Tendinitis Top 5 Management Mistakes - how to prevent flare ups

If you have tendinitis then you know how frustrating it is to deal with this injury. It is a chronic injury that flares up even when you try to do the "right things" to get it better. It makes you wonder, what the heck am I doing wrong?

Tendinitis, regardless of where it is, is an inflammatory injury that affects the tendon of a muscle. The tendon is a connective tissue that connects muscle to bone. As such, the tendon can get strained anytime a muscle goes through strenuous activities. However, the difference between a tendinitis and a muscle strain is WHEN you feel pain. Muscle strains are simple, you feel them during movement as it can be painful to contract. Tendinitis however typically doesn't only hurt during exercise or movement, but AFTER movement. In fact, sometimes you can feel pain when you're doing nothing at all (such as waking up in the morning). In some cases, it doesn't hurt at all DURING exercise.

This makes it pretty tricky to navigate through your exercise rehabilitation program. How do you know if you're doing too much? Are you making things worse? In today's video, I aim to clear up these common questions and give you some more understanding as to what you are experiencing.

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** The information in this video is not intended nor implied to be a substituted for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images, and information, contained in this video is for general information purposes only and does not replace a consultation with your own doctor/health professional **

[robertfontaine]

Very useful information on this one. So much rehab/recovery is focused on getting rid of the discomfort rather than increasing strength and mobility. Chronic tendon injuries seem to be an almost impossible issue for most of us to recover from yet we regularly see high level athletes returning to their sports at full capacity.

[xiv]

I'm someone who doesn't have immediate access to a doctor / physiotherapist, so this channel is a real lifesaver. Thanks for making this information available : )

[johncimera]

Thanks so much. Very informative and you gave me much more information on how to deal with my achilles tendonopathy and what to expect than my physician did.

[marianamartins]

Superb explanation!
Is it possible to treat gluteal and hip flexors tendonitis at the same time? Also i turn to use my left side more than right, which made muscles in my left side heavily overused and therefore weakened. How can I fix muscles imbalance while I am having chronic gluteal and hip flexors tendonitis, please? Thank you.

[Joshua-uqzw]

Hi!
So I had a talk with my fysiotherapist that said i should increase reps to around 30 reps pr exercise. What rep range do you suggest? Because if I have to work in the 6-12 rep range and with around 2 reps in reserve, then the weight i have to train with is what i would normally train with, and that i causrs major pain when doing my pressing exercises like overhead press and benching. There is no way i can keep the pain at a 2/10 if I actually have to stimulate my muscles also, I feel. Should I just cut all the push exercises on my push day and just do the tricep work untill im better? How do i still do press movements and keep the pain at a 2/10, while not having to train in the 50-100 rep range with ultra light weights? I feel like that way does nothing to stimulate my muscles... Also even after cutting my intensity and doing high rep work with low weights for the tricep tendon i always feel discomfort in my elbow for 24 hours afterwards, even if none of the exercises caused pain above 2/10 during. Is that normal?

[xXINSANITYXx]

is using a foam roller to roll the triceps in conjunction with stretching be ok?