Tendon problems with different treatment
Musculoskeletal health scientists often use a variety of terms to describe conditions and injuries related to tendons, wherever they are located in the body.
Musculoskeletal health scientists often use a variety of terms to describe conditions and injuries related to tendons, wherever they are located in the body.
The terms used are often confused and misused. However, each term corresponds to a different description of symptoms and leads to a different treatment.
Tendonitis is the irritation of the tendon, with inflammation, which often occurs due to small tears in the tendon. Tendonitis occurs mainly as a result of injury and can lead to degeneration only if it is repeated and not prevented. Precisely for this reason, the initial treatment must be to “abstain” from any kind of activity that burdens the inflammation and, in a second phase, the proper reintegration of the patient, paying attention to previous exercise. With the right treatment, recovery occurs in a few weeks. However, if there is chronic tendinitis then tendonitis can occur, a condition that is unfortunately more common than tendinitis.
Tendonitis describes the chronic, non-inflammatory degeneration of a tendon. Tendonitis can develop as a result of chronic tendinitis or due to repeated strains and injuries to a tendon without sufficient healing time. In tendinosis, degenerative changes in the cellular structure occur due to chronic, recurring tendon injuries. Tendonitis unlike tendinitis can take longer to heal.
Tendonitis is used to describe any chronic problem with a tendon, even recurring tendinitis or tendonitis that eventually leads to tendinopathy. So, tendinopathy includes pain, tendon ruptures and inflammation of the membranes around a tendon. It mainly occurs in athletes or people who strain a certain part of the body for a long time (eg farmers) and is accompanied by chronic pain and recurrences.
