What many older people may write off as routine “aches and pains” are usually examples of stress or damage to their tendons — ...

Achilles tendinitis is the accumulation of degenerative changes in the tendon, especially in chronic cases, caused by disorganized repair of areas of tendon damage that have accumulated gradually ...

Less common causes of tendonitis include: Chronic tendon pain can lead to a condition called tendinopathy. Though tendonitis results from inflammation, tendinopathy is the degeneration—or micro ...

Statistical significance was set at P<0.05. Chronic inflammation is a feature of both mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy and rupture. Pro-inflammatory profiles differ slightly in ruptured tendons; this ...

In conclusion, ESWT seems to be a safe and promising treatment for patellar tendinopathy. Because ESWT treatment seems to have a positive effect on pain and function, it could be part of a ...