Achilles tendonitis — rehab and stretching
October 27th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Do you have Achilles tendonitis?
There are several causes.
ACHILLES TENDONITIS Rehab with mobility, stretching - SalemNews.com, Salem, MA reports:
“Achilles tendonitis has several origins. Most cases are directly linked to stiffness of the ankle joint. Stiffness is a result of many factors. Improper shoe wear, working on your feet for extended hours and generalized poor flexibility make you a candidate for acquiring a painful heel.”
Read the article for more information.
In a nutshell:
* Ice the inflamed area
* Stretch before you exercise
* Spend more time in your sneakers
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Tendonitis from your Blackberry
May 30th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Is your hand sore? If you use a cell or a Blackberry, texting on your phone may be giving you tendonitis.
Joint clinic - Telegraph reports:
“With our reliance on mobile phones and hand-held computers, a condition called De Quervain’s tendonitis is becoming widespread. The repetitive, intensive use of the thumb while entering text on these devices is alien to its primary function. The result is irritation and inflammation of the tendons in the wrist. The sheath around the tendons enlarges, making every movement of the thumb or wrist painful.”
See your doctor to get pain relief, or try some yoga exercises - gentle ones.
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Hand And Arm Tendonitis: Pain Management And Recovery
June 17th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
If you’re a computer user, or your work involves constant repetitive movements with your hands and arms, you may develop tendonitis. Tendonitis is the inflammation of a tendon - the tough elastic fibers that connect muscles to bones.
You can get tendonitis in any tendon, but it’s very common in the hands and arms. Your first symptom may be pain, but it’s more likely to be swelling initially, and a sensation of numbness or pins and needles. Then your hands and arms become sore and painful, and you may be woken by pain at night.
Rest Is The First Solution To Hand And Arm Tendonitis
Since most hand and arm tendonitis develops from over-use, your first solution is to rest from the activities which are causing the tendonitis. Of course since we use our hands and arms constantly, this is not completely possible. But try to rest as much as possible. If you suspect that computer-use is the culprit, cut down on keyboarding as much as you can.
You can also try using ice packs. Some gel packs which you can freeze are available with velcro ties, and this is very useful to ice your arms. The cold packs will relieve the swelling, and the pain.
Hand And Arm Exercises Will Help To Prevent A Recurrence Of Tendonitis
If you strengthen your muscles, your tendons won’t have to do as much work, and this is useful in preventing a recurrence of tendonitis.
Yoga, because it involves stretching, and helps with stress, is also very useful in managing tendonitis. People with chronic hand and arm tendonitis find that stress is a factor in tendonitis recurrence, so relaxation exercises, and yoga, can be of immense benefit for tendonitis sufferers. Unfortunately, there’s no cure for tendonitis as such.
However, you can learn to manage tendonitis, especially if you do daily exercises. Exercising and stress management can keep your tendonitis at bay for years.
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How is tendonitis diagnosed?
June 7th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Tendonitis is the inflammation of a tendon; tendons join muscles to the bone, so tendonitis can occur anywhere in your body - wherever there’s muscle. So tendonitis is referred to by the body part involved: hand tendonitis, Achilles tendonitis or patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee.)
You can suspect that you have tendonitis when there’s swelling in the area involved, along with pain. The area may be red, as well as swollen, and hot to the touch - the heat is from inflammation.
The swelling suggests that there’s micro damage or a partial tear in the tendon, along with fluid. The pain of tendonitis can be a simple ache or stiffness, or more sever pain with a burning sensation, and it’s worse during activity, or after it.
Tendonitis is also associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
If your doctor is uncertain about whether you have tendonitis, he’ll send you for a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to confirm the diagnosis.
What causes tendonitis?
Commonly tendonitis is caused by overuse. It can start when you begin to exercise or increase the level of your exercises, and it will then result in symptoms of tendonitis. It can also be caused by advancing age. As you get older, the tendons tend to lose their elasticity as well as ability to glide as smoothly as they are accustomed to doing. Older people will thus be more at risk of developing tendonitis, and the cause of such a condition does require more study and research in order to completely understand the true causes.
So if you’ve just boosted your exercise program, and there’s swelling and pain in an area of your body, that’s a hint that you’re over-doing it, and you need to cut back on the amount of exercise. Always increase your exercise slowly.
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Treating Tendonitis Pain
May 24th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
When you’ve got tendonitis, it means that your tendons are inflamed. This is painful.
Overuse or strain may cause tendons to strain, tear and become inflamed, resulting in the aching sensation and chronic discomfort felt around muscles, which is generally referred to as tendonitis pain. More than 4 million Americans visit doctors each year in search of pain relief for tendonitis. The key to receiving the best treatment is to first diagnose the problem and rule out any other underlying causes of the pain and then to decide on either a pharmaceutical, or a natural treatment plan.
How to Diagnose Tendonitis
Tendonitis pain is very similar to the stiffness, aching sensation and decrease in mobility associated with other more serious conditions, such as arthritis. Although the most likely cause of tendonitis is sports related injury or overuse, it is important to see a doctor if one suffers from chronic muscle or joint stiffness, as well as any chronic aches or pains. It is common for general practitioners to refer patients with tendonitis pain to a clinic where further diagnostic tests can be performed. The most commonly used tests include X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans.
Natural Treatment Solutions for Tendonitis Pain
Once a diagnosis of tendonitis has been made, patients can seek out a number of natural treatment options. Although anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, can provide temporary pain relief, many doctors will recommend a natural, rather than a pharmaceutical treatment option in controlling tendonitis pain. Chiropractic treatments, as well as therapeutic and sports massage are common forms of alternative pain management for tendonitis.
Other Treatment Options
If natural treatments have failed to provide adequate relief from tendonitis pain, doctors may give the patient cortisone injections. It is not recommended, however, to resort to cortisone injections on a regular basis. If the pain associated with tendonitis does not improve, doctors may resort to minor surgery in order to provide more permanent relief.
A much newer form of treatment, developed during the 1990s, is so-called Extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT). This is a non-invasive form of treatment, which uses a special device to send low-level shock waves to the affected area of the body. ESWT treatment usually takes 20 minutes and does not cause any serious pain or discomfort, although some patients do report nausea immediately after treatments. When considering ESWT in treating tendonitis pain, it is important to remember that this form of treatment should not be combined with most prescription medications.
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Exercises for wrist tendonitis
May 24th, 2007 Subscribe To Our Feed
Here are some excellent exercises for wrist tendonitis:
As soon as the pain subsides, begin a program to strengthen the wrist and increase its range of motion. The four exercises described below are recommended by Lyle Micheli, M.D., author of The Sports Medicine Bible. Start slowly and work up to 15-30 repetitions for each exercise, three times a day.
Put your forearm on a table, palms facing in, wrist hanging off the edge. Keep your fingers straight as you turn your hand/palm down as far as possible, then back to the starting position.
Put your forearm on a table, palm against the surface. Rotate your forearm and wrist so that the back of your hand touches the table.
Rotate your wrist in a circle, then change directions and rotate again.
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