A tendon is a type of body tissue that connects muscle to bone. If a tendon becomes inflamed — painful and swollen — the condition is called tendonitis. In your hands, there are so-called extensor ...

Rest, ice, compression, and elevation help treat tendonitis at home. Overuse, like typing or running, often causes extensor tendonitis. Pain from tendonitis gets worse if you use the affected muscles ...

Extensor tendons are found just under the skin of the hand or the top of the feet. Extensor tendonitis is an inflammation of these tendons, and many factors can cause it. Tendons are bands of tissue ...

Tendinopathy is a condition in which a tendon becomes painful and has limited range of motion. More common than tendonitis, tendinopathy can be caused by many things, like aging, stress, or injury.

This form of tendonitis can happen when tissue surrounding tendons in the wrist become stressed due to overuse, which causes inflammation and pain. You might also find it hard to open a door or jar, ...

Introduction Lateral epicondylalgia (LE) is associated with local tendon pathology in the common extensor tendon, as measured by musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging (MSUS)2. Recent studies have exposed ...

Calcific tendonitis (or tendinitis) occurs when calcium deposits build up in your muscles or tendons. Although this can happen anywhere in the body, it usually occurs in the rotator cuff. The rotator ...

School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia Professor B Vicenzino, Division of Physiotherapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of ...

Intersection syndrome is inflammation and swelling of tendons in the wrist and back of the forearm. It is a rare form of tendonitis but is more common in people that play sports. Tendons are thick ...