GUEST ANSWER: (on request of Ask a TMS therapist). I am a medical doctor. Sports Medicine CAQ. -- The absence of pain, as you state, argues against TMS. A persistently inflamed bursa could be bad luck, a systemic inflammatory condition in your body, or the result of the standing you do all day. No one treatment approach is appropriate for every patient, or every condition. I'd advise a cortisone injection in the bursa-- you were against this above. But I'm not sure why? The body produces cortisone daily in the adrenal glands. Synthesized and concentrated, it's a useful injection for inflammation if used SPARINGLY and INFREQUENTLY. You may indeed be a TMS prone individual "the book describes me..." but that doesn't mean every health condition you'll face in your life will be TMS. I hope this helps. (Note: I cannot diagnose nor advise definitive treatment by this method, see a local doctor.)
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