Wednesday, March 9

Tendonitis Exercises That Will Easily Relieve Pain

By Tom Nicholson


Tendons are strong white fibrous tissues which connect the muscles and the bones and help hold them together. Tendons are located all over your body; from your head to your toes. Many times people over work the muscles in their body and as a result may cause certain tendons to become sore. For instance, acute pain in the shoulder can happen after extensive exercising or repeating the same movement over and over. There are some Tendonitis Exercises that may help prevent injury to your tendons.

If you feel a sharp or really achy pain, some tenderness and swelling, or find that you are restricted from your usual form of movement; particularly in the shoulder, neck, elbow, and around the knee area. Then you have the symptoms of tendonitis. However, these are not all the area's that you can experience pain; they are the most common places. Even with taking precautions such as doing some Tendonitis Exercises before you begin working out or doing anything that may overwork your tendons.

Amazingly enough, tendons are present in 24 different locations around the body, all of which can become affected by tendonitis. However, it seems as though the rotator cuff which is in the shoulder area is the most susceptible to the condition. Should you experience rotator cuff tendonitis then you should consider doing a good tendonitis exercise in order to strengthen the area. The most common form of exercise for this type of injury includes standing up straight with your arms placed by your side. Slowly lift the right arm as high as you can or at least until the 45 degree mark. Once you've done that you can then start lowering the arm back down and repeat the exercise until the arm becomes tired, at which point you can begin with the left arm. Ideally, you should continue alternating between the two arms for approximately ten minutes at least. In order to get some relief, you may want to consider applying an ice pack to the affected area for about fifteen to twenty minutes once you've finished with the exercise.

Most people have at some point heard of a condition known as tennis elbow, which is in fact a form of tendonitis. As you can probably imagine, this form of tendonitis got its common name due to the number of tennis players suffering from the condition. However, one should not be misled by the name because it is not only tennis players who end up with tennis elbow, but instead, a range of other sports can also be to blame, in addition to several different occupations such as carpentry for example. Furthermore, the pain and tenderness is not necessarily confined to the elbow, but instead, it can migrate down to the wrists and fingers as well. Whether or not you opt to use an elbow brace, it is still advisable to do tendonitis exercises.

The good news is that tennis elbow can more often than not be treated at home, but if after doing tendonitis exercises, the pain persists then you should consider making an appointment to see a doctor. Bear in mind however that irrespective of how severe your tendonitis may be, X-rays will be unable to show any signs of damage. One last word of caution with regards to tendonitis exercises is that unless you feel comfortable doing them, you should avoid them just in case you end up causing further harm.




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