In acute bursitis, immobilization of the affected joint in the plaster splint or pressure bandage should be performed. At the same time, cooling compresses should be applied for several days.
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
Bursitis: if necessary, puncture with corticosteroid instillation should be performed for nonbacterial infections.
Baker’s cyst (popliteal cyst, popliteal cyst) – cysts usually become symptomatic only between the 20th and 40th year of life; but can also be observed in the 1st decade of life: if necessary. Radiation therapy treatment; in a small study, it was shown that radiation therapy achieved a volume reduction of the cyst by more than 25% in almost 80% of patients; with the reduced size of the cyst, the associated pain also decreased; in the short term, 80% and in the long term 60% of patients were able to reduce their analgesic intake (pain medication).
