Other treatments

Well in my search for getting rid of my tendinosis, I came across various treatments. I have heard good things about prolo and ART, so let me share a short bit of info on prolotherapy for you to consider.

From wikipedia @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prolotherapy

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Prolotherapy (”Proliferative Injection Therapy”) involves injecting an otherwise non-pharmacological and non-active irritant solution into the body, generally in the region of tendons or ligaments for the purpose of strengthening weakened connective tissue and alleviating musculoskeletal pain. There is conflicting evidence about its effectiveness and it is an experimental treatment.^[1]

Prolotherapy can be distinguished from sclerotherapy. Sclerotherapy is the use of injections of caustics into the veins, in vascular surgery and dermatology, to remove varicose veins and other vascular irregularities. Prolotherapy is the use of injections in the treatment of connective tissue weakness and musculoskeletal pain. Prolotherapy is also called “proliferation therapy” and “regenerative injection therapy.”   “

Basically it initiates new repair processes inside your tendons.

There is a great amount of info on the web, take a look at this article to learn more about tendinitis/tendinosis http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Tendinitis.htm!

You will find that you have to slowly progress in weight to avoid this problem. Tomorrow is my first visit for ART therapy so I will let you know how it goes!

Intro to tendinosis

Hello everyone! This blog will log you through my recovery of tendinosis. I began weight lifting about 3 years ago and progressed too quickly.  I was left with damaged ligaments and tendons, leaving pain in my elbows.

To learn more about tendinosis, here is some info from wikipedia and the link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendinosis

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Tendinosis, sometimes called chronic tendinitis, chronic tendinopathy or chronic tendon injury, is damage to a tendon at a cellular level. It is thought to be caused by microtears in the connective tissue in and around the tendon.

Tendinosis is typically diagnosed as tendinitis due to the limited understanding of tendinopathies by the medical community.^[1]

The suffix ‘itis’ means inflammation leading to anti-inflammatories being prescribed, despite there being limited support for this treatment in clinical trials.^[2] The strongest evidence for treatment of tendinosis is for nitric oxide patches and for forms of resistance training exercises that ‘load’ the affected tendon.”

I will be getting some therapy done known as Active Release Technique. It is known to really help get rid of tendinosis.

Here is a video from youtube about it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orQlLeTqX18