@lesaboo I have had numerous shots for hip bursitis. Some have been wonderful and some not. I recently fractured my femur and the orthopedic trauma doctor I saw said it’s always iffy, it has to hit the right spot.
I was overweight for a while and tried a different doctor after being frustrated by THREE different doctors not consistently hitting the spot, if at all. The new doctor asked me if the other doctors had used a longer needle. He very tactufully said that patients with a little extra padding need to have a longer needle. Sure enough, he hit it. I went to him a number of times and he consistently hit it. The bursitis was good for a few years but recurred recently in both hips. I went to my regular local ortho and she got it in one hip but not in the other. After the required wait I went once again to my “bull shot” doctor in Boston. I don’t really have that extra padding anymore but he definitely did hit it again even though I had to lie on my back, not my side, due to the painful femur. He said it was the first time he had to give that shot to a patient lying on her back.
JK