After the acute phase of tendonitis is over and healing has started there are other therapies, follow-up and prevention that needs to be done in order to keep the tendon healthy and to prevent tendonitis from reoccurring.

There are ten common treatments for tendonitis including rest, immobilization, plaster cast, splinting the affected joint, steroid injections, medications to bring pain relief, heat packs, ice packs, NSAID medications and injections and also specialized exercises during the recovery period.

A rotator cuff injury is an injury to one or more of the four muscles in the shoulder. This shoulder injury may come on suddenly and be associated with a specific injury such as a fall or it may be something that gets progressively worse over time with an activity that aggravates the muscle. [...]

When performing an activity to the point that you are overusing or straining muscles you run the risk of getting acute tendonitis. Teens who push themselves to achieve in a sport, athletes who push too hard to achieve a goal, or seniors who want to be as active as they were in their youth can [...]

Tendonitis of the shoulder is an inflammation of the rotator cuff and/or biceps tendon. Shoulder tendonitis is usually the result of a tendon being pinched by surrounding structures. Shoulder tendonitis often occurs in certain sports that require the arm to move over the head repeatedly. These sports include baseball, weight lifting, racket [...]

No one enjoys being injured so getting back to full health is important whether you are an athlete, mom, or office worker with tendonitis. You can treat most cases of tendonitis successfully at home. Do not hesitate though to call your doctor if your symptoms get worse, you have tendonitis for longer than 3 weeks, [...]

You have a cord that attaches bone to muscle and is called a tendon. When that tendon gets inflamed or irritated that is called tendonitis. There are many things that cause tendonitis including activities that you may be doing right now. Here are some of the activities: golfing, gardening, raking, doing carpentry, shoveling, painting, scrubbing, [...]

The treatment of tendonitis usually involves two basic areas including resting the area and rebuilding the affected area. If you treat the tendonitis properly with rest and by rebuilding the affected area than you should be able to feel relief and be able to regain use of the affected body part within a 3 week [...]

Inflammation and pain are two characteristics of tendonitis. Tendonitis commonly occurs in the shoulder, ankle, wrist, knee and hip.

A tendon is the tissue that puts force of the muscle contraction to the bone and is responsible for moving your bones so that you can walk, run, jump and lift things. Without tendons your bones would not be able to move. Your tendons are not just all one size; they come in different shapes [...]