Tendonitis

[dolf]

My training partner has been having knee pain so he talked to an orthopedist and he thinks it may be tendonitis.

What can be done to decrease the pain so he can still train? Or is the best solution to stop training legs. How can it be cured?

 

[Kilo G]

NSAIDs + long walks

 

[dolf]

Any particulars? I told him to give bayer aspirin a shot and ice it down after training. Long walks sounds good. Maybe recumbant bike?

 

[Wiggs]

I went to an orthoscopic surgeon because I have "chronic tendonitis" in my shoulder. He said he coud go in and clean it up but it wouldn't solve the problem. He gave me a cortisone shot and told me to do these exerises with these rubber band type things. He told me not to do anything that's "going to piss it off". The shot took the pain away so I'm good in that regard. I go in for another shot in 3 weeks.

 

[Fears]

As someone who has battled tendonitis in various areas my advice would be this.

Don't take nsaids. They slow healing. Pain is your body's way of telling you NOT to do something. Don't mask it.

Try to do movements/angles that don't cause as much pain.

Go lighter for that body part.

Spend a LOT of time warming up that area with light weights. This help a lot.

Tendonitis can take 2-6 months to completely get better. Be patient and don't push it or you will extend the time.

 

[maldorf]

As someone who has battled tendonitis in various areas my advice would be this.

Don't take nsaids. They slow healing. Pain is your body's way of telling you NOT to do something. Don't mask it.

Try to do movements/angles that don't cause as much pain.

Go lighter for that body part.

Spend a LOT of time warming up that area with light weights. This help a lot.

Tendonitis can take 2-6 months to completely get better. Be patient and don't push it or you will extend the time.

This is the way to do it. I take NSAID like alieve too. Usually just one tab an hour before I hit the gym when it is acting up. For the petallar tendonitis i usually end up doing just leg presses rather than squats since it seems to put less pressure on the tendon. ONce you have done that a few week, light weight mind you, then you can try to go squats again using light wegiht. Trick is to keep the weight light enough so that you dont get any significant pain, so that means high reps. Then you just slowly, 5-10 lbs a week, work your way back to where you were before+.
I might add, from my experience taking time off from doing any leg work didnt help. I might take one week off from legs the first week, but then its right back to training again. When I tried several weeks off from training the problem really seemed to get worse. I think it needs some stimulus in order to get stronger.

 

[thebrick]

As someone who has battled tendonitis in various areas my advice would be this.

Don't take nsaids. They slow healing. Pain is your body's way of telling you NOT to do something. Don't mask it.

Try to do movements/angles that don't cause as much pain.

Go lighter for that body part.

Spend a LOT of time warming up that area with light weights. This help a lot.

Tendonitis can take 2-6 months to completely get better. Be patient and don't push it or you will extend the time.

Bingo. That is good very advice right there.

 

[gassy]

Rest really is the best thing, when he goes back train lighter and slower.

 

[KillerStack]

Eccentric rehab protocols are supposed to help if it doesn't resolve with rest and NSAID's etc.