The main symptom is pain over the outside of your upper thigh. Most cases are due to minor injury or inflammation to tissues in your upper, outer thigh area. Commonly the condition goes away on its own over time. Anti-inflammatory painkillers, physiotherapy and steroid injections can all sometimes help.
1 Remove any diseased or broken wood, plus crossing branches. You want the bush to have a narrow base and a wide, open top that allows sunlight and air in.  The best time to prune blueberry bushes is late winter while they're still dorant.
Pruning Your Plant. 1  1. Prune your plant in the spring. 'Limelight' can be pruned in late winter or very early spring to reduce its size, improve its appearance or encourage it to produce larger flowers. 2  2. Trim the stems back by no more than 10 to 20 percent in the shrubâs first winter or early spring.