Tendinopathy is a chronic degenerative tendon condition that fails to heal leading to chronic pain. This pain affects your daily function and participation in the physical activities you enjoy.
Tendinopathy is generally thought to occur when the tendon is chronically overloaded and does not have time to heal appropriately.
The typical course of care involves months of conservative treatment, but this often fails to relieve symptoms and return the patient to pain-free function.
Achilles
Known as achilles tendinopathy
Elbows
The tendons originating at the medial and lateral epicondyles of the elbow (golfer’s elbow and tennis elbow, respectively)
Knees
The patellar tendon, commonly called jumper’s knee
Feet
The plantar fascia, commonly called plantar fasciitis
Requires anesthesia and exposes the patient to open surgery complications such as infection and/or nerve damage.
This procedure is primarly recommended for calcific tendinopathy of the shoulder and has mixed result in the literature.
This procedure is considered experimental by many payors and can cause burns.6
Got back to the activities she loves in a few weeks.