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***The bursitis and other such issues can happen for a variety of reasons.
Often, excess weight is a factor, but also lumbo pelvic hip issues related to a lack of tonicity and loss of function/strength in several important muscles like the glutes (esp the glute medius and minimus) as well as the deep six pelvic muscles (obturators, and gemellus muscles, quadratus femoris, etc..)
Functional or anatomical leg length issues can also be related or causative, along with degenerative changes in the hip due to FAI (Femoral acetabular impingement syndrome - of which there are three main types..)
Issues related to poor balance, and motor control of the hips all the way down to issues in the feet (final link in kinetic chain) can greatly affect the health and longevity of the hips, the knees, the back, etc...
Postural issues, etc... LOTS of things can cause or exacerbate a hip bursitis issue and a decent orthopedist, movement person can do the appropriate scans and rule out or confirm arthritis or degenerative changes and then do the correct testing for range of motion, strength, alignment and proper neuro muscular movement patterns.
Anyway, it is complicated and acupuncture or other similar modalities often do not address the root cause of the problem and only treat the symptoms.
But yea, excessive BMI (greater than 25) and exercise habits plus postural issues are often causative or contributive to the issues the original poster indicated they have.
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