A tendon is what connects a muscle to the bone. When a tendon becomes acutely injured it is called a tendonitis. “itis” stands for inflammation.
Tendonitis usually presents with an acute onset of pain that has been caused by a specific incident such as washing windows.
A very important assessment our skilled tendonitis physios in Victoria, BC will make is whether you have tendonitis or tendonopathy as it will determine the treatment plan for an injured area.
When a tendon is placed on repeated load and fails to recover or repair it develops into a tendonopathy, such as swinging a golf club over many months.
In this case, inflammation is likely present in the early stages of the injury, however, over time the inflammation decreases but the
pain is still there due to cellular and vascular changes that occur due to the lack of healing.
The diagnosis of these two injuries — tendonitis and tedonopathy — needs to recognized at the onset of treatment to allow the fastest recovery possible and to allow the appropriate level of activity without causing further damage.
