Henry,
I would propose this difference:
Tendinitis - use of antiinflammatory modalities such as ice,NSAIDS, CTS if necessary. Traditionally these fall short in the treatment of tendinosis. eg.ECRB tendinosis ("tennis elbow") often fails to respond to NSAIDS etc. so I don't worry about their use. You can however get an acute traumatic strain of this myoteninous complex (sudden loading) in which case CTS INJ etc. works quite nicely.
The proposed eccentric loading exercise program for tendinitis that craig mentioned on the weekend holds for tendinosis - but not until pain levels have subsided sufficiently to use them without exacerbation. Remember that research now shows many "tendonitis" is actually "tendinosis", so I think this is why the eccentric program worked so well for achilles problems.
Regards,
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Scott Epsley
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Northside Sports Injury Centre
Brisbane, Australia.
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2001 22:03:23
Henry Tsao wrote:
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