your hip joint. It says trochanteric bursitis is a specific type of bursitis.

Names that overlap

Hip bursitis, trochanteric bursitis and gluteal tendinopathy are close neighbors on a report. These questions separate them.

• What is the difference between hip bursitis and trochanteric bursitis?
• What causes gluteal tendinopathy?

What to do about it

This question asks how the problem is treated, which is the one to read before you plan any return to activity.

• How is gluteal tendinopathy treated?

Public pages to read alongside

Cleveland Clinic has a page on trochanteric bursitis. Alongside it sit the NHS page on bursitis and the NHS page on hip pain in adults. Together they give a reader in Elmwood Park three published views of the same area.

The check before the next step up

Before you lengthen a walk or add a flight of stairs, note which position or movement brings the outer hip pain on. Take that note to whoever examines you.