Bursitis and Vitamin D

Summary

Quick search did not found any indication that adding vitamin D will prevent bursitis

FACT: Vitamin D decreases many kinds of inflammation

FACT: Bursitis is an inflammation

FACT: People with inflammation have low levels of vitamin D

FACT: Vitamin D decreases many types of pain

HYPOTHESIS : Vitamin D will decrease pain and inflammation of bursitis

Suggestion: try taking 150,000 IU of vitamin D over a period of 7-14 days and see if the bursitis pain decreases

See also Vitamin D Life

• Overview Osteoarthritis and Vitamin D

• All items in category Osteoarthritis and Vitamin D items

• All items in category Pain and Vitamin D items

• Proven again, 400 IU vitamin D does not reduce joint paint - Aug 2013

• Quick self test of vitamin D deficiency not quantitative, but FREE

See also web

• Can Vitamin D Deficiency Cause Joint Pain? Livestrong June 2011
  • Bursitis, or inflammation of the bursae that cushions the end of the bones, also can be a cause for joint pain
  • 70 percent of these patients who suffered from some sort of joint pain also were vitamin D deficient.
• Bursitis: An Introduction to This Inflammatory Disease Mercola March 2017
  • Surprisingly nothing about Vitamin D
• Bursitis Wikipedia
  • There are more than 150 bursae in the human body.
  • The bursae rest at the points where internal functionaries, such as muscles and tendons, slide across bone
  • Types include:"housemaid's knee", "clergyman's knee", hip pain, "student's elbow", shoulder pain, Achilles bursitis, "weaver's bottom"