Dear Reader: Your hip has several fluid-filled sacs, called bursae. They cushion the hip joint. When one of these sacs becomes irritated or inflamed, the condition is known as bursitis. My patients ...

The condition was caused by sitting on hard, wooden chairs all day long, weaving. It led to ischial bursitis, a painful inflammation of the sac or bursa, that cushions the bone in the hip. Weaver’s ...