Tendinitis

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So I'm wondering, tendinitis. I seem to give myself tendinitis fairly easily. I had it on my knees a couple weeks ago, and it went away, but I did wear sleeves for a week or so. Now it seems to be gone. With the knees, it was fairly easy to dial down the workload, all that was required was like "don't do squats."

However, now I got Achilles tendonitis, at least I believe, it's a pain on my outside of the leg, about two inches below the calf muscle. I got it after jumping rope. I think it's because my calf muscles are strong, but I don't think the tendons kept up. Like on a calf press machine at the gym, I can easily max out the 160lbs on one leg no problem on all the positions the machine goes. My mom has Achilles tendinitis (longterm), too, and pretty much all my family has the genetically huge calf muscles like that, so I'm probably genetically predisposed to tendinitis there.

So what do I do? Is it just one of those kinda injuries you can "walk off" and just work through and it'll eventually heal? Or do I really have to stop all activity? Right now skating unless I'm doing jumps, is pretty not painful, as my toes are kinda locked by the boot. I do at least wanna skate. It hurts more just walking than skating. In general, the pain is ignorable, like at it's least painful, it's probably a 2/10, and then most painful maybe 4-5/10? But, I just don't wanna damage stuff for longer term. There's a few random herbal remedies and stuff I wanna try out, but money messes with things in that regard. I'm thinking maybe a sleeve could be good, like I used on the knees.

So, what do you guys know about tendinitis, any experiences, etc?

Be especially careful with your knees. Knee injuries from jumping are why my daughter had to stop competing.

I'd recommend going to rehab for it. I found Sports Rehab was was the best fit for me. It was more aggressive than typical Physical therapy.

No health insurance.

Hmm... Try googling or youtubing "Achilles Tendon rehab exercises". There should be a lot of good info out there. Perhaps there's a book, or two on it as well who knows. I know there are some instructionals for some rehab exercises you could do, I used to have a few bookmarked.

Also, apparently fish oil and glucosamine+Chondroitin not sure if I'm spelling those right, are supposed to be good for helping tendonitis. Those kind of supps are pretty cheap to get a hold of compared to a lot of supplements out there. I have a little experience with both, more so fish oil. Fish oil seems to help. Not too sure about the other mixture.

Do NOT try to walk it off.
Spend a month or so avoiding high impact exercises like jumping rope.
I had it, and it can become a serious injury.

So, try to run on a treadmill with a good pair or running shoes (treadmills can absorb 20% or so of your weight).
Or go cycling.
Use ice.

Myself, I gave up running on the street for now. I'll use treadmills for a while.
And I jump rope on the dojo's tatame only, never on hard ground.
So far so good.

I had a bad case of it in my left wrist, and had a cortisone shot to fix it. I had to go back for a second one in 6 months, but after that, 100% success! I don't know if I'd recommend it for anyone who has an issue with needles, because they have to stab around in there for a long time, and it does hurt a bit. But it was very much worth it in the end. My wife filmed it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lyxCnR ... ature=plcp

Charles

I have tendinitis related to arthritis, and this is what I did, got some physical therapy. They can give you exercises to keep doing once the therapy is over, tips on how to prevent re-occurrences. It sounds like you get exercise, but it's important to realize that exercise has to work with your body not against it. That's where a good physical therapist can help.

And no, you don't want to ignore tendinitis. It's an inflammation of the tendon. If not dealt with it can lead to weakening and a worse injury that will take a long time to heal. Get it looked at.

Yep your best bet is PT. It may cost money, but with the right PT/'s, and a at least a few sessions, you will learn a lot that will help you now and later on in life... I look at it like this. How much do I value walking, running, and somewhat heavy lifting... Basically, do you like to do any of that? Then save your damaged tendon before it turns into a massive, chronic problem, and in the end costs you more money for longer amounts of therapy, and who knows maybe even surgery. Also, you may find out you have other problems if you don't treat it well enough, in time. Since that part of you will be weaker, other parts will try to make up for the lack of strength, and end up getting hurt too.