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ELBOW TENDINITIS / TENDONITIS

ELBOW TENDINITIS
ELBOW TENDONITIS

Tendinosis, sometimes called tendinitis, or tendinopathy, is damage to a tendon at a cellular level (the suffix “osis” implies a pathology of chronic degeneration without inflammation). It is thought to be caused by micro-tears in the connective tissue in and around the tendon, leading to an increased number of tendon repair cells. This may lead to reduced tensile strength, thus increasing the chance of repetitive injury or even tendon rupture. Tendinosis is often misdiagnosed as tendinitis due to the limited understanding of tendinopathies by the medical community.  Tendon researcher, Dr. GA Murrell from an article called, “Understanding Tendinopathies” in the December 2002 issue of The British Journal of Sports Medicine.

There are two distinct kinds of Elbow Tendinosis.  For more information, please see our pages on LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS (Tennis Elbow) or MEDIAL EPICONDYLITIS (Golfer’s Elbow).

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