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Fix You: Tendon Disorders and Treatments

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When you feel so tired&comma; but you can&&num;8217&semi;t sleep&period; Stuck in reverse and the tears come streaming down your face&period;”<&sol;em> This line from Coldplay’s Fix You does not only apply to matters of the heart&semi; but could also describe the pain from tendon disorders&period; While we do hope to that lights can guide us home and ignite our bones&semi; tendon disorders need special medical attention for it to be treated&period; Tendons are bands of tough tissues which connect our muscles and bones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">There are various believed causes of tendon disorders&period; Stress &lpar;from overuse or sudden use of the tendon&rpar;&comma; disease&comma; injury&comma; aging and use of fluoroquinolone anti-microbial drugs&period; In rare cases&comma; tendonitis can be caused by an infection such as gonorrhea&period; These conditions can also be linked with the tendon’s lack of self-healing properties&period; Most health care professional use the terms &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tendonitis” or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;tendinitis” to refer to all tendon disorders&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Due to lack of research before&comma; the conventional way to treat tendonitis was through ice&comma; bed rest and anti-inflammatory medications&period; While these treatments might help&comma; most cases of tendonitis are resistant to these kinds of treatments&period; After some time&comma; symptoms would recur and even worsen&period; Rather than using treatment tendonitis as an inflammatory disease&comma; tendon disorders are degenerative diseases&period; This means that tendons were worn out or broken down&period; Regeneration treatments are now available to effectively address tendon problems&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Examples of Tendonitis<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">&NewLine;<li><strong>Tendonitis in the shoulders<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Tendonitis in the shoulders is also called as rotator cuff tendonitis&period; In most cases&comma; the supraspinatus tendon&comma; which supports the upper arm is injured by overuse due to the line of occupation or sport that requires the arm to be elevated repeatedly&period; These high-risk individuals include swimmers&comma; tennis players&comma; baseball players and painters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"2">&NewLine;<li><strong>Achilles tendonitis<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"> This type of tendonitis affects the Achilles tendon&period; Achilles tendon is the large ropelike tendon attached to the heel bone at the back of the foot&period; Tendonitis in this area is also typically caused by overuse&comma; especially in sports that require running or repeated jumping&period; This may also be related to ill-fitting footwear or faulty running&period; In unique cases&comma; arthritis and gout can be the root cause of this type of tendonitis&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"3">&NewLine;<li><strong>Tendonitis in the wrist<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Tendonitis in the wrist area usually arises in the form of De Quervain&&num;8217&semi;s disease&period; De Quervain&&num;8217&semi;s disease is characterized by painful inflammation of tendons in the thumb that extend to the wrist&period; Although De Quervain&&num;8217&semi;s disease commonly occurs among people who repeatedly grasp with their thumb&comma; a lot of pregnant women also gets this disease with no concrete reason why&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;" start&equals;"4">&NewLine;<li><strong>Trigger finger<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Another concrete example of tendon problems is trigger finger&period; Trigger finger is a condition when the fingers or thumb are locked when bent&period; This is typically caused by repeated movement of the finger or thumb affected&period; Some diseases such as arthritis and diabetes can also contribute to having trigger finger&period; Individuals with jobs which uses their finger a lot is also at risk in having trigger finger&period; Writers&comma; musicians and farmers typically gets this&period; Early signs of trigger finger ate soreness and painful snapping when moving the finger&period; Surgery for trigger finger is effective and it&&num;8217&semi;s rare for the problem to return in the treated finger&period; Although there may be stiffness after surgery&comma; it can be solved after a hand therapy which a complementary treatment to the therapy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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