Sunday, 24 June 2018

10 points highlight what doesn’t improve tendinopathy of the lower limb.

1️⃣Don’t rest completely.

Treatment should initially reduce painful, high tendon load movements and introduce beneficial loads (eg, isometrics, heavy-slow resistance).
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2️⃣Don’t prescribe incorrect exercise.

To be effective tendons must be loaded quickly with spring-like Exs, such as:
Jumping
Changing direction
Sprinting
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3️⃣Don’t rely on passive treatments.

Passive treatments do not increase the load tolerance of tendon and are not helpful in the long term.
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4️⃣Avoid injection therapies.

Injections of substances into a tendon have been shown to be no more effective than placebo in good clinical trials.
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5️⃣Don’t ignore tendon pain.

Pain usually increases 24 hours after excess tendon load.

An increase in pain of >2/10 on a daily loading test should initiate reduction in aspects overloading the tendon (point 2).
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6️⃣Don’t stretch the tendon.

Stretching only adds detrimental compressive loads to the tendon.
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7️⃣Don’t use friction massage.

An effect on local nerves may reduce pain (Short-term), only for it to return with high tendon loads.
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8️⃣Don’t use tendon images for diagnosis, prognosis or as an outcome measure.

Abnormal tendon images (ultrasound and MRI) in isolation do not support a diagnosis of tendon pain as asymptomatic pathology is prevalent.
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9️⃣Don’t be worried about rupture.

Pain is protective as it causes unloading of a tendon.
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🔟Don’t rush rehabilitation.

The muscle-tendon unit requires time to build strength and increase capacity (3 months or more).
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Summary:
The best treatment for tendon pain = Exercise-Based Rehabilitation.
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Starting with a muscle strength program, progressing through to more spring-like exercises, and including endurance aspects will load the tendon correctly and give the best long-term results.
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📚Cook J. Ten treatments to avoid in patients with lower limb tendon pain. BJSM. 2018.



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