Should I hit it with a bible?

I’ve had a touch of bursitis on my elbow for a couple of months – it’s swollen about the size of a squash ball but isn’t really painful or affecting movement.  I’m told the official remedy is to hit it with the good book, but I don’t have a copy at home and think Waterstones might object if I start abusing their stock. Anything else worth trying?

(and I’ve already checked – cat aids doesn’t cause swollen elbows)

That would be the treatment for a ganglion not a bursitis. And it’s still not recommended.

King James or Catholic? Get the right one for the job

You misremembered the directions; just take the two tablets that you’re offered

IMO it is like the cat aids, and therefore putting you down immediately is the only way forward.

What bikes ‘need’ clearing out for you. I can volunteer my time…

a touch of bursitis …… about the size of a squash ball but

How big would it be if it was full blown bursitis??

I am no medical expert but if synovial fluid as leaked to the point of creating a cyst the size of a squash ball I would have thought that you have a problem with your elbow joint.

Edit: If it is anything like a bakers cyst, which is a similar problem at the back of the knee, should it ever burst I can guarantee that it will hurt. Baker’s cysts don’t necessarily hurt but if they suddenly burst the pain can go through the roof

IMO it is like the cat aids, and therefore putting you down immediately is the only way forward.

What bikes ‘need’ clearing out for you. I can volunteer my time…

Only if you promise to scratch me gently behind the ears while I’m slipping away 🙂

You misremembered the directions; just take the two tablets that you’re offered

This really deserves a little applause

Only ganglions work with bibles, there’s probably a big stone building with a tower and some crosses near you that might have a few well thumbed copies saved you buying one. Probably polite to put something on the collection plate though.

Maybe try puncturing it with a sharpened match stick iand siphon it out with an old syringe from a brake bleed kit?

You misremembered the directions; just take the two tablets that you’re offered
This really deserves a little applause

Your wish, etc…

I’ve done (burst) a ganglion on my wrist by whacking it. No bible as I’d burst into flames these days, but whacked it on the kitchen worktop. It did work.

No bible as I’d burst into flames these days

You can’t just hit it with a bible, you have to shout “in the name of the lord, I release thee, spirites most foul!” in order for it to be effective.

You can’t just hit it with a bible, you have to shout “in the name of the lord, I release thee, spirites most foul!” in order for it to be effective

Doctors always tell us to do more exorcise

What you described is not bursitis, my elbow doubled in size (no joke) and it was agony.

Doctors always tell us to do more exorcise

Tremendous ?

I couldn’t find a Bible for my ganglion so hit it with another reliable book of truth. My phone. It only bloody worked (without blood).

I have an old hex that I didn’t use,sorts out most ailments *.

I can send it in the post,(PayPal gift).

* if you do the incantation properly and at the correct volume.

I have an old hex that I didn’t use,sorts out most ailments

IME people who claim that sort of thing are all Torx and no trousers.

Thanks for the suggestions so far – sadly it seems that hitting bursas with bibles, worktops or phones isn’t a good idea after all. Might try the brake syringe though – but am I running on mineral oil or DOT4?

Oh and the tablets? Normally they just say “take three times a day” but the instructions on those are a bit more comprehensive

Mine once swelled up but wasn’t painful. I was just off on a long remote european trip so took some ABs with me in case it got infected. It didn’t, and nothing really happened apart from being a bit freakish. Eventually one day I realised it wasn’t there any more. Probably a couple of months though.

Eventually one day I realised it wasn’t there any more.

I just realised it isn’t there any more!

See, dog works in mysterious ways.