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| Category: Sports Medicine |
Date published: July 3, 2009 |
If you are a basketball player and your hips, knees, feet, or ankles are painful, you could have tendinitis.
Why? Because of the fast starting and stopping and twisting of these areas. That activity places excessive strain both on the tendons and the muscles of those tendons. The body has no other recourse than to send a pain warning to the brain.
The tendon (actually the ligament) of the hip is the ilio-femoral. The knee tendons are the patellar tendon and ligament (front upper and lower). Tibial collateral and fibular collateral (inside and outside). On the back side of the knee are the ham string tendons. There are other knee tendons as well.
The knee is particularly vulnerable to tendinitis not only because they are in abundance, but also because of the difficult actions the knee is called upon to perform.
The back side of the ankle is the Achilles tendon. One or more of these tendons must be addressed when considering treatment. In addition, because the muscles of these tendons are always involved they must also be targeted with rehabilitative care.
My theory is the true root of the tendinitis problem lies in the muscles. When No muscles are involved, the treatment plan is simpler and results are usually faster.
Another area of interest is the bottom of the foot, which not only can exhibit plantar fasciitis, but also heel spurs which are quite painful for basketball players. Interestingly, the spur is not directly responsible for the foot pain.
It is the soft tissue inflammation around the spur that causes the pain. And, of course, the plantar ligaments will also inflame and cause pain.
You might gather, from this article, that tendinitis is a multi-faceted problem. You are correct! Tendinitis is like a jigsaw puzzle: It consists of many parts. As a result, the treatment consists of many parts.
With two exceptions, there is no single pill, potion, lotion, or procedure that will cure you of tendinitis. It must be aggressively attacked from all sides. This would include proper use of heat and cold, specific stretching exercises (no muscle work exercises) special supplementation, and vibration.
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