Treatment for tendonitis

Lets first go over what a tendon is.  A tendon is the part of the muscle that connects to the bone.  The muscle tapers off at the end of it making the tendon.  Since the tendon is much more dense then the muscle it doesn't have as much elasticity as the muscle.  Since it can't move as much as the muscle it can actually tear slightly which cause inflammation on soreness.  The tears occur on a microscopic level most of the time due to repetitive movement or over exerting the muscle causing the tendon to tear a little bit.

Some of the more popular spots where tendonitis can effect you areas that you use the most so it will differ with each person.  These spots include, shoulder, biceps, wrist, elbow, knee, leg, ankle, hip, and other parts of the body.  The symptoms of tendonitis is normally stiffness, muscle ache, and swelling.  It normally hits during physical activity or directly after, and stiffness usually occurs the following day.

There are many ways to treat tendonitis, unfortunately there isn't any quick fixes with this.  First off you need to use a bandage or a brace to help restrict movement and allowing the tendon to heal.  There are many anti-inflammatory medicines that you can take to help the swelling and achy feeling.  Anything with natural menthol in it will help keep the swelling down, it also helps with the pain and dilates the blood vessels easing pressure on the tendon and letting it heal.  Another good thing to use is called MSM (Methyl Sulfonyl Methane), it's a natural supplement that not only is it a anti-inflammatory but helps tissue heal at a cellular level.  That will speed up your healing process.  Either way after you start your treatments it will take at least another 3 weeks for the tendons to heal properly.

Now a good way to avoid getting tendonitis all together is to stretch regularly and if it happens anyway don't wait to get treated, get it treated as soon as you feel it.  If you wait there is a greater chance that you might need more treatments then just a brace and some salves.

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