TENDONITIS

Tendonitis is the condition of inflammation in a tendon. Inflammation is discussed in great detail on our inflammation page.

A tendon is a structure that links a muscle to a bone. They are responsinble for transmitting the pull produced by a contracting muscle to the bone they fix into to create movement. Their involvement in movement production means that they can be commonly injured.

They can be injured by a single excessive force or lower level repetitive forces. Whatever the cause the result is an inflamed structure that is painful and does not do its job properly.

Tendonitis has favourite sites that it tends to affect. These are listed below. Just click on the one you want to go to the relevant page.

SHOULDER

Bicipital :- affecting the long head of biceps tendon at the front of the shoulder.

Supraspinatus :- affecting the tendon on the outer aspect of the side of the shoulder.


ELBOW

Tennis elbow ::- affecting the lateral (part furthest away from the body) aspect of the elbow.

Golfers' Elbow :- affecting the medial (part that is nearest to the body) aspect of the elbow.

Triceps :- affecting the tendon at the back of the elbow.


WRIST AND HAND

Tendonitis or tenosynovitis of the tendons of the wrist and hand

KNEE

Hamstring :- affecting the back of the knee.

Patellar :- affecting the front of the knee just below the knee cap.


ANKLE AND FOOT.

Achilles ;- affecting the back of the ankle and heel area.

Peroneal
Tendonitis of tibialis posterior :- affecting the inner side of the foot and ankle.

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