| Inflammation, irritation and swelling of a tendon is a | | | | Occasionally, direct injections of corticosteroids into the |
| condition most often felt at the insertion site of the | | | | area of pain are administered. Such therapy should |
| tendon. A tendon is a band of fibrous material | | | | only be done once or twice yearly because of serious |
| attaching muscle to the bone. | | | | side effects risk. Traditional medical treatment may |
| Tendonitis is usually seen in middle or old age; it | | | | help alleviate tendonitis symptoms, but do not tackle |
| develops where persons have done the same | | | | the root of the condition. Through promoting the body's |
| movement repeatedly for extended periods of time. | | | | natural healing process, even inflammation, the way |
| With tendonitis in the young, it is typically triggered | | | | natural treatments do, inflammatory pain can |
| through the performing of the same motion in high | | | | permanently be relieved. |
| frequencies in a short period of time. Common areas | | | | Rest, icing, cortisone injections, elevation, non-steroidal |
| for tendonitis occurrence is in the tendons of the | | | | anti-inflammatory drugs, and physical therapy are |
| hands, upper arm connection to the shoulder, and the | | | | among characteristic treatment for conditions such as |
| top of the foot and Achilles tendon. | | | | knee tendonitis, rotator cuff tendonitis, or patellar |
| Natural medicine caregivers present pain sufferers | | | | tendonitis. These approaches, while helpful, take no |
| alternatives for pain management and relief without | | | | steps to help strengthening weakened tendons and as |
| undergoing surgical and pharmaceutical approaches. | | | | such, don't assuage chronic pains that people |
| As well as being safer than traditional medical pain | | | | experience. |
| relief methods, they are just as effective, and | | | | While ice, anti-inflammatory drugs, and cortisone shots |
| sometimes even more. | | | | have been shown to produce short term pain relief, |
| One drawback of medication use for tendonitis pain | | | | they also result on long term loss of function and more |
| management is the possibility of addiction over a | | | | chronic pain by actually inhibiting the healing process of |
| period of time. Medications cannot cure tendonitis pain; | | | | soft issues. In addition, the long term use of these |
| they are administered for inflammation, nerve pain, and | | | | drugs can lead to other sources of chronic pain, and |
| muscle spasms. Nonstop use of pain medications may | | | | allergies. Even surgical procedures can make problems |
| lead to not only addiction, but also can have serious | | | | get worse. |
| side effects on the gastrointestinal system and liver. | | | | |